http://www.jasnwilsn.com/2009/11/08/volokh-on-elawtric-books-post-no-1/ Law + Publishing + Tech Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:06:34 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.jasnwilsn.com/2009/11/08/volokh-on-elawtric-books-post-no-1/comment-page-1/#comment-570 Jason Wilson Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:46:34 +0000 http://www.jasnwilsn.com/?p=513#comment-570 Couldn't agree more. I feel like we're going backwards with law-related ebooks, and my frustration is rooted in the fact that the Kindle, now the Nook, and to some extent the Sony eReader are working to change how the lawyer, as an average serial book consumer, views books as products, rather than a legal text, which is a product yes, but also a service. Two entirely different needs must be met. Couldn’t agree more. I feel like we’re going backwards with law-related ebooks, and my frustration is rooted in the fact that the Kindle, now the Nook, and to some extent the Sony eReader are working to change how the lawyer, as an average serial book consumer, views books as products, rather than a legal text, which is a product yes, but also a service. Two entirely different needs must be met.

]]> http://www.jasnwilsn.com/2009/11/08/volokh-on-elawtric-books-post-no-1/comment-page-1/#comment-569 Nick Holmes Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:30:17 +0000 http://www.jasnwilsn.com/?p=513#comment-569 Looking forward to your further posts. I've browsed only a few of Volokh's posts and have to say that, although there are some interesting thoughts, there's no great insights I came across as to how 21st century publishing is developing. Since the web came along, it's been clear to me that the web was it. We have the cloud and we have increasingly smart devices connected to it. Dedicated devices to which we download stuff are only temporary, transitional technologies. Clearly, Amazon have a vested interest in selling "books" and they'll milk the ebook bandwagon. For publications that are read serially, ebooks make some sense; for legal publications they make no sense at all. Looking forward to your further posts. I've browsed only a few of Volokh's posts and have to say that, although there are some interesting thoughts, there's no great insights I came across as to how 21st century publishing is developing. Since the web came along, it's been clear to me that the web was it. We have the cloud and we have increasingly smart devices connected to it. Dedicated devices to which we download stuff are only temporary, transitional technologies. Clearly, Amazon have a vested interest in selling "books" and they'll milk the ebook bandwagon. For publications that are read serially, ebooks make some sense; for legal publications they make no sense at all.

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