[Andrew Frisardi]

I've been wondering what publishers and authors do when a book in e-book format -- Kindle or otherwise -- was originally published before e-books were an item.

For instance, I saw on Amazon that Robert Mezey's edition of Hardy is now available in Kindle (although, according the reviewers, Amazon bungled the text). I wonder: did Mezey get royalties on sales in the Kindle format? I imagine this alternative wouldn't have been covered in his contract. What would his rights be, in that case?

I imagine other members here have come up against this issue. I don't think I've seen it mentioned here, despite quite a bit of talk about e-books per se.