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Originally Posted by Katsunami
Where do these publishers obtain the rights to distribute a work; do they pay the author for that? If so, then why should an author choose to NOT make his books available in a particular country? Doing so will undoubtedly cost him fans, and money.
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Publishers gain the right to publish in-copyright works through contracts with the copyright holders.
An author might hope to make more money by selling exclusive but region-limited publishing rights to different publishers in different regions.
Publishers are currently reluctant to buy exclusive region-based paper rights but non-exclusive world ebook rights, which seems to me to be the only sensible option in a world of ebooks.