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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
Do you have or have you ever had a contract with a big 5 publisher?
Are you saying that there should only be one print run ever?
How would I or you know what books have electronic copies?
That is an impossible question.
As to the authorsguild, oh never mind.
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Most books only have one run, simply because most books don't sell all that many. The normal life cycle for the average book is - print, send out to book stores, after a couple of months (sometimes less), the books are tossed and the cover is sent to the publisher for credit. I've read that the average non fiction book sells 2000 copies or less.
Nope, not an impossible question. If you are postulating that publishers don't have archive copies of the electronic manuscript of books that are currently in print, then surely you must know of at least one where that is the case. Otherwise, it's a non issue. The original question was about using pirated ebooks for backlist books.