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Originally Posted by Apache
You could also make the case that since ebooks were not listed in the contract, the publisher did not have the right to sell them.
Apache
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Absolutely. And if your lawyer is any good, that wins. Printed book rights ONLY include the right in the supplied language, not ebook, graphic novelisation audio, film or translations unless the contract has that in writing.
Basic copyright law. It's why many older books are only on paper, because the original contract had no mention of ebooks, so publishers could not issue them without a fresh agreement with the Author or the Estate. Loads of authors, Estates & Publishers don't understand ebooks or that DRM is pointless and that a paper copy can be "pirated" just as easily as an ebook now, on paper or as an ebook. Google Playstore was rife with pirate ebooks (often just as PDF, which isn't a proper ebook) from paper scans at the start.