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Originally Posted by sirbruce
Depends on the publisher. I have never negotiated a book contract before but I imagine if they offered a standard provision for electronic display rights on typical terms and you didn't want to give them you might not get published at all.
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From what I've heard, the situation tends to be exactly that... and the author usually just gives in to the publisher to get that contract signed. Of course, as long as e-books remain a small percentage of their expected profit, they probably don't think it's worth dickering over. As e-books become more prominent, that could change... but only if writers are drawn to publishers with better e-book negotiations, influencing the other pubs to ease up on their contracts.