On Feb 22, 2012, at 9:59 AM, Raymond E. Feist wrote: > > On Feb 21, 2012, at 10:16 PM, Andrew Collins wrote: > >> HI Ray , >> I heard today an interesting law in Australia. Wish it was the same for TV >> And movies >> Once A book is released anywhere in the world And not in Australia >> One day after Any one in Australia can grab it and publish it in Australia >> For Free >> Is that true >> Regards >> Andrew > > > No. That's inaccurate. It's an old open market law that dates back before > my first book. What it says is that if the UK publisher doesn't get a book > into Oz within 30 days (I believe it's thirty) then Australian book sellers > can import the US edition--Oz becomes an "open market" rather than a British > Export Market. This is all legacy stuff from back when the Commonwealth went > though it's major changes, you got a new flag, etc. > > Australia is a signatory to the various copyright conventions so Australian > publishers can't just pick up books and publish them because no one > distributed them DownUnder. > > Best R.E.F. > ---- > www.crydee.com > > Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by > stupidity. > > > > > >
BTW, I should add that with HarperCollins being my world-wide English language publisher, it's pretty academic. The British edition is given preference for traditional reasons, and the localized spelling is consistent. Best, R.E.F. > ---- www.crydee.com Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by stupidity.
