Many of our publications when used in academic courses are available for purchase directly from us at a discount from the single copy price for paid orders of 10 or more copies.  Most of our publications are available for examination upon request (the Legislative Drafter's Deskbook is not available for free examination).

Please note that not all of our publications are available for purchase directly from us: Legal Spectator & More is available for purchase from your bookstore's supplier. 

When making your exam copy request, provide the following information:

• The title and level of the course the book will be evaluated for and number of sessions.
• Expected enrollment for each session.
• Adoption decision date.
• Whether an individual or committee will make the adoption decision.
• If a committee, please provide the name of the committee chair and tell us how many members are on the committee.
• Whether the likelihood of adoption is Excellent, Good, Slim, or None.
• Title of the current / previous text used in the course.
• Complete contact information (your title, school name and address, email, phone, and office hours) (please provide an explanation if the professor's name can not be found on the school's web site). 
• Information about your school's bookstore, including name, phone number, and text buyer's name. 
• This statement and your signature:
  "Upon receipt of the examination copy, I agree to review your book and consider it for adoption.  If I adopt the book, I will contact the bookstore and request that they order the book in quantity from you.  If this book is positively reviewed but not adopted, I agree to recommend it to the library for purchase."

Please fax (703-739-1195) or mail (TheCapitol.Net, PO Box 25706, Alexandria, VA  22313-5706) your exam copy request on school letterhead with the information requested above.  Please note: Incomplete requests are rarely approved.

Exam copies of our books are sent via UPS ground shipping to a university or school street address only.

Examination and desk copies are not for resale.

You are free to keep the book if you adopt it for a course. However, as we are a small publisher, we ask that if you do not adopt the book you return the book in salable condition. 

Examination and desk copies are subject to the approval of the Academic Sales Manager.  

• Congressional Deskbook

• Congressional Directory

• Media Relations Handbook for Agencies, Associations, Nonprofits and Congress

• Common Sense Rules of Advocacy for Lawyers 

• Real World Research Skills