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Originally Posted by j.p.s
That is not the only reason and may not be the primary reason.
A number of posters have mentioned numerous times that it is often more profitable for the author to divvy up ebook rights geographically than to grant exclusive world wide rights to a single publisher.
Maybe authors should consider granting, and publishers accepting, non-exclusive world wide ebook rights, or separating ebook rights from pbook rights.
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Yea, I don't know why I typed _only_ there since it wasn't what I was trying to say. Another reason I could never make a living as a book editor.
My main point is that geo restrictions is a contract issue tied to business models rather than something that is tied to treaty or copyright law.