In my experience of this, foreign rights sales generally involved a translation of the text. So my English language book sold in Germany, was translated into German and I made a bit of additional money from the German publisher. The difference now, I suppose, is that a German reader can buy the English version on line with limited muss and fuss. But I wonder if or how book contracts have changed to deal with eBook/print versions of the book in translation in other countries. Anybody out there with recent experience?
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