APA 7 Citation Style: E-Book

In APA 7, the only difference between how you cite an eBook from a print book is adding the URL at the end of the citation.  The URL used is usually for where the book was access. 

So, if you are citing a book from your Kindle device, which you purchased on Amazon, the url would be http://www.amazon.com. 

If you are citing a Cengage textbook, the URL would be http://www.cengage.com.  

 

References List Format

Last name of author, First and middle initial of author. (Year of publication). Title of book (edition if any).

     Publisher. http://xxxxxx.xxx

In-Text Citation Format (Direct Quote)

(Author’s Last Name, Year of publication, p. #*)

 

In-Text Citation Format (Paraphrased or Summarized)

(Author’s Last Name, Year of publication)

 

*If the page number is not available, you should include either the chapter number or the section number.

 

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References List Example

​Peters, E. (2010). Crocodile on the sandbank. Mysterious Press.  http://www.amazon.com.

 

In-Text Citation Example (Direct Quote)

(Peters, 2010, ch. 3)

 

In-Text Citation Example (Paraphrased or Summarized)

(Peters, 2010)

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Quick Note:  If you have more than one author, you would follow the same rules for citing print books.  

The punctuation in your citations does matter.  Make sure you pay attention to where the periods and commas are in the examples.