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		ecspike on March 12, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: O’Reilly Media Has Lost Its Soul There is also a provision in some publishing contracts that say that once the book goes out of print, the rights revert back to you.

unreal37 on March 12, 2013 | [–]

In publishing contracts I've entered into with major publishers, it usually says the rights revert back to me after 2 years of it being out of print. Not immediately.

RougeFemme on March 12, 2013 | [–]

If that's the case here, refusing to print any more copies of the first edition is a bad business decision for O'Reily.

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