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Originally Posted by Quoth
Absolutely not. Tradition is that the Publisher has rights for the copyright life, or author life. More recently sometimes 10 years or 5 if lucky.
Out of print for most copyright titles can happen in a few years and the publisher STILL has the copyright.
There is NO connection between out of print and rights, unless and unusually the contract says so,
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Any author who signs a contract that doesn't allow the author to get back the publication rights to book if the book goes out of print has been poorly advised.