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Originally Posted by cromag
I still think this is going to be a problem. I'm not an expert, and I can't speak for any publisher, but this comes from Smashwords' Terms of Service, point 9a:
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I read that as the anthology being one work and being offered by one authorized person -- such as the editor.
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Hm. Indeed.
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If the anthology was offered as an anthology only here, in Mobileread's library, then the stories could be made available anywhere by their respective authors.
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That is true, but I would very much like to get this anthology into actual stores.
Would it be possible that all contributing authors would grant me the right to publish the anthology in stores (Smashwords, Amazon...) and in the MobileRead Library? Of course, it will be in its complete form, unchanged, with full credits and references to author's websites and/or stores, and always for free.
By doing it that way, it will be in stores under my name, and each author can post it onto their own personal websites as a free download, if they so wish. There would be a six month exclusivity, and after that, all the stories can be posted/sold or whatever by their creators, on websites or in their own stores.
The only point that remains is that the contributors need to be aware that the anthology will be free forever, so selling the stories might disgruntle customers if they find out about the anthology *after* buying one of those stories.