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Originally Posted by HarryT
The publisher doesn't have any say in the matter. If the author has only given a publisher, say, UK only distribution rights for a book, then the publisher CANNOT sell outside the UK, however much they want to do so.
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Well, they
do decide to enter a contract where they don't have those rights, rather than pay what they must to be able to sell the work worldwide.
Existing works are one thing. But now, they don't have the excuse for new contracts that they didn't know they might want world-wide publishing rights in the current environment.