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Originally Posted by pdurrant
I think it is significant that Harper Collins do not quote an explicit grant of rights to publication "through computer, computer-stored, mechanical or other electronic means now known or hereafter invented". In fact, the only explicit grant of rights they quote from the contract is "in book form". In 1971, "in book form" could only mean in paperback and hardback.
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An argument could be made that it included audiobooks on record or tape. Not sure how popular those were in 71, but the idea, at least, of book-as-sound existed. And I can think of a couple of weird "book" formats that would also hypothetically be covered--but none of them are ebooks.
(Spiral-bound pack of notecards. Flipbooks with changing photos. Preschool books on plastic. And so on. None of which are particularly appropriate for the book in question, but hey, if the story gets popular with six-year-olds, they'd find a way to market it to four-year-olds.)