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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc
Older publishing contracts did not cover ebook publication rights. To release ebook versions, publishers have to negotiate new contracts, or amend existing contracts, to include digital versions.
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That and for a lot of the older titles the rights have reverted to the author so it would take a publisher actively seeking out a new contract or would require the author to self publish those older titles or work through someplace like eReads.
As an example I've enjoyed Dana Stabenow's Kate Shugak series. The early titles are just starting to become available as the rights had reverted and so it was up to the author so get them out (IIRC she's going through a third party to do them). Same with some earlier Margaret Maron stuff.