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Originally Posted by AnemicOak
Isn't that what reversion clauses in a publishing contract are for? Not that publishers don't play games with those sometimes.
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Modern reversion clauses are well-nigh useless.
No publisher will sign one that can actually be triggered. All that the clauses require is that an (ebook) edition be offered somewhere, not that it be generating actual income for the author.
In the old days (pre-2010) an author could make themselves enough of a nuisance to force the publisher to revert a title or even bring in a lawyer and take them to court but nowadays they play games all the time.
Mind you, there are worse things that can happen to a tradpub author than a publisher holding a title hostage. Just ask the NIGHTSHADE authors or the ones caught in the DK bankruptcy.
Edit: Brain cramp. It was the DP, Dorchester publishing, bankruptcy.
