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Originally Posted by DaleDe
This won't work as currently structured. A publishing contract usually expires and when it expires the eBook rights expire at the same time. This needs to be worked out before eBooks can bridge the no-longer-published gap.
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In most contracts, the reversion of rights is not automatic. Even if the book is out of print, the author has to specifically request their rights back. So most publishers can indeed start publishing most ebooks on their backlist if they want. In cases where the rights have reverted, it's usually because the book was not in print so most authors would be all-too-eager to see them printed again, if only in ebook form.