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Originally Posted by Dazrin
I'm not sure I have seen a literary agency acting a publisher before. It makes me wonder if they are taking both the publisher's share and theirs and give the author the same as if it was published by someone else or if they give the lions share to the author. Especially with older books like this I doubt there was a specific clause for ebooks in that contract. Could be interesting to dig in a little more to see if this is common and how it is split.
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I've seen it a number of times before, especially with regards to backlist books. I think that some agencies offer it as a service to those authors who don't want to handle the particulars themselves. While I know the idea is anathema for some here, but reputable literary agencies do things other than just skim money off the top from authors. They provide a number of services.
The author died several years ago, but if the publication date is correct, it was published before she died.