If you want to have the book published, just compare it to other books published by the same publisher, and use that style. If you’re self publishing, use the method you either find most often in similar books, or find easiest to understand.

They are two different styles for citing sources when you quote them in your paper. MLA=Modern Language Association and APA=American Psychological Association. Both are commonely used at the University level and your local library should have copies. However, I STRONGLY recommend you purchase your own copy and USE it. Example: FOr my Master’s thesis, before it was accepted, EVERY typo and EVERY source reference was checked by my university’s gatekeeper. I would get back comments like: On page 33, line 7, when you cited ____, you stated itincorrectly. Please fix this citation. Also, I would hope that your professor knows BOTH formats intimately, but you might want to ask him/her if they prefer a certain format and/or feel more comfortable with one or the other. I once had a professor who wanted either MLA, Turabian or Chicago formats–but she did not KNOW Turabian or Chicago and thus made a ton of mistakes when correcting papers. Good luck and hope that helps

No

APA is only for journals.

Book publishers want traditional style. Much like Chicago Style.

Annotations are fine.

Two spaces after periods.

Double spaced lines

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Book publishers are TRADITIONAL PEOPLE

They are not ACADEMIC JOURNALS

They want a traditional manuscript using STANDARD editorial format.

It’s in the Dictonary, look it up.

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STANDARIZED type setting marks!

The type setter is a high school graduate who has worked at the publisher for 10+ years.

Check out www.citeplanet.com. You can search for citations and it automatically puts each citation in the correct format.

APA is used more by textbook publishers I believe.