On the heels of second annual New York Law Journal Reader Rankings of Legal Vendors published in September 2011, comes the first annual Legal Times Reader’s Rankings of Legal Vendors, (dated Novermber 2011)! Yes, yes, I know both titles are…
Posts Tagged ‘reader’
When May a Library Loan a Loaded eBook Reader? Four Scenarios
Check out Mary Minow’s answers on LibraryLaw Blog for the following: The device is empty. The only copyrighted content is the code itself that the device uses to display ebooks. The device is loaded with public domain content and/or content…
Short Takes On The News: Some Tech, Some Scandal And Outrage, And Some Law
CNET has a positive review of a new reader for Google Books that is not from Google. Called GooReader, the product is described as “is a desktop application that allows you to read Google Books online and offline, add Bookmarks,…
California Enacts Book Purchase Privacy Law
California has enacted the Reader Privacy Act (S.B. 602) which requires search warrant to access customer data on regular and e-books purchased online or from bricks-and-mortar store. All the law and privacy groups are cheering. Here’s the ALCU press release,…
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, but a TR Tax & Accounting Catalog on the Same Day as an Advance Renewal Invoice for a WG&L Print Title
I should add luckily both appeared before my wondering eyes on the same day … that would be yesterday. While any regular reader of LLB knows that I am less than delighted with the editorial quality and pricing of many…
Google Gets Into The eBook Reader Game
Google has announced a eBook reader that integrates with Google books and the Google Bookstore. It is the iriver Story HD. The HD part refers to its screen resolution of 1024 by 768. The Kindle, in comparison, is 800 by…
Life After Defaulting on Law School Student Loan Debt
ALT’s Elie Mystal reports that “a reader emailed us, asking how bad non-payment of law school debt can really be. As one who has walked this path for eight years, I can honestly say it’s not that bad.” Having your…
RSS Feed Rot-AALL Style
Looking for AALL news in your feed reader. Ya ain’t gonna find it. Not even a notice published in either of AALL’s “News Feed” or “Latest News Need” old RSS feeds about feed changes. I’m thinking the pending re-launch of…