From: Jim O'Donnell <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 22:47:45 +0300 A few weeks ago, I passed on the note about Wolters-Kluwer "selling" a casebook for property law courses where the student got a "permanent" copy of the e-version and a paper version that had to be returned at the end of the semester. Novel model, and I wondered if it betokened the beginning of treating the e-version as the default permanent version of texts. -- Well, the profs whose courses were affected were teaching property law, so they got huffy, and W-K has now offered a second deal: either this bundle, *or* the ability to purchase only a paper copy that you do get to keep. Some placation seems to have happened, though I would have expected perhaps paper-plus-electronic with right to retain, just for a modestly higher price, but that seems not on offer: http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2014/05/academic-libraries/law-profs-revolt-after-aspen-casebook-tries-to-get-around-first-sale-doctrine/#_ Jim O'Donnell Georgetown