I looked at an insert in a legal publication that I received at the end of 2007. The book is a 2008 edition of a criminal trial practice manual. Lots of times legal books are updated with pocket parts which you insert in the back of the book, or supplements which you keep close at hand when referencing the book. This was a complete replacement, and the insert has filing instructions which are a bit too complicated for me to follow:
"Enclosed is the 2007-2008 Edition... This volume is up to date and replaced all previous editions of this book.
FILING INSTRUCTIONS:
1) DISCARD or RECYCLE the 2007 Edition
2) PLACE the new 2007-2008 Edition on your desk or shelf."
Given that it will only be lawyers who look into books like this, did they really think someone with that much education needs to be told how to place the book on their desk? Maybe it's not despite our education, it's because of it? Sometimes, more eduction = less sense.
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What they really mean is "Don't sell the previous edition on eBay or give it away to someone else."
Whether they can actually require such a thing is an interesting legal question (I still have a few copies of [Nameless Ubiquitous GA Crim Defense Legal Publication] that I collected from the recycle bin in my days as a PD, to give out to rural PD offices that couldn't afford copies for everybody.
Can the publisher's require this? My guess is not (I've certainly never heard of anyone being sued or prosecuted over it), but the notice is probably enough to keep folk from recycling a perfectly good (notwithastanding whatever stupid shit the legislature did in the intervening year) year-old book.
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