“With this new printing arrangement with Thomson Reuters, we’re able to better manage the production and delivery of our books,” said Bryan Kay, director, ABA Publishing. “We can more efficiently produce and grow the list of high-quality publications, covering a broad range of topics that the legal profession counts on from the ABA.”Lexis isn't standing still either in consolidating legal publishing into a true duopoly. They announced earlier this week that they were acquiring State Net, right after they off-loaded Congressional Information Service (CIS) and University Publications of America to ProQuest. This makes me wonder how long it will take TR to gobble up ProQuest.
Printing and manufacturing services for the ABA’s publications will be performed at Thomson Reuters’ 1.3 million-square-foot manufacturing, distribution and engineering facilities headquarted in Eagan, Minn.
As for the ABA/TR deal, it probably makes sense for the ABA to outsource the primary printing operations to an established shop like TR… and with the reduced demand for TR's legal publications, it is most likely a "win-win" for both parties.
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I am concerned about what this will mean for ABA prices, which have always been affordable, and for the ABA package plan which make ordering so much easier for law firm libraries.
Patricia, thanks for the comments about affordable prices. Our deal with TR is, as Greg says, a win-win. TR has a truly outstanding print operation and working with them will help us hold our costs down so that we can continue to price affordably. Also, thanks for the comments on package plan.
(TR's initial press release made it sound as if we had outsourced our "publishing" to them. We squawked and they fixed it immediately.)
Charlie Ter Bush, Director of ABA Book Publishing
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