***IF you happen to live in the US. 95% of people on this planet do not***
A fact all too often overlooked, Harry.
By the way -- and I know I've said this before -- the Kindle store locks out all publishers without a US presence: so it's not purely a contractual issue. My own UK-registered house, for instance, has international agreements for all rights with about 150 authors, but Amazon dropped the ebook versions of all our titles when Kindle Store opened. They say they have 'no plans' to change this policy. It's ironic when you consider that around half our authors are US citizens.
Hoots. Neil
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