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Contact: Kendall Svengalis

North Stonington, CT

Tel: 860-535-0378 | Fax: 860-535-0378

ksvengalis@rilawpress.com

 

The Book the Big Legal Publishers Don’t Want You to Read

Critically acclaimed bibliographic and consumer guide to United States legal information is the only book on the market to provide analysis of American legal publications from a buyer’s perspective.

 

NORTH STONINGTON, Conn. – The multi-billion dollar legal publishing world is dominated by three international conglomerates that control the information every practicing lawyer needs.

 

But for 14 years now, legal libraries large and small have had an alternative: Kendall F. Svengalis’ brilliant – and money-saving -  Legal Information Buyer’s Guide & Reference Manual.

 

The newly released 2010 edition, essential for attorneys, law librarians, and all other legal professionals, contains the most comprehensive, up-to-date information regarding:

 

  • Court reports
  • Statutes
  • Municipal ordinances
  • Administrative regulations
  • Forms
  • Legal treatises
  • Encyclopedias
  • Court rules
  • Citatory services
  • Practice books
  • Legal newspapers and newsletters
  • Law reviews

 

Other features include used law book prices, toll-free numbers for most legal publishers, a spreadsheet of the legal specialty products with prices and supplementation costs, and a list of essential law library cost-saving tips.

 

Useful as an acquisition guide, budgeting tool, bibliography, reference book, directory, and consumer awareness vehicle, the Legal Information Buyer’s Guide & Reference Manual helps legal consumers everywhere find the best, most cost-effective sources of legal information as well as a current reference guide to specific legal materials.

 

Half of the book is dedicated to substantive reviews of 1,600 legal treatises, CD-ROMs, and other materials in 61 subject specialties, each of which includes historical annual supplementation costs, critical information to help you avoid a stealth drain on your library budget. Another major portion cites the primary law sources for each state and the District of Columbia, Internet sites, legal research guides, and leading sources for state-specific materials. Nineteen chapters list the major categories of legal materials and the most cost-effective means of acquiring them.

 

Praise for Legal Information Buyer’s Guide & Reference Manual

Cited by Legal Information Alert as one of the 20 Top Innovations and Services

in the field of legal information in the past 10 years

 

"...For those attorneys without the benefit of the assistance of a professional law librarian, Svengalis' book is a godsend."

Donna Bausch in Law Practice Management

 

"The first serious attempt to provide lawyers with the information they need to bring the costs of legal information

under control...I know of no other publication like it."

Joe Stephens in the Oregon Bar Bulletin

 

"...By writing this book, Mr. Svengalis has performed a signal service to legal publications consumers throughout the country."

Caroline Cornwell in the Rhode Island Bar Journal

 

"… hands-down the most useful book on legal information ever written."

Kevin Gerson, Associate Director, UCLA Law Library

 

Legal Information Buyer’s Guide & Reference Manual 2010 by Kendall F. Svengalis | Softcover, $156.00 ISBN: 978-0-9767864-1-2 | Available at rilawpress.com & Amazon.com