[HarryT]

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

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!

I'm afraid I don't see anything wrong with that. Having a clause in your contract with a publisher saying "if sales fall below a certain level, the distribution rights will revert to the author" seems like a good idea. It may indicate that the publisher is doing a poor job.