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mkl on July 23, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom (2003)

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...

ghaff on July 23, 2023 [–]

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

mkl on July 23, 2023 | [–]

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

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