Dec 15 2009
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“ Many authors and agents say that because the contracts for older books do not explicitly spell out electronic rights, they reside with the author. Big publishing houses argue that clauses like “in book form” or phrases that prohibit “competitive editions” preclude authors from publishing e-books through other parties.
— NY Times article about Stephen Covey granting his E-book rights to Amazon. It will be very interesting to see how the courts interpret publishing contracts- imagine this could be a mess to unravel.
