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Originally Posted by Hitch
Yes, and typically, that's 7 years. But like all things in law, there's always the whole "yabbut, how do we know that the publisher didn't renew during the option to renew period...blabbety-blab-blab-blab."
Lesson for you folks who iz writin' dem books: if you sign a publishing contract, make sure that the terms and timeframe for your rights of reversion are clearly spelt out, and that the DEFAULT is that it reverts to you.
HTH.
Hitch
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Shouldn't they also ask for a courtesy ecopy to go with their courtesy pcopy?