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Originally Posted by Moejoe
I think (and I'm not entirely clued up on this) there are different rights sold to different territories. So you might see a printing of a book in the US and UK, but then, and probably because of markets, the same text won't be available in Africa or Australia (except on the gray market). With digital this barrier is taken down, at least it can be if you use Creative Commons licensing.
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I know how it works, but that doesn't mean I can understand it... I personally find it stupid to limit your potentional market. But then, I never understood anything about economy and skipped it at school whenever I could
And, naturally, what goes about geographically limited sales, also goes about format limited sales. Hard covers are generally published before the mass market paperbacks. Which I can understand. It generally takes a year before paperbacks arrive. And here's what baffles me again, why stop at paperbacks? Why not also publish an ebook version when the mass market paperbacks start?
I know, I am thinking way too simplistic, but why make it all more complicated than necessary?