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Originally Posted by nekokami
I had an extended email conversation with Steve Brust's last P.A. a while back on the issue of ebooks. Brust doesn't know who has the rights. His P.A. thinks he holds the digital rights to his work, but she's not sure...
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Not much you can say about that, other than the fact that somebody ought to be able to find out who has the rights... in terms of Brust's income-making potential, it could be highly significant, and worth establishing one way or the other (which should be his P.A.'s job, I'd guess).
I am not questioning whether your charity is deserved or misplaced, Neko. I am simply endorsing the idea that
people shouldn't get ripped off by others. (It seems like about the only thing I've been saying for the past week!) Hopefully Brust's lack of info on his e-book rights isn't causing him to be ripped off. Hopefully whoever
does have the rights isn't being ripped off.
Remember, if it turns out that his publisher has the rights, and that publisher finds out that Brust's books are being illegally disseminated as e-books (by Brust or anyone else), that could be considered a reason to cancel his publishing contract... which would
really be ripping Brust off.