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So, e-books are either immediately out of print, or never out of print?
by pfdietz 2y ago
So, e-books are either immediately out of print, or never out of print?
- tightbookkeeper 2y agoWhat if we applied the simple test that the book was originally published on paper and no other printings have occurred (digital or paper).
- pessimizer 2y agoNever out of print. If there's an e-copy available to buy, that's better than millions of other books.
- thayne 2y agoBy "in print" I mean, the publisher is actively selling it. Although, if I were writing the law I would require selling DRM free ebooks for ebooks to count for maintaining the copyright.
- pfdietz 2y agoSo, if an e-book is listed on Amazon, does that count as "actively selling it"? It's for sale, after all. The same happens with Print On Demand (POD). This is actually a real issue when authors have deals where rights revert to them when the book goes out of print. https://katemckean.substack.com/p/when-does-a-book-go-out-of-print https://katemckean.substack.com/p/when-does-a-book-go-out-of...