Timeline for Can a book be published by more than one publisher?
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| Jan 25, 2017 at 11:11 | history | protected | CommunityBot | ||
| Jul 16, 2016 at 20:18 | answer | added | user5645 | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 26, 2013 at 18:44 | answer | added | David Aldridge | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 30, 2012 at 19:39 | vote | accept | Sathyaish | ||
| Dec 16, 2011 at 17:15 | comment | added | Lèse majesté | @Kate: Yea, I think there are a range of different contracts in each industry. In the recording industry, the norm is this way probably because of the cost of artist development and promotion. And also there's a tradition dating from way back of labels exploiting artists, and they still haven't broken completely free of that. | |
| Dec 16, 2011 at 10:34 | comment | added | Kate S. | Note, though, that holding copyright doesn't mean the writer controls sales completely - they sell exclusive rights for a period of time, generally. So while the writer is under contract to the publisher, the publisher has control over the things you mention (reproduction, sales, etc.). The difference is that, unless the author has signed a very restrictive contract, the rights eventually revert back to the author. | |
| Dec 16, 2011 at 10:30 | comment | added | Kate S. | I don't know about other industries, but would speculate that the difference may be in the amount of control/investment the publisher puts into the creation of the work. The acceptable exceptions to the 'writer holds the copyright' rule (that I'm aware of) involve things written to order, written as part of a popular, multi-author series, etc. In other words, times when the publisher had a lot of input into the original creative process. These may be more analogous to the way things are written in other creative industries. | |
| Dec 16, 2011 at 9:01 | comment | added | Lèse majesté | @Kate: That's pretty different from most other industries. In the music industry, and I believe also in film and TV, the publisher (music label) owns the copyrights to the entire work. The writer of the song may get writer's credit and receive additional royalties for that. But the work is ultimately owned by the label, and only they can dictate who can reproduce/copy/use the work; likewise with photos and graphics that are commissioned for the album. | |
| Dec 13, 2011 at 8:22 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackWriters/status/146505318598328320 | ||
| Dec 13, 2011 at 1:24 | comment | added | Kate S. | You should probably review your understanding of copyright. In most cases, copyright is retained by the author. The author only contracts publishing rights to the publishers. Publishers who ask for the copyright are, generally, considered to be pretty unethical (they're essentially saying that THEY wrote the book). | |
| Dec 12, 2011 at 15:50 | answer | added | Steven Drennon | timeline score: 13 | |
| Dec 12, 2011 at 15:47 | answer | added | 3.3volts | timeline score: 4 | |
| Dec 12, 2011 at 14:54 | history | asked | Sathyaish | CC BY-SA 3.0 |