As an ABA LPM author and member of the ABA LPM Executive board and also
the Publications Board, I'd like to make a few comments/suggestions.
1. Yes, the ABA does hold books from Amazon for a few months.
2. I didn't know about the library discount being discontinued, but you
might check your state bar association to see if they offer a discount
that you can use and it might be even better than the 20% discount you
were getting. If your bar association does not participate in any ABA
book discount program, see number 4 below.
3. For example, the CA Bar offers a 35% discount to any Section member.
Check with your attorneys to find out if they are section members and
order under their name for a 35% discount. This is a fairly new
opportunity that the CA Bar LPMT section spent a year negotiating...so
please tell your attorneys about it and ask them to use it! All they
need to do is get the code from the section's members-only portion of
the bar's web site, or they can email the bar if they can't figure out
the web site. (LPMT section members can email me for the code.)
4. Anyone can join the LPMT section of the CA Bar for $65 and take
advantage of the 35% section discount directly. You do NOT have to be a
lawyer/CA Bar member or even live in CA to join the section. I am on the
executive committe of the CA Bar LPMT board, as are law librarians Larry
Meyer and Coral Henning, and we invite you to join the section. You'll
receive the discount and also the Section's quarterly newsletter, The
Bottom Line, which you and your law library patrons might enjoy.
--Best Regards,
Carole
Carole Levitt J.D., M.L.S.
President, Internet For Lawyers(http://www.netforlawyers.com <http://www.netforlawyers.com/> )
P.O. Box 1065, Culver City, CA 90232
phone: 310/559-2247
SEMINAR SPEAKER: http://www.livecleseminars.com/
AUTHOR: The Lawyer's Guide to Fact Finding on the Internet, ABA 2006
(http://www.internetfactfinder.com <http://www.internetfactfinder.com/> )
AUTHOR: The Cybersleuth's Guide to the Internet: Conducting Effective Investigative & Legal Research on the Web, IFL Press 2006
(http://www.netforlawyers.com/prod01.htm)
Past Chair: California State Bar LPMT Section
(http://www.calbar.ca.gov/lpmt)
-----Original Message----- From: owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu [mailto:owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu] On Behalf Of Gaylord, Tom Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 11:01 AM To: Kendall F. Svengalis; Janice Leichter Cc: law-lib@ucdavis.edu Subject: [LAW-LIB:54593] Re: ABA "Web Store" Library Discount Being Discontinued
I've noticed that in least a couple of instances, an ABA title has not been immediately available via Amazon; it's possible that ABA "embargoes" their availability via Amazon so that ABA is the exclusive outlet for the title for a period of time. I can't say that this is a matter of course, but certainly with a couple of titles in the past year, I've found that while they were in stock at ABA, they were "not yet released" at Amazon (the recent title on global climate change was one that I know for sure was among them).
Tom Gaylord
Law Librarian
Chicago-Kent College of Law
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From: owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu [mailto:owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu] On Behalf Of Kendall F. Svengalis Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 11:30 AM To: Janice Leichter Cc: law-lib@ucdavis.edu Subject: [LAW-LIB:54589] Re: ABA "Web Store" Library Discount Being Discontinued
Janice, et al,
For those of you concerned about the loss of the ABA's 20% discount, I suggest using amazon.com The vast majority of ABA monographs are available there, most at hefty discounts, which range from 35-55%. The "Used and new" option produces many new or virtually new copies. I have excerpted 10 of the more than 20 ABA titles I plan to add in my 2008 Legal Information Buyer's Guide & Reference Manual. The entries below show the new cost from ABA, the ABA member or Section discount, the amazon.com cost, and the percentage discount by acquiring the title on amazon.com.
I try to add the amazon.com cost to the cost line of most of my treatise/monograph entries.
Moreover, amazon.com places strict guidelines on shipping costs, which will never produces the nightmares Laura Orr describes.
Knowing this, you can then isolate the issue of whether you use enough of the ABA package plan periodicals to warrant the plan's continuation.
Guide to HIPAA Security and the Law.
Cost: $79.95 ($69.95 to members; from $51.31 on amazon.com). 35%
Federal Banking Law and Regulation: a Handbook for Lawyers.
Cost: $85.95 ($55.95 to members; from $39.12 on amazon.com). 55%
Toxic Tort Litigation.
Cost: $149.95 ($129.95 to members; from $94.46 on amazon.com). 37%
Slusky, Ronald D. Invention Analysis and Claiming: A Patent Lawyer's Guide.
Cost: $79.95 ($67.95 to members; from $50.00 on amazon.com). 37%
Siskind, Gregory H., Deborah McMurray, and Richard P. Klau. The Lawyer's Guide to Marketing on the Internet. 3d ed.
Cost: $84.95 ($74.95 to members; from $49.58 on amazon.com). 41%
Sex-Based Harassment: Workplace Policies for the Legal Profession.
Cost: $34.95 ($29.95 to members; from $22.80 on amazon.com). 35%
Nonprofit Resources: a Companion to Nonprofit Governance. 2nd ed.
Cost: $19.95 ($17.95 to members; from $9.90 on amazon.com). 50%
MacDonagh, Catherine Alman and Beth Marie Cuzzone. The Law Firm Associate's Guide to Personal Marketing and Selling Skills.
Cost: $49.95 ($39.95 to members; $31.32 on amazon.com). 37%
MacCarthy, Terence. MacCarthy on Cross-Examination. Chicago: American Bar Association, 2007. 1 vol. (221pp.).
Cost: $129.95 ($99.95 to members; from $81.87 on amazon.com). 37%
Kuhne, Cecil C. A Litigator's Guide to Expert Witnesses.
Cost: $84.95 ($68.95 to members; from $49.00 on amazon.com). 43%
Ken Svengalis
Rhode Island LawPress
204 Wyassup Road
N. Stonington, CT 06359
(860) 535-0362
rilawpress.com
On Tuesday, January 29, 2008, at 06:28 PM, Janice Leichter wrote:
Our library received the form letter yesterday, I think.
Such a deal!
The gist is that if you want to continue getting the 20% discount you need to join the ABA Package Plan. For $819.00 you receive ALL the ABA serial publications and you get Special Promos as well as invoicing after the title is shipped. Anything you order is discounted 20%. Alternatively you order using the attorney's ID number. There's more but I found it depressing.
Janice Leichter, Librarian
Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, LLP
Minneapolis, MN 55402
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