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The irony of course is that the site has Google ads all over, and they all push Microsoft Word...

Anyway, I'd like to hear the story of how the book rights went back to the author, that's unusual.

I don't about this case, but in general all the book contracts I signed have clauses for the rights of a book to go back to the author. A typical condition is the author's request to write a new edition and the publisher's refusal to do so (eg from low sales).

I don't see irony here. The book describes the rise and fall of WordPerfect. The final part is about, as you can guess, losing to Word.

Right, I think that is called "evidence" rather than irony. :)

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