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Originally Posted by robertsconley
However you need to look at the EXACT terms you agreed too in your correspondence with SJ GAMES and then talk to a IP Attorney for clarification.
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For what it's worth, the terms for JTAS submissions appear to have changed over the life of the magazine. At least in the first couple of years, the rights one signed over were specifically for "electronic" publication and did not automatically include print publication. There was a clause in the early contract that SJ Games would have to negotiate separately before publishing articles in book form.
I remember being considerably upset when SJ Games converted "Best of JTAS, Volume 1" from a printed book into one of their first pdf products before publication, because they interpreted that to be an "electronic publication" for which they already held the rights. They did pay a "bonus" as a "courtesy," but there was no negotiation. This was a major factor in my decision to curtail my writing for JTAS.