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Author Questions Royalty Rates on eBooks

22 Dec

There’s an interesting story on the Washington Post website where Pulitzer Prize winning author Michael Chabon discusses the publication of his works as ebooks. He controls the rights to his earlier works which he has licensed to Open Road Integrated…

 

Opening: Editor for AALL’s Price Index for Legal Publications

14 Nov

From the Nov. 9, 2011 announcement posted on AALL. The deadline for applying is Dec. 5, 2011. Job Description: The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) seeks an Editor for its annual publication, Price Index for Legal Publications (PILP). The…

 

Perhaps Fidel Castro Isn’t a Good Example of an Alternative Career: Arizona Law’s Handbook Disappears from the Web

05 Oct

On Sept. 23, 2011, ATL’s Staci Zaretsky reported: A tipster from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law informed us that the school’s career services office put out a new publication this summer for students interested in…

 

Time to Scramble for Ways and Means to Get Published in Law Journals

19 Aug

While it is fairly obvious that the bench (and bar) don’t read legal scholarship published in law journals, that is not going to stop law profs from churning them out, particularly junior profs scrambling to add publication credits to their…

 

Something New: Video Abstracts of Published Research Articles

06 Aug

On July 29, 2011, Dove Medical Press announced its launch of video abstracts for the Company’s 100-plus peer reviewed medical and scientific journals. As papers are accepted for publication, the author is given the opportunity to present a brief video…

 

Uniform Law Commissioners Address Official Electronic Legal Publishing

29 Jul

One of the more recent developments when it comes to official online law is the creation of the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act by the Uniform Law Commission. The Act was approved for publication on July 12th. It requires official…

 

Want to Get an Expungement in WA State? Here is the Info You Need

15 Jun

WA State has an excellent publication on how expungements work on WA courts. All States should follow WA’s lead to help people in their job searches by making expungements accessible. Continue reading


 

Illinois Reports 1831 – 2011 RIP

01 Jun

The Illinois Supreme Court has adopted the public-domain electronic citation system for appellate opinions and discontinues publication of the official Illinois Reports and Illinois Appellate Reports. The contract for the official Illinois publications, currently held by West, expires July 31,…