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SFWA standard terms are the author grants US publishing rights, not the entire copyright. https://www.sfwa.org/2009/07/05/model-contract-hardcover/

Authors should never sign anything worse then that.

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That would still cover the right to publish in US territory.

Which the author gets royalties for giving. The system is made so authors get money and publishers do too from their books. They are jointly using the authors copyrighted work for mutual benefit.

What's not included and valuable? Adaptations, foreign translations, sequels, etc.

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