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Originally Posted by Barcey
It should have been fixed years ago for all new electronic book contracts.
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Exactly
Contracts and the conditions within them are set by the principal not the contractor.
The fault lies squarely at the feet of the publishers (principals). However the authors (contractors) need to start demanding changes and that is often difficult to do, when there is a "take it or leave it" approach laid down by publishing companies such as the agency 5 dodos.
I had hopes for the publishing industry as they had examples of the messiness of the changeover to the digital age experienced by those other dinosaurs, the music and entertainment industry. But the lesson was never learned.
Little wonder that piracy is a convenient scapegoat for them. They can always blame piracy, thus covering up the fact their own anachronistic distribution systems are one of the root causes.
Abolish DRM and geo restrictions, set prices that are fair and equitable (Baen model?) and sales will provide just as much profit to everyone. There will be always piracy, but a lot of those turning to piracy would come back to buying ebooks as they wanted to do in the first place, but were denied the choice.