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Tor/Forge E-book Titles to Go DRM-Free

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Published on April 24, 2012

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Tom Doherty Associates, publishers of Tor, Forge, Orb, Starscape, and Tor Teen, today announced that by early July 2012, their entire list of e-books will be available DRM-free.

“Our authors and readers have been asking for this for a long time,” said president and publisher Tom Doherty. “They’re a technically sophisticated bunch, and DRM is a constant annoyance to them. It prevents them from using legitimately-purchased e-books in perfectly legal ways, like moving them from one kind of e-reader to another.”

DRM-free titles from Tom Doherty Associates will be available from the same range of retailers that currently sell their e-books. In addition, the company expects to begin selling titles through retailers that sell only DRM-free books.

In addition, Tor UK announced on Wednesday, April 25 that it will also be going DRM-free.

About Tor and Forge Books

Tor Books, an imprint of Tom Doherty Associates, LLC, is a New York-based publisher of hardcover and softcover books, founded in 1980 and committed (although not limited) to arguably the largest and most diverse line of science fiction and fantasy ever produced by a single English-language publisher. Tom Doherty Associates, LLC, is also the home of award-winning Forge Books, founded in 1993 and committed (although not limited) to thrillers, mysteries, historical fiction and general fiction. Together, the imprints garnered 30 New York Times bestsellers in 2011.

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Paul Weimer
12 years ago

:claps hands:

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12 years ago

Great! Applause for managing to get the management layers to agree.

Now for your next trick, try if it is possible to agree to non-exclusive worldwide distribution at one point.

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12 years ago

:claps hands:

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12 years ago

Fantastic. I will buy even more Tor ebooks because of this.

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12 years ago

AWESOME. :D I will look forward to upping my patronage of Tor/Forge titles!

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12 years ago

Fantastic news. Hopefully the start of a whole string of announcements by the various shops.

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12 years ago

Hurrah! I knew there was a reason Tor/Forge is one of my favorite publishers.

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12 years ago

That’s *marvelous*!

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12 years ago

Great news.

Of course, I’m wondering if Tor/Forge will offer their ebooks at a more reasonable (IMO) lower price.

Baen does quite well by selling ebooks for $6.

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12 years ago

Great News! A couple of years late, but good news all the same. DRM just locks readers into a single ebook ecosystem whilst doing absolutely nothing to prevent piracy.

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