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Originally Posted by Joykins
I'm guessing her rights reverted on the older ones, or she got them back, or Baen only had ebook rights to the omnibuses (Young Miles etc.) as I believe she self-published those versions available through the Kindle store. The next Vorkosiverse book is only offered in hardcover through Amazon, not in Kindle format.
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Once more into the fray.
Baen, as it ALWAYS HAS, buys only worldwide NON-exclusive e-rights. The authors have always been able to sell their works through other venues. (I assume there are some contract details about price and maybe dates, but those are private - the non-exclusive rights thing has been public for years.) This also means they don't have any regional restrictions. There are some minor problems with some of their reprint items, where an estate was unwilling to give e-rights, but that has mostly gone away.
Most of the Baen authors didn't think the trouble of going to other venues was worth it - Lois has had most of her Vorkosiverse books available from Fictionwise for years. The prices were always just a bit higher than Baen bundles, but the royalties were higher.