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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
What happens if a publisher isn't active world wide? Offhand, I can't think of any publisher that has subsidiaries selling books in every country.
There will also be plenty of books that will only be of interest in specific countries.
Will it hurt them in the long run? Forget differing copyright rules. Let's say I'm a publisher in a European country. I bid for and get the rights to publish an edition in my country of an international best seller written in the US. I damn well do want the exclusive rights to offer the book in my country, and will be quite unhappy about the book being available in muy territory from other sources. I want to stay in business.
And let's say I'm the author of that international best seller. I want the best deal I can get in terms of advances and royalties. Would that be with an all-inclusive deal with one mega-publisher (assuming there was one active any place my books might be sold), or am I better if my agent negotiates separately for foreign right with different publishers in other countries? I'm will to bet separate deals are better for me, because my agent can put my book up for auction internationally, with high bidder in each market winning.
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Dennis
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But that no longer works, from a
consumer sense. I can buy anything, anywhere, and have it delivered to my doorstep (assuming, of course, it's legal in my jurisdiction and along the delivery path!). I cannot be forced to buy in one region. The
concept of a region restriction is a dead letter. For example, DVD's. It doesn't matter about Hollywood trying to force me to buy region 1 DVD's.
In extrimis, I can buy a cheap DVD player from all 6 regions and make certain finger gestures at Hollywood for their obtuseness. Anyone who wants around the e-book restrictions can do so...