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Originally Posted by Lemurion
Baen's of less value for this discussion because they do buy world rights. A the actions of a company with non-exclusive world rights doesn't provide much guidance for how to deal with several different sets of exclusive regional rights. Baen avoided the problem by sidestepping it - unfortunately those companies who're in the exclusive regional trap have to deal with it.
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I think DawnFalcon is suggesting that other publishers should follow Baen's example and
buy worldwide ebook rights. Well and good, but it doesn't cover the existing cases where world rights aren't owned.
And it also raises the question of what Baen should do if the author (or author's agent) refuses to
sell world ebook rights. (They may be under the impression they can do better overall selling ebook rights the same way they sell pbook rights - country by country.)
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Dennis