And here's another way to be sneaky... if the book is in print then the publisher retains contractual rights but in print doesn't necessarily mean for sale... it is not unknown for a publisher to retain ten, twenty copies in stock but not to supply orders for it just to retain contractual rights by being able to prove the book is still in print...
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Originally Posted by crossi
I understand that included in standard contracts is a means to regain your rights if a work hasn't been republished in a certain time. I doubt any agent would agree to a contract saying the author loses their rights forever. Certainly some fiction has been republished a number of times by different publishers. This seems to indicate that it is fairly common for an author to regain his rights and be able to re-sell them.
here is a link to a sample ebook contract
http://www.epress-online.com/contract.htm |