I see that history books written for a general audience do not always include superscript numbering, for example, Michael MacCambridge's America's Game. Instead, his book has a "source notes" section at the end. The notes include:
- the page numbers where the information appears in the book
a short quote from the text or the name of a person
a shortened reference style.
383 And it was clear: Paul Zimmerman, "Big D, as in Dynasty," SI, Feb. 8, 1993.
Have you ever been involved in publishing a book that uses this notation style instead of using superscript numbering in the main body of the text? I'm wanting to eliminate superscripts because I feel they are distracting for a general audience, ESPECIALLY when I want to write in a style so that the material reads more like a story instead of straightforward historical documentation.
Thoughts?