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Clicklaw Wikibooks are an attempt to solve two central | Clicklaw Wikibooks are an attempt to solve two central challenges in publishing legal information: | ||
# | #'''Law is constantly evolving:''' It is very cumbersome and time consuming to keep a legal publication up-to-date using the traditional model &mdash that is, updating a word processing or page layout file; emailing versions back and forth between author, editor and reviewer; and sending a printable PDF off to the printer. | ||
#Most legal publications are optimized for printing, | #'''Formats are multiplying''': Most legal publications are optimized for printing, which typically compromises other formats (the web, ebooks, mobile), even as they grow in importance. The way many legal publications are produced is to format for printing, then create a PDF of the printed version, and put the PDF on the Internet. The resulting PDFs aren't easy to navigate around, to view on the screen, or to find for that matter. | ||
Clicklaw Wikibooks try to solve these problems: | Clicklaw Wikibooks try to solve these problems: | ||