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Originally Posted by pwalker8

That's nice, but some guy's blog isn't exactly proof unless he happens to be a subject matter expert.

Here are a couple of articles which discuss ebook rights specifically

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/1..._n_392687.html
http://www.copylaw.org/2011/12/who-c...ok-rights.html
https://www.lib.purdue.edu/uco/ForRe...html#reversion

Did anyone say anything was proof? It is all merely food for thought; the caveat is, that you have to be wiling to think about it. Also, what about your Huffington Post article???

But never mind that. I just have one question: do you or do you not agree with the analysis made in the quoted article?

What it really comes down to is what the literary agent negotiates. Even if you sign over all your rights, you can have the rights revert back to you after a period of time.

...depending on whether or not you meet the conditions.

Katherine Kurtz mentioned that the reason that her first three Deryni books are in ebook is because a fan urged her to do it and converted them to ebook for free.

I assume she must have owned the rights to the ebook, then -- surely a mighty endeavor!