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Old 07-17-2009, 04:19 AM   #28
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Originally Posted by Sweetpea View Post
I can understand that... But let's say you "press" 100.000 books. Once those are all sold, the 100.001 customer can't download it anymore because the publisher doesn't own the rights anymore (and thus can't sell it anymore). What will that person do? Wait for the rights to be figured out again? And a new batch will be able for download? As I think that is what will happen (knowing what I know about publishers here...)
That is actually quite a common thing. When a book becomes "unavailable" for purchase from an eBook store it is very often because the publisher no longer has the right to sell it.
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