In response to my invitation to send questions, Albert in Indiana asked about the relative merits of endnotes and footnotes in books. Mr. Meyer prefers footnotes, which allow him to “converse with ...

Footnotes -- or endnotes, or just notes; whatever you want to call them -- are a problem. They're a problem for writers and a problem for readers and a problem for typesetters and a problem for page ...

I agree and disagree with Rodger Beehler (“In Editing a Good Novel, the Best Footnote Is 0,” The Review, March 9). I agree that the use of endnotes, footnotes, subquotes, and whatnots in novels that ...

When you're working on a text document and making sure to cite your sources, it's helpful to have a way to keep your footnotes organized and in order. And footnotes can be useful for functions beyond ...