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Originally Posted by carpetmojo
I don't think that is the prime aim, or necessarily the intent, of this exercise - at least not the way it reads to me.
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Intent? Unlikely.
But the outcome? Increasingly so.
I remember reading on Teleread last year that (because of a legal change a few years back, I think) a *lot* of book contracts will be up for optional reversion this year. So any success stories from backlist titles getting re-issued as ebooks is going to worry traditional publishers, big and small.
Check this publisher horror story from 2010:
http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/right...nd-the-e-book/
So far it is mostly estates and mid-list authors that are taking advantage of the opportunities offered by ebooks. Their real nightmare is when the "Brand" writers do it. Or simply threaten it.
