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Originally Posted by HarryT
I’d just note that this is NOT common practice at all. Publishing contracts do not transfer copyright to the publisher. The only area of publishing in which it is common is academic journal publishing. I’ve never, ever, heard of it happening with book publication. Can you give an example?
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I don't know if this is as prevalent as it once was, but Harlequin used to require authors to transfer copyright to them, although it might have been overturned since then. She stopped publishing with them in the 2000s, if I remember correctly, and commented often how frustrated she was that Harlequin kept publishing her backlist. She finally got it back a few or so years ago.
I saw a blog post or comment by her on this, but I don't remember details.