Techdirt has an interesting article on ebooks called If Libraries Didn’t Exist, Would Publishers Be Trying To Kill Book Lending? The article is a reaction to an examination of major publisher attitudes to providing ebooks to libraries as published in…
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Questions a Publishing Industry Futurist is Mulling Over for 2012
04
Jan
One would expect a publishing industry futurist to issue a set of predictions for 2012. But for 2012, Mike Shatzkin writes: Rather than predict the future for the industry’s biggest players, I am posing what I think are the biggest…
The Corporate Tao of TR Legal: Laying Off More West Account Reps in Recently Executed Sale Reorganization
02
Jan
Back in mid-November, in a post titled More TR Legal Layoffs? I reported that a reliable tipster informed me that Thomson Reuters Legal may announce another wave of layoffs soon and that the layoffs may affect customer service operations. Official…
Dear Santa, Please Give AALL a Clue on How to Make Money
22
Dec
Santa, I think AALL needs a business plan to make money in publishing that is not based on ad revenues (which by and large isn’t work all that well, anyway). How about reasonably priced AALL imprint p- and e-books on…
Covering SCOTUS: Thomson Reuters’ Case by Case vs SCOTUSblog, Sponsored by Bloomberg Law
20
Dec
On December 13, 2011, Thomson Reuters launched “a dynamic interactive online tool offering comprehensive coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2011-12 term. Case by Case: The U.S. Supreme Court, accessed at www.reuters.com/supreme-court/2011-2012, combines original reporting from Thomson Reuters News &…
"Ready Access" Tools: p- and e-Credenza wars for the hearts and minds and pocketbooks of practitioners
19
Dec
Remember TR Senior Director, Librarian Relations, Anne Ellis’ response to CRIV’s Shaun Esposito about format switcheroos to pamphet editions of West print titles previously published in hardbound volumes with pocket parts or loose-leaf sets back in November? No, well after…
On Frustration and Source Code
14
Dec
So this is somehow law if not law librarianship related, right? Citing dissent across the Middle East, Europe and even the US in terms of OWS, Time has named “The Protester” as “person of the year.” From Person of the…
