Body: <p>I am writing an ebook and I'm referring to several books many times. I could use the regular notes section and <em>cite the book 20 times per chapter</em>, but it's cumbersome.</p>
  <p>What's the smartest way to deal with those repetitive references in an ebook?
  (I don't know which format I'll choose: it could be the Kindle format or the epub.)</p>
  <p>One (theoretical) way would be to write a single time the ref of one of my book (ex: James, H. (1937). Ambassadors. New York, NY: Scribner.), store it in a variable. When the reader clicks on the reference, the footnote link will retrieve the variable and the page number (of the specific reference). But it creates a bigger problem: it doesn't seem to be compatible with the notes section (after each chapter). (This kind of ref will probably link to a tool-tip. And in any case I'm not sure it will work with the main ebook reader).</p>
  
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Comments.Text: What software are you using to write the book?
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Comments.Text: @Mark see my comment bellow.
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Title: Linking to the same reference many times (instead of writing it over and over), while inserting each time a page number to it: possible?
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ThreadText: # Linking to the same reference many times (instead of writing it over and over), while inserting each time a page number to it: possible?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-09-10)
  
  I am writing an ebook and I'm referring to several books many times. I could use the regular notes section and *cite the book 20 times per chapter*, but it's cumbersome.
  
  What's the smartest way to deal with those repetitive references in an ebook?
  (I don't know which format I'll choose: it could be the Kindle format or the epub.)
  
  One (theoretical) way would be to write a single time the ref of one of my book (ex: James, H. (1937). Ambassadors. New York, NY: Scribner.), store it in a variable. When the reader clicks on the reference, the footnote link will retrieve the variable and the page number (of the specific reference). But it creates a bigger problem: it doesn't seem to be compatible with the notes section (after each chapter). (This kind of ref will probably link to a tool-tip. And in any case I'm not sure it will work with the main ebook reader).
  
  **Tags:** kindle, epub, annotations, reference-request
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: What software are you using to write the book?  
  > **username_0**: @Mark see my comment bellow.  
  
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