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Originally Posted by Catlady
There's another thread right now about the unavailability of Rebecca in a legit e-book form--or any of Daphne du Maurier's works, for that matter. It's a classic, it's still in print, so obviously people are still interested in it--but to read it on a device, you have to go over to the dark side. How many potential customers have been lost already? How many will then buy it for $15or so when it finally does become available?
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One of the problems in cases like this one is that we don't even really know who is responsible. It's easy enough to find out who holds or held most recent publishing rights, but we generally don't know the contract specifics. I imagine some of these classics-in-copyright are caught up in rights issues. Others may have recently reverted or will soon.