William Grady wrote:
>As an insurance company library, I am a captive audience to Couch. But I
>am not happy with its change to looseleaf. ......
>First, I would consider very carefully before you throw any of the 2nd
>edition away. If the final version of the 3rd edition set has no cross
>reference table in it, it will be impossible to find which sections the
>thousands of insurance cases over the years are citing. Couch 2nd and
>Couch 2nd (revised--which is on your shelf) have no cross references to
>the older editions. .......
Watch carefully ....will this publisher compile a SEPARATE cross reference????
And HOW MUCH WILL IT COST?$?$?$?$?$$$
>Second, in filing the pocket parts today, I realized how little update
>text is in most of them.
Please see my earlier post -let's start acually looking at these "updates"...
ERRATA or UPDATE?????
> Since CBC took over, it has moved to twice a year
>supplementation. This in my opinion is what has jacked up the cost,
>doubling the frequency has doubled the cost. I think the supplements and
>the 3 new binders are priced comparably to other products. If you want
>to point fingers, point them at the decision to double the supplementation.
Another thought... consider the cost of shipping.... DO the companies actually
pay that much??? For book rate??? UPS??? Also is the info. in the 2nd shipment
info AFTER the ship date of the first???
>..... All a publisher can do is sell a few additional sets a year and sell
supplements.
>..... The result is that every mature set is liable to experience
"finessing", such as >paperback index volumes replaced annually (A perennial
favorite),......
Shouldn't there be a notice by the pub that the info in the "new" set isn't all
"NEW" and just rearranged????
>Sixth, on the other hand, CBC offers Couch on CD. If you buy the CD and
>keep your books, the updates of the CD are free. Thus since we have the
>CD, the cost of the supplementation not only gets us the paper and
>binders, it gets us the CD, so for us $400+ is not that outrageous.
>....... I cancelled $10,000 a year of supplementation and haven't missed those
>books at all. ....... I have tossed out books from
>Panel, Aspen, CBC and LCP under 39 USC 3009. And today I cancelled my
>first CBC title, .........
I wouldn't throw out the older books.. If these pubs. decide not to use CD
format
anymore... then what?? the CDs "time out" - usually monthly. If the CD isn't
available
then buying a "new" book version would be the only choice....
For some books, the older info is just as valuable, if not more, than the
update..
Karen Mahnk
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11th Judicial Circuit
Miami, Fl.,33125 ....even in the quietest moment..
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