The Practical Paperless Office Using Microsoft, Adobe, and Some Sage Advice: Methods, Organization, Hardware and Software to Create a Clutter Free Work Environment, by Matthew R. Halpin.

This is a very short PDF eBook (14 pages) that would best be described as a case study. The author is a legal professional focusing in online legal issues, so I would have expected more advice from the legal standpoint– which documents to keep, which are safe to discard, and how other legal professionals should approach their paperless office strategy.

I would not recommend this for anyone needing a really meaty, in-depth ebook on going paperless. It’s more like a 14-page executive summary, hitting the core ideas and giving a very strong sales pitch in favor of the paperless office.

At $5.50, it’s overpriced for a book, but underpriced for a business analysis. Unfortunately, it’s not meaty enough to stand in the business market, so the ebook falls short of my expectations.

However, if you’re a busy executive with little time on your hands and you want to read something to help convince you to set a strategic paperless office in motion, but someone else will be responsible for the actual implementation, then this is a good pick for you.

Small business owners and do-it-yourselfers need more content, I’m afraid, and should probably take a pass.

Coming up: The Myth of the Paperless Office, by Abigail J. Sellen, Richard H. R. Harper