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Originally Posted by stonetools
I understand why the booksellers and the publishers opted for speed and ease over full disclosure. But land sakes a mercy, they have unleashed an unending tsunami of nonsense on these internets.
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I'm not sure that you do understand. Don't forget that if ebook sales are sales of licenses and not sales of copies, then most contracts specify a much higher percentage cut to the author for sales of licences than sales of copies.
Eminem recently won a case to do with this on music sales.
Publishers (of music and books) currently want it both ways. When talking to content providers (authors, musicians) electronic sales are just another sale, like a hardback or a CD. When talking to end users, electronic sales are licences, completely different to sales of hardback and CDs.
It'll get settled eventually, but we're definitely in early days and the rules haven't been sorted out yet.