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Originally Posted by HarryT
But that is the author's own fault - nobody else's. He or she is the one who chooses to sign the restrictive distribution contract with the publisher. You can't blame the publisher for only being granted rights to sell the book in a restricted territory.
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This is nonsensical. First you state that the author is responsible by signing a restrictive distribution contract, implying that the author has no control over the contract language -- implying that the author simply chooses to sign or not sign a contract presented to them by the publisher. (And I believe this is the case. Except for super-star, best selling authors, I expect that a publishing offer is most probably a "take-it-or-leave-it" deal.)
Then you say that the publisher can't be blamed for "...only being granted rights to sell the book in a restricted territory." What? If the publisher writes the contract, as you imply in your first two sentences, whose fault is it?