Comments on: Authors Guild Alert: Simon & Schuster Rights Grab http://www.edrants.com/authors-guild-alert-simon-schuster-rights-grab/ a cultural website in ever-shifting standing Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:01:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Richard Grayson http://www.edrants.com/authors-guild-alert-simon-schuster-rights-grab/comment-page-1/#comment-235513 Richard Grayson Thu, 17 May 2007 20:22:04 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=6127#comment-235513 As I said, through the Authors Guild/iUniverse Backinprint.com program, I've been able, at no real cost, to "bring back" my first four hardcover OOP books. That happened only because the publishers' rights to them ended when they went out of print. What Backinprint does is shoot the original pages (I had to supply them with two copies of the book to tear apart) and digitize them and slap paperback covers on them. You find out about the program at www.backinprint.com. Of course my books were originally published before print-on-demand existed in any feasible way. As I said, through the Authors Guild/iUniverse Backinprint.com program, I’ve been able, at no real cost, to “bring back” my first four hardcover OOP books. That happened only because the publishers’ rights to them ended when they went out of print. What Backinprint does is shoot the original pages (I had to supply them with two copies of the book to tear apart) and digitize them and slap paperback covers on them. You find out about the program at http://www.backinprint.com.

Of course my books were originally published before print-on-demand existed in any feasible way.

]]> By: Jim Winter http://www.edrants.com/authors-guild-alert-simon-schuster-rights-grab/comment-page-1/#comment-235508 Jim Winter Thu, 17 May 2007 19:15:44 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=6127#comment-235508 I wonder if this is in anticipation of making on-demand printing and ebooks a viable means of producing books. If it becomes feasible to makes books printable on-demand in a bookstore or simply distribute them as ebooks (as opposed to current models in that direction), publishers may push harder for perpetual licenses on books. We might do well to push back by having our agents build sunset clauses into our contracts to counter this trend. After all, we're rapidly approaching the day when "out of print" is an obsolete term. That's not necessarily a good thing. I wonder if this is in anticipation of making on-demand printing and ebooks a viable means of producing books. If it becomes feasible to makes books printable on-demand in a bookstore or simply distribute them as ebooks (as opposed to current models in that direction), publishers may push harder for perpetual licenses on books. We might do well to push back by having our agents build sunset clauses into our contracts to counter this trend. After all, we’re rapidly approaching the day when “out of print” is an obsolete term. That’s not necessarily a good thing.

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