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If you are an old lawyer, you remember pocket parts. I used to spend hours in the law library inserting the book updates into a pocket at the back of the book (hence the name), so that law publishers could make money. Nowadays, legal resources are kept current on a web server somewhere. No wonder law book publishers are struggling. Does anybody buy these things anymore? I haven't inserted a pocket part for many years; but, I wonder if they still exist? Anyone out there still keeping a paper library, and updating with paper pocket parts?
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December 01, 2012
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Huh. I have a half-dozen code books in hardback format, and for which I spend about $200 per year keeping updated. Now that you mention it, I can't remember the last time I picked one up. The only reason I have them is because they are the code books for my primary areas of practice, and (used to be) I could pick one up and flip immediately to the page I needed. Since the pocket parts come automatically, I don't really think about it.
You have a point - who uses these things, anymore? I seem to be wasting money. Will have to stop.
Posted by: Miriam Robeson | December 04, 2012 at 08:02 AM