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I really think it depends on the audience. I like to be able to read an article, then go read some books on the topic if it struck my fancy. For that, I just need titles and authors, or locations for on-line archives of original books. I like annotated bibs, but if editorial space is tight, you can bet the comments will be the first cut. Some publications will be more likely to keep an annotated bibliography intact. The casual reader may not read them at all.
What you might look at: doing full versions of your articles for on-line reading, complete with your notes and comments, and preparing shorter "excerpt" versions for hobby publications, with shortened reading lists rather than full source lists, and a way to get with you for the full, expanded version. On the topic of egg whisks, for instance, you'd have a huge paper with notes... for a hobby publication, you choose an aspect or two of period egg whisks, create a short article (maybe with a period recipe involving use of an egg whisk and a diagram or two of shapes to look for), with very short source information inside the text, and information on how to find the expanded research you have on-line or in small published form, etc.
(Me, personally--I adore footnotes and comments. I love Terry Pratchett as an author because of the footnotes in his fiction. I love my annotated Alice in Wonderland. But, I'm a confirmed language geek.)
I really think it depends on the audience. I like to be able to read an article, then go read some books on the topic if it struck my fancy. For that, I just need titles and authors, or locations for on-line archives of original books. I like annotated bibs, but if editorial space is tight, you can bet the comments will be the first cut. Some publications will be more likely to keep an annotated bibliography intact. The casual reader may not read them at all.
What you might look at: doing full versions of your articles for on-line reading, complete with your notes and comments, and preparing shorter "excerpt" versions for hobby publications, with shortened reading lists rather than full source lists, and a way to get with you for the full, expanded version. On the topic of egg whisks, for instance, you'd have a huge paper with notes... for a hobby publication, you choose an aspect or two of period egg whisks, create a short article (maybe with a period recipe involving use of an egg whisk and a diagram or two of shapes to look for), with very short source information inside the text, and information on how to find the expanded research you have on-line or in small published form, etc.
(Me, personally--I adore footnotes and comments. I love Terry Pratchett as an author because of the footnotes in his fiction. I love my annotated Alice in Wonderland. But, I'm a confirmed language geek.)
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