E-books are available in various formats (e.g. HTML, Epub, Adobe Digital Editions) and can be read on a variety of devices (PCs, cellphones, e-readers like Kindle, Nook, to name a few).
E-books downloaded on e-readers like the Kindle, doesn’t always have page numbers, but location numbers. In the text use page numbers if available. When using older versions of the Kindle / e-reader use paragraph numbers, or chapter and section numbers. Later versions of Kindle, Kindle 3G do show page numbers.
Lewis, C.S. 2009. Mere Christianity [Kindle edition]. HarperOne. Available from Amazon.com.
Text reference:
“The only things we can keep are things we freely give to God. What we try to keep for ourselves is just what we are sure to lose.” (Lewis, 2009:213).
When an e-book is accessed from an online library like eBook Central, Bentham Science, Dawson, Springer eBook Collection, etc. give the following elements in the entry of the reference list: author(s), date, title of the book, publisher information (if available), DOI or stable internet address.
If the e-book is in PDF format, with page numbers, include the page number in the text reference. If there aren’t page numbers, you can use the paragraph number, or chapter number with paragraph number e.g. ch. 3, par. 15.
Pridmore, S. 2010. Suicide and predicament: life is a predicament. Available from Bentham e-books: http://www.eurekaselect.com/node/53816/suicide-and-predicament-life-is-a-predicament Date of access: 21 Nov. 2018.
Text reference:
(Pridmore, 2010:34).
Long, M. 2015. Second language acquisition and task-based language teaching. West Sussex: Wiley. Available from Ebook entral: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/northwu/Doc?id=10902333 Date of access:
19 Sep. 2018.
Text reference:
(Long, 2015:89).
Chen, C.W.S. & Sun, Y-W. 2018. Bayesian forecasting for tail risk. In: Kreinovich, V., Sriboonchitta, S. & Chakpitak, N., eds. Predictive econometrics. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. pp. 122-145. Available from Springer eBook Collection: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-70942-0 Date of access: 3 Dec. 2018.
Text reference:
(Chen & Sun, 2018:133).