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West Opens 30 Legal Titles to Amazon Kindle
With the rise of popularity of electronic book readers, Thomson Reuters' West (www.west.thomson.com) has initiated electronic versions of selected titles from its book collection. The 30 titles were chosen to meet the needs of law students, law school faculty, and legal professionals."We've been fascinated by the shift lawyers and law students in particular are making toward smartphones and electronic book readers," said Mike Suchsland, senior vice president, West. "Customers have responded favorably to our various iPhone and iPod touch apps, so we see this as a natural extension of our advanced media strategy-making key content accessible on a variety of mobile devices, beginning with the platforms from Apple and Amazon." The online version of this press release (www.thomsonreuters.com/content/press_room/tlr/tlr_legal/490791) provides a list of the 30 available titles. To purchase the West titles for the Kindle, West advises users to search for them on www.amazon.com. Source: Thomson Reuters
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