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Originally Posted by pwalker8
I have no idea why you would think that H&S would be in a position to know if HarperCollins is putting out an ebook in the US.
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Not sure why they would be either.
There are a number of things that are odd with these releases if they are indeed from HarperCollins, but not sure how they'd involve the UK publisher...
They don't say they're sold by HarperCollins in the sold by field of the books info, they say they're sold by Amazon Digital Services which is not something you usually see with Big 5 books.
They don't say Price set by seller which is something Agency books (aka Big 5) say.
They don't have DRM, & the only books under the HarperCollins umbrella that are put out without DRM AFAIK are those through Harlequin's Carina Press.
They aren't listed in the HarperCollins catalog as available as eBooks and aren't available everywhere HarperCollins books are sold. (in fact I don't think they're available anywhere but Amazon)
They use cover art created by another publisher, Hodder (aka Hachette).
...now unless Hodder has world wide eBook rights the only thing that might concern them would be the fact that their cover art is being used.
NOTE: I'm not saying that this proves they are pirated or anything, just pointing out differences between them and standard HarperCollins releases. As I'd said previously it could mean that someone involved with the estate is putting them out in the US without a big publisher.
(anyone have them & know if they have the big publishers standard copyright & edition info inside?)
On another note, I find it interesting that the omnibus version of these books that got pulled from Amazon for being questionable is still available through Smashwords and through them also at Kobo, B&N and possibly elsewhere.