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Originally Posted by pwalker8
And I note that you don't respond to the point at hand, which is why should it be the publisher's responsibility to maintain an electronic copy of the finished manuscript rather than the author's. Of course, it's much easier to snark at someone, rather than try to present facts to support your opinion, assuming that you have an opinion and you just aren't snarking for the sake of snarking.
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That's an odd thing to say
I posted twice:
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Originally Posted by eschwartz
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. |
Seems pretty clear to me -- the publisher is responsible for maintaining digital copies for books that they expect to make money on.
They can of course abdicate responsibility to the author, who has no expectation of making money anyway. But no one
said the publishers are legally obligated to make money...
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Originally Posted by eschwartz
I notice you only answered the post that you could safely answer on a technicality without disproving your claim.
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You are correct,
this post did not address the point at hand. I humbly beg your pardon.
