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PaperNotIncluded · 11-21-2009, 10:19 AM

Hi there,
I've been published by TFP and Harper Collins and the impression that I got when reading through the contracts that I've signed is that the original publisher gets the right to sell the book to other publishers in other regions.

So, for example, when I was published in the UK I got my advance, then, when the rights were sold to an American publisher I got *another* advance.

A similar thing would be happening to the original publisher.

So it's used in a way that nets the publisher money on the wager that they can get the book picked up by another country's publishing house.

Now, with ebooks I suspect that they are playing the same game instead of realising that 'internet' should be a region all on it's own.

I'd *like* to think that they have done their research and worked out that the current system is returning the most profit for them. I say I'd like to think so, but somehow I doubt it...

(I am a bit of a strange case though, as I've drunk the Doctorow Kool-aid and have it written into my contract that both books get released as a CC download).

This is my own experience, and other authors may vary.

11-21-2009, 10:19 AM	#268
PaperNotIncluded Paper Not Included Writer Posts: 3 Karma: 14 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: UK Device: Kindle/Sony Reader/Mac/iPhone	Hi there, I've been published by TFP and Harper Collins and the impression that I got when reading through the contracts that I've signed is that the original publisher gets the right to sell the book to other publishers in other regions. So, for example, when I was published in the UK I got my advance, then, when the rights were sold to an American publisher I got another advance. A similar thing would be happening to the original publisher. So it's used in a way that nets the publisher money on the wager that they can get the book picked up by another country's publishing house. Now, with ebooks I suspect that they are playing the same game instead of realising that 'internet' should be a region all on it's own. I'd like to think that they have done their research and worked out that the current system is returning the most profit for them. I say I'd like to think so, but somehow I doubt it... (I am a bit of a strange case though, as I've drunk the Doctorow Kool-aid and have it written into my contract that both books get released as a CC download). This is my own experience, and other authors may vary.