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Originally Posted by BWhite
So my question is, *IF* an author were to go out and try to locate a publisher to publish their new eBook is there a publisher currently in existence who publishes for all of terra firma?
Or is there some kind of relationship that I don't know about which has to exist? Like the publishers each have a back room filled with lawyers versed in European Copyright Law and not North American Copyright law nor Australian Copyright Law, etc. etc.
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I would expect in the future that as ebooks become a larger piece of the pie, that ebook rights will be a pretty contentious issue. Will any regional publisher be happy with p-book rights if they can't have ebook rights, too?
Sure, logistically pretty much anyone could become an ebook distributor. I could, you could. But could we award a publishing contract and advances to professional authors? I don't think the publishing houses are going to negotiate solely for pbook rights and let the ebook rights go elsewhere if they can help it.
So, unfortunately, it's probably only going to get worse before it gets better.