Kindling for the Legal E-Book Fire

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Kindling for the Legal E-Book Fire

Submitted by Jon Bartelson on Saturday, 17 October 20092 Comments

The wake of my gloomy report on the status of legal e-books seems surprisingly upbeat this week: it seems that West has released nearly 30 of its titles for electronic download on the Amazon Kindle. A press release issued last week gives the nod to “law students, law school faculty and legal professionals who are increasingly using new electronic media”. I_Drink_Your_Bookshelf

This is an encouraging sign as electronic course materials are becoming more popular throughout higher education. This initial release sports a single casebook and a number of law practice and study aides. While I would certainly like to see some casebooks appear in the Kindle Store, this is a welcome start. Hopefully we’ll see some more proliferation of electronic legal reading material in the months to come.

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- 17 October 2009 at 6:31 pm

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