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Need some advice here.
My first novel went out of print around the beginning of this year... at least, that's what a bookstore told me when I tried to buy one. At the time, they (Waterstones) said that it was not yet decided if the publisher would reprint.
My contract grants me reversal of rights after six months out of print. That time has long passed.
AM I supposed to be informed by the publisher, or does this just happen automatically, or do I have to insist on written confirmation that the rights have returned to me?
What if the publisher should decide, say now, that they want to reprint... would I have to get a whole new contract, or could they just do so underhand? The agent who brokered the deal is no longer my agent, and I do not have an agent to put these questions to.
My first novel went out of print around the beginning of this year... at least, that's what a bookstore told me when I tried to buy one. At the time, they (Waterstones) said that it was not yet decided if the publisher would reprint.
My contract grants me reversal of rights after six months out of print. That time has long passed.
AM I supposed to be informed by the publisher, or does this just happen automatically, or do I have to insist on written confirmation that the rights have returned to me?
What if the publisher should decide, say now, that they want to reprint... would I have to get a whole new contract, or could they just do so underhand? The agent who brokered the deal is no longer my agent, and I do not have an agent to put these questions to.