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Originally Posted by Clytie
Also, I don't think this is just about old contracts. It seems to me that publishers are imposing old structures on a new situation (ebooks), and continuing deliberately to make things more difficult for customers.
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This is also how I feel, they're trying to fit the e-book model into a model that was designed for the print world. Internet has no borders so why the publishers are still trying to fight it and put up geographic restrictions has more to do with greed. I don't know the publishing industry well enough but how hard could it be for a publisher to get worldwide rights when it comes to e-books. Is the author reluctant to go with only one publisher or is it the publisher who's unwilling to buy the worldwide rights?