Thread: Publishers continue to live in the past
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Old 10-08-2009, 02:35 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by dickon25 View Post
Actually, in the example you're using the most likely result would be that the UK author would sell Commonwealth/EU rights to Random House (which would include Canada) and then sell the US rights separately excluding Canada.

So how come on US retailers like Fictionwise, the restrictions are to US/Can only? I thought they were a region to themselves?
Being separate countries with their own publishing industries (doubtless with some overlap), there are instances where the publishing rights in each belong to separate companies.

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