![]() Department of Justice after accusations of e-book price fixing. In related news, Tor Books parent company Macmillan USA is preparing to square off against the U.S. It prevents them from using legitimately purchased e-books in perfectly legal ways, like moving them from one kind of e-reader to another." About Tor Books Founded in 1980, Tor annually publishes what is arguably the largest and most diverse line of science fiction and fantasy ever produced by a single publisher. ![]() ![]() Boing Boing, for one, expects that Tors plan to drop digital-rights management tools might start. Tordotcom Publishing specializes in original science fiction and fantasy, both in novella and novel length. My first advances, I now realize, were actually. The Macmillan-owned company also publishes titles under Forge, Orb, Starscape, and Tor Teen. "They're a technically sophisticated bunch, and DRM is a constant annoyance to them. So when I sold my first novel to Tor Books, one of the top names in speculative fiction, I was excited. "Our authors and readers have been asking for this for a long time," Tom Doherty, president and publisher of Tor Books, said in a statement. The Macmillan-owned company also publishes titles under Forge, Orb, Starscape, and Tor Teen.īoing Boing, for one, expects that Tor's plan to drop digital-rights management tools might start a wave of other companies following suit, eventually leading to a world where e-book DRM no longer exists.Īmong Tor Books' most well-known titles are "The Wheel of Time" series by Robert Jordan, and the Ender saga by Orson Scott Card. The shift will most likely appear seamless to consumers, as an official blog post on the Tor Web site mentions that DRM-free titles will sell at the same retailers that currently sell Tor's books, and will additionally appear on DRM-free-only e-book stores. Tor.com celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, and its creative director explains how it went from a website to full-fledged science fiction publishing imprint. ![]() ![]() Science-fiction/fantasy publishing company Tor Books dropped a big bomb on the e-book world today by announcing plans to abolish DRM on its entire collection of e-books in early July. ![]()
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