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I'm writing a book review as part of my English Holiday Homework. The book (or rather, prolegomenon) that I'm reviewing is Battle of the Books by Jonathan Swift.

Due to obvious reasons for my inability to obtain a hard-copy of the book, I defaulted to getting a copy from the internet. I got a couple of sources, including a couple on WikiSource and this PDF.

My question is, what should I put in the 'publisher' field in my book review ( we have to stick to a strict template :/ ):-

  • "WikiSource" and a link?
  • Google for a publisher that once published the book (though it's books aren't the book I'm using)?
  • "N/A"?

Edit: I've added an answer on what I think should be put in the field ("WikiSource"). But if anyone can provide reasons for another answer, please add that too :)

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  • I'm not sure if the reason that I haven't gotten the answer yet is b'coz this site simple isn't as popular as Stack Overflow or b'coz my question is inappropriate or uninteresting in its current form...
    – Yatharth Agarwal
    Aug 6, 2013 at 12:25
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    – Monica Cellio
    Aug 6, 2013 at 13:06
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    The book was clearly self published, so why don't you use the writer's name on publisher? And, btw, why are you bothering so much with that if the author himself didn't bothered to add his name in the manuscript? I wouldn't spend too much time on ti and use "Jonathan Swift self published".
    – Psicofrenia
    Aug 6, 2013 at 13:33
  • @Psicofrenia I think you've got it. Make that an answer.
    – Lauren-Clear-Monica-Ipsum
    Aug 6, 2013 at 14:31
  • @LaurenIpsum It is not really "self" published since the material is being published by others (being in the public domain, originally published along with A Tale of a Tub in 1704).
    – user5232
    Aug 6, 2013 at 14:57

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The author didn't put it up for free; the works were documented by the WikiSource Project after they came into the public domain (possibly from an earlier printed book).

I don't think that's self-publishing. From Dictionary.com, the definition of a publisher is ‘a person or company whose business is the publishing of books, periodicals, engravings, computer software, etc.’. Sounds like "WikiSource" is the right answer here...

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  • BTW, this is just what I think. The Q is still open for discussion...
    – Yatharth Agarwal
    Aug 7, 2013 at 2:41

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