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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Sometimes I'm amazed at the number of copyright holders who play dog in the manger. Let's face it, the odds are they wouldn't make much money on those books, but if you aren't going to do anything with them, revert the rights to the author or put it in PD. Yes, one of my pet bugaboos. Copyright is a bargain between the government and the author.
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That is a feature for publishers. Keeping books out of the market makes it easier to sell the ones you want to. The same goes for orphans; the harder it is to republish them, the better. It's all about controlling the market.