![]() 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. Quick Reference Optional, Variant, and Expanded Rules Tables Books. It prevents them from using legitimately purchased e-books in perfectly legal ways, like moving them from one kind of e-reader to another." ![]() "They're a technically sophisticated bunch, and DRM is a constant annoyance to them. President and publisher Tom Doherty has named Patrick Nielsen Hayden associate publisher of Tor Books, effective. "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. Tor/Forge Books has announced a restructuring of its corporate leadership. ![]() 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. There is also the Forge imprint that publishes an array of fictional titles, including historical novels and thrillers. Tor Books is the most successful science fiction and fantasy publisher in the world. Tor is the primary imprint of Tor Publishing Group. 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/Forge Books 5,559 followers on LinkedIn. 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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