Comments on: The future law book

By: The iFuture

The iFuture — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:25:45 +0000

[...] legal publishers need to shift their internal processes to accommodate new delivery, pricing and updating mechanisms for their [...]

By: Blawg Review #203 « GeekLawyer's Blog

Blawg Review #203 « GeekLawyer's Blog — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:59:58 +0000

[...] is not alone: Law21 views the Kindle in a similar vein and discusses its role in the apparent demise of printed law journals. Information [...]

By: Electronic Casebooks: Where Words Go to Thrive? | Jason Wilson | Electronic Books

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:33:51 +0000

[...] There are smart people out there writing about ideas for what would make a good electronic casebook. The publishers should [...]

By: Rupert White

Rupert White — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:35:49 +0000

I agree, RSS, or whatever’s next for that ‘type’ of push/syndicated content delivery is a potential killer app for e-publishing – I reckon, though, that whatever gets pushed out should be seamlessly integrated into a constantly changing ‘single text’ a lawyer refers to, with the latest updates flagged for attention and bookmarked, in some way. It’s like the web, just with books…

I don’t think Kindle is the killer client though – too small. http://tinyurl.com/cbdmc3

Nice blog, btw.

By: Future of the law book « CLEBC Technology Team

Future of the law book « CLEBC Technology Team — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:09:28 +0000

[...] of the law book In his post on Law 21, http://www.law21.ca/2009/02/27/the-future-law-book/, Jordan Furlong summarizes recent posts on the demise of certain types of legal publishing. The [...]

By: The self-updating, portable law library « real world legal research

The self-updating, portable law library « real world legal research — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:01:04 +0000

[...] self-updating, portable law library By realworldlegalresearch This post, at law21, asks (among other things) why legal publishers couldn’t use RSS to update online [...]

By: The future law book is not a book : Binary Law

The future law book is not a book : Binary Law — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:36:59 +0000

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By: JamesM

JamesM — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 12:20:23 +0000

Jordan – RSS for ebook updates is a great idea and so obvious. Unfortunately in the UK Legal Publishers have been quite slow to implement RSS. This is a real shame because it is such a powerful tool.

One issue that comes to mind is that of subscriptions to the databases where the legislation or cases are updated. If you were to buy an ebook which was updated by RSS but you didn’t subscribe to the database where the legal publisher updated the case/piece of legislation – would you miss out?

By: Shaunna Mireau

Shaunna Mireau — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:22:21 +0000

Maybe the killer app will be the beta API that links citations to CanLII’s reflex records. Image linking from a text on an ebook to see the noteup record as of today… without paying a fee.

By: scott

scott — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:29:02 +0000

Like the rss updates idea Jordon- so obvious that I have to admit didn’t even occur to me!