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Traditionally, your rights revert to you after a specified period of time when the book is out of print. However, be cautious! In recent times, publishers have been able to circumvent this by plac...
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#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T05:46:13Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Chris Sunami
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2019-12-08T05:46:13Z (almost 5 years ago)
Traditionally, your rights revert to you after a specified period of time when the book is out of print. However, be cautious! In recent times, publishers have been able to circumvent this by placing books into [perpetual "print-on-demand" limbo](https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/15999/getting-my-rights-back). If you don't want that to happen to your book, make sure you cover it in your contract. That's one of the main reasons it's good to have an agent, even if you can sell your book yourself. However, you may be putting the cart ahead of the horse. Most writers face their biggest hurdle in getting someone interested in publishing their book, not in protecting their rights to it.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2016-11-29T19:43:22Z (almost 8 years ago)
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