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Old 09-22-2008, 09:02 PM   #172
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Originally Posted by UKHaiku View Post
Well, all the more reason for the author to make sure they retain the rights for electronic publishing - I suspect that they might have a better time self-promoting the e-books, and selling direct to the end customer... The publishers need to be aware of not pushing the authors away in the same way they need to keep the connection with their customers... (i.e. by not over-charging, or over-DRMing)
except for the fact that no publisher will buy a book unless they get the e-book rights. So the authors have no choice anymore.

Probably why you would see more newer books in e-book form then older ones that the authors may still own the rights too.
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