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  9. Date:         Fri, 1 Jan 1993 01:39:05 -0800
  10. Sender:       English Language Discussion Group <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
  11. From:         Peter Montgomery <MONTGOMERY@CAMINS.CAMOSUN.BC.CA>
  12. Subject:      Re: Job Corps
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  16. > From: samant@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU
  17.  
  18. > By the way, who gives these imbeciles permission to change the book?
  19.  
  20. International copyright agreements make the various foreign publishers
  21. virtual Czars over their aquisitions.
  22.  
  23. > Doesn't the author have some control?
  24.  
  25. Perhaps only with the original publisher, depending on the contract the
  26. author is able to work out. Lots of first time authors sell their souls
  27. to get their work in print. After that it's too late to recover the
  28. lost ground.
  29.  
  30. Pm
  31.