Will Best-Selling Authors Go It Alone With Implementation of 1978 Copyright Law?

A 1978 copyright law presents an interesting new factor affecting the future of publishing, in particular, the publishing of backlists. The article “Publishers brace for authors to reclaim book rights in2013“, describes the situation. Apparently, authors can reclaim works assigned to publishers more than 35 years ago. That deadline is approaching for works published in 1978. The unknown is how many authors might take advantage of the law, and how publishers might fight it.

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