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Originally Posted by netseeker
And exactly because they are not a publisher it would work in most of cases.
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I believe you may have missed my point. If I've given publishing rights to, for example, Simon & Schuster, I cannot then give those rights to Amazon until my contract with S&S expires.
To do so puts me in breach of my contract with S&S.
I'm no fan of Amazon but IMO it's unrealistic to expect them to 1. monitor copyrights, 2. monitor publishing rights (which are private contracts), or 3. negotiate agreements with every author who has a book ripped off by a rogue publisher.
I think I'm repeating myself ad nauseum, so I'm going to back away from this particular drama hole.