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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.  |
The publishers should keep editable copies for as long as they own the rights to the book.
So, not quite forever, but for practical purposes pretty close.
Oh, "they don't own the copyright", yeah right, technicalities
either way it isn't exactly illogical for them to keep an editable digital copy of the books they are
currently selling/have the right to sell.
It is not the author's bad, or not exclusively. The publisher is also (only?) the one losing money when
they can't sell the book they have the right to sell.
Honestly, I am not sure I could come up with a worse argument if I tried for a very long time.