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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
And how do I do that? There isn't presently any way to reach all of the possible book buying population on the planet from one source. Electronic books make that more possible than it was, but that's not the same thing as doable.
How? Authors write books. Publishers sell them
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Sorry, I don't know how. The publishing world behind-the-scenes is unfamiliar to me. |
And to most folks. I
am somewhat familiar with it, and spend a fair bit of time here trying to explain it.
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Is it impossible, difficult or financially detrimental to sign a worldwide digital rights contract?
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I'd call it difficult.
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What does an author do when an overseas publisher doesn't publish their work in digital format even though they legally can?
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Depends on the deal the overseas publisher has. eBook rights are a separate set of rights. Current contracts tend to include electronic rights as well as paper rights.
So if I sell a book to a US publisher, my US publisher will have US paper and ebook rights. Foreign ebook rights will be thornier. An overseas publisher who picks up my book for publication in their territory might want the electronic rights for their territory as well. If my US publisher has worldwide rights, the foreign publisher might balk at picking up the book at all if they can only get paper rights.
But generally speaking, if ebook rights are part of the contract, it's a fair assumption the publisher plans to publish an electronic edition at some point, as the rights to do that will be part of what they negotiated for. If you're going to publish
any edition, it makes little sense not to do an electronic one, if the book is suitable for electronic publishing at all.
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What options does someone have when faced with geo restrictions besides hiding their location? Contact the author, if still alive, and ask why?
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Even if you can contact the author, it won't help you. The author has no control over it. The restrictions are not made by or imposed upon the author. They are imposed upon publishers, because publishers buy exclusive rights to offer the books in particular areas.
You might argue that an author shouldn't sign a deal with a publisher that can't offer the book everywhere. The author should be so lucky as to be
able to be that selective. If the author is an international bestseller who can pick and choose among competing six figure offers for the next book, that might be possible. For anyone else, they probably consider themselves lucky to
be published, and take what they can get.
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I imagine few things saddens an author more than telling a fan they can't purchase their book because they live in (Australia, Switzerland, Ireland).
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No doubt, but it's not something the author has control over.
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Dennis