Mediagazer: Random House Cedes Some E-Rights to Styron Clan (Motoko Rich/New York Times)

9:05 AM ET, April 26, 2010

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Motoko Rich / New York Times:

Random House Cedes Some E-Rights to Styron Clan — After publicly staking a claim to the right to publish electronic versions of books that already have a long history in print, Random House appears to be letting go of digital rights to several works by one prominent author without a fight …

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