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Originally Posted by LovesMacs
I think so. So the author doesn't get royalties from the resale of the foreign edition, the same way an author doesn't get paid royalties when you buy a used paperback. This wasn't mentioned in the column. Perhaps Turow is aiming at the wrong target.
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Presumably the author gets lower royalties from the foreign publisher who is selling the print books for a substantial discount from the US edition. Even that is being disingenuous because the defendent in the case was importing textbooks, and most textbook authors get a pittance from the book royalties. I'm sure that Turow is mischaracterizing that, too.