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Understanding Rights Reversion: When, Why, & How To Regain Copyright And Make Your Book More Available, Nicole Cabrera, Jordyn Ostroff, Brianna Schofield

Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.

Are you an author who would like to increase your book’s availability? Have you already entered into a publishing agreement for your book? If you answered “yes” to both of these questions, then read on! This guide addresses the needs of authors who wish to make their works available to a wider audience in ways that may be prohibited by the terms of their existing publishing agreements.

For example, this guide will help authors who want to do things like: • Bring their out-of-print books back into print • Publish digital versions of their books • Make their books openly …