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Originally Posted by sourcejedi
Emphasis mine. The general rule is that publishing contracts require exclusive rights; there's nothing to suggest an exception here.
If it turned out the International versions were also being bought in the US, I'm sure she'd appreciate a private message. From someone other than the publishers' lawyers. (It has come to our attention...)
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My guess is that she has no easy way to apply technological geo-restrictions on intl sales, and thus may have a gentlemen's agreement with the U.S. publisher that she will note the appropriate territories in and around the books, and hope there isn't too much spillover. I'm guessing this because I have a book in a very similar situation, and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the U.S. publisher will make this kind of gentlemen's agreement with me.
(I hadn't seen the explanatory passage you quoted, but I did see--after I bought the books--a notice on the copyright page that this edition was intended for sale outside N. America.)
As a courtesy to Diane and her publisher, it might nice to keep our voices down about this.
