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Originally Posted by crossi
If the publishers won't republish the backlist the author would have every right to take back their rights to it and publish it themselves. They spent months of time writing those books, they were on the shelves for a few months and then pulled to make room for the next month's book. All that work and no further income for it ever. All the people moaning over the poor authors and low priced ebooks don't seem to care about all the books languishing unpublished with NO further income for the author. At least with low cost ebooks the author gets SOMETHING. And if they take back the rights and publish themselves they get a lot even with low prices.
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Great, if they can do it, but if their contracts allowed for that, you would
think it would be happening already. I certainly agree that if the guys they
sold the right to publish their books, stopped doing so then they should be
able to reacquire the right to do so themselves. I just don't think most
contracts would allow for that, certainly not for the early works of an author.
Once they become a name, develop a following, they might be able to set
such terms. Until then, the guy handing out the money usually gets to make
most of the conditions for the sale. And for those who are no longer here, to
try and renegotiate, ....
Luck;
Ken