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Originally Posted by Desertway
Why, oh why, doesn't the publisher sell (digital) back issues of this magazine!?
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Because their contracts with the authors don't allow that. We license to them what's called First Serial (meaning magazine) Rights but retain all the reprint rights, which can be a significant income stream for us. I've had stories that have resold more than a dozen times.
(I'm past president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.)