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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Why would the publishers keep editable copies of all their books? They don't own the copyright. It's the author's property. If the author doesn't keep copies and backups of the final manuscript, that's the author's bad, not the publisher. Oh, I forgot, the point is to bash the publishers.  |
Because they do own the publishing rights. The Big 5 authors have their books published when the publisher says too. The publisher says how many and in what format.
Most probably have very long contract times.
So I agree with Nate.
Amazon for example does not pay the big 5 authors. They pay the publisher.
The author may technically own the copyright but the publisher owns the rights to put it up for sale.
So why shouldn't they keep a copy?