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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
As for eBooks, it seems, given that Amazon continues to sell Hachette eBooks without a contract, that no contract is needed. I don't know exactly how this works. Do wholesalers also sell eBook rights, without need for a publisher contract?
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The old contract may have some kind of provision in it to have them able to keep selling them on the same terms for a period of time unless on side or the other terminates the option. I know the contract supposedly terminated in March, but if that were true in the traditional sense I don't know how Amazon could still be selling their books. Something must be in place to allow the continued selling after the term of contract expires. Distributors like OverDrive and Ingram/Lighting Source definitely have contracts with the publishers similar to "self distributors" like Amazon, B&N and Kobo.