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Sweetpea · 07-17-2009, 04:04 AM

I got this from ereaders.nl...

Dutch publishers will never understand the concept of electronic products, I'm afraid...

Part of the discussion is the question how publishers should handle books that are sold out... pbooks can be sold out, in which case the rights to the book will fall back to the author automatically. But ebooks can't be sold out, so the rights would never fall back to the author. So, one of the publisher organizations suggested to define a minimum amount of yearly downloads as "sold out"...

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Oh, that electronic version of that book is sold out!

07-17-2009, 04:04 AM	#25
Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	I got this from ereaders.nl... Dutch publishers will never understand the concept of electronic products, I'm afraid... Part of the discussion is the question how publishers should handle books that are sold out... pbooks can be sold out, in which case the rights to the book will fall back to the author automatically. But ebooks can't be sold out, so the rights would never fall back to the author. So, one of the publisher organizations suggested to define a minimum amount of yearly downloads as "sold out"... -------- Oh, that electronic version of that book is sold out!