[ecspike]

There is also a provision in some publishing contracts that say that once the book goes out of print, the rights revert back to you.

[unreal37]

In publishing contracts I've entered into with major publishers, it usually says the rights revert back to me after 2 years of it being out of print. Not immediately.

[RougeFemme]

If that's the case here, refusing to print any more copies of the first edition is a bad business decision for O'Reily.