On 3/27/07, John Lee johnleemk@gmail.com wrote:
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Actually the three examples preceding the blog example would probably not be considered reliable sources either, as they are self-published. Obviously, however, this is ludicrous for, say, people like Jakob Nielsen. If their books are citable, why shouldn't their self-published works (especially on the same topics) be citable as well?
Johnleemk
Huh? If the book is published normally, and as a *book* is a fine source, but then the author turns around and just freely releases the SAME book online or via a newspaper or Readers Digest or whatever, why would the SAME material not be a bad source? It's the same material by the same person.