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It's unfortunately what happens when you sign away the rights to it. Happens to authors, too: you can be taken to court by your publisher if you post a PDF free online after selling the publisher the rights to the book.



What if you post it before? What happens when you Creative-Commons a book, and then try to sell it?


http://diveintomark.org/archives/2009/10/19/the-point

Wise publishers just won't pick you up if they can't get exclusive rights.




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