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Originally Posted by Jellby
The authors (or their agents) should just sell geographically restricted rights for paper books, but worldwide (non-exclusive) rights for ebooks, so I can choose to buy an ebook from a US, UK or Australian retailer.
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Actually, it's the business model that is at fault here. There's no reason an author (or publisher) couldn't hold and sell the "worldwide English language" rights to a given title. The translation rights would still be available for sale and distribution rights could be linked to the language of the work rather than the geographical point of sale. (After all, the translator has a right to compensation, too.)