[LINK] E-rights and territoriality; amazon app for Androids

[Jan Whitaker]

from Publishers Lunch newsletter.
I found the twist about territoriality and e-rights to books an 
interesting development. The issue of Australian publishers and the 
book import laws come to mind. Technology works around it all. But 
what about the authors?


>In other e-rights news, agent Andrew Nurnberg voiced his concern 
>that some American publishers may try to use e-book negotiations to 
>break existing rights boundaries. [authors/agents sometimes reserve 
>rights to publish in other countries for negotiation with local 
>publishers in those countries] "The big thing that's in the air all 
>the time," Nurnberg told Publishing Perspectives, "is that 
>territoriality is not so much about physical books. Now the question 
>is moving toward territoriality for e-rights. Some publishers say, 
>'No way, we can't keep these held to any particular territory. It's 
>no longer physical. If it's out there then it can't be controlled.' 
>They want to use it as a back door to break territoriality and to 
>acquire world English language rights."
>
>But other agents dismissed Nurnberg's fears. Carole Blake of Blake 
>Friedman agency said: "It would be a very foolish publisher who 
>tried to blackmail an author into doing that. It would upset the 
>whole publishing dynamic if one let the digital edition seep into 
>another market. The publishers we have seen haven't been pushing for 
>that. Anyone trying to do that would really mess up their 
>relationship with the author and the agent."
><http://click.publisherslunchdaily.com/cp/redirect.php?u=NTAwNnwzNDQ4OXxqd2hpdEBqYW53aGl0YWtlci5jb218NDg4MjAxfDc2MDIyMjM2fDcwMzI0Nw==&id=6205078>Publishing 
>Perspectives
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>Amazon is said to be close to launching an app store for Android 
>phones, possibly as soon as this month.
><http://click.publisherslunchdaily.com/cp/redirect.php?u=NTAwNnwzNDQ4OXxqd2hpdEBqYW53aGl0YWtlci5jb218NDg4MjAxfDc2MDIyMjM2fDcwMzI0Nw==&id=6205079>Bloomberg 
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