Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom

Re:Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by mkl on Sunday July 23, 2023 @07:27AM (#36834381)

I think I remember reading a blog post explaining why one was not free, but I can't find it now. There's a reference to it here: https://old.reddit.com/r/printSF/comments/rub7ff/is_corey_do...

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Re:Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by ghaff on Sunday July 23, 2023 @07:39AM (#36834442)

Typical commercial publishing contracts, you can't just stick the book up online for free.

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Re:Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by mkl on Sunday July 23, 2023 @09:03AM (#36834934)

But up to that point, Doctorow had custom contracts where he could put the books online for free.

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