first e-rights

Noun

 * 1)  The right to publish a work for the first time in electronic form.
 * 2) * 2003, Technically you have used "first e-rights" and can no longer sell it as an unpublished story/article ... Once a story is printed on the web, first e-rights have been used but first print rights are still available. &mdash; Tina Morgan Know Your Rights, appearing in Fiction Factor: The online magazine for fiction writers.