Thread: What's the point of Geographic restrictions from a publisher's perspective?
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Old 02-11-2010, 06:41 PM   #18
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Originally Posted by DawnFalcon View Post
Yes they do. It's been years since it's been clear that ebooks distribution would be important, but authors are still signing over regional ebook rights. More, authors are rolling over when publishers make illegal grabs at the backlist's ebook rights.

It's no coincidence, once again, that Baen only take non-exclusive, worldwide, ebook rights.
Maybe established writers who have the weight to throw around. However, believe me, when it comes to debut authors, they're not going to start making waves if it means the difference between getting a publishing contract or not.
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