On April 24, 2012, Tom Doherty Associates, publishers of Tor Books and Forge Books, announced that beginning in July, all of its e-books would be sold free of DRM.
Now Tom Doherty Associates is pleased to announce the impending debut of the Tor/Forge DRM-Free E-book Store, which will sell all Tor, Forge, Starscape, Tor Teen, and Orb e-book titles directly to readers—along with, eventually, offerings from other publishers as well.
“This isn’t in lieu of the existing online retailers, but in addition to them,” said publisher Tom Doherty. “We think there’s room for all kinds of retail models in the growing e-book field—and we aim in particular to provide a rich, informative browsing experience to fans and devotees of the kinds of books Tor and Forge have made their reputations publishing.”
Hosted at reactormag.com, the Tor/Forge DRM-Free E-book Store will open in the summer of 2012. Follow reactormag.com for further details as they’re announced.
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.
And does the opening of this store portend a future in which other entities are permitted to retail DRM-free copies of Tor publications, at a price that the retailer chooses? Or does Tor plan to stand by its efforts to enforce its cartel pricing on consumers, denying them the opportunity to shop and determine their location of purchase based on price point?
Also, will the license be transferrable?
you had me at DRM free
Look forward to it. [Smile]
I’m so very very excited about this—thank you so very much.
It’s going to make reading a lot easier for me.
Thank you SO much! I love reading my ebooks on any platform, and this makes it so much easier, and still pays the people who work so hard to give us fantastic books. You have my sincere gratitude.
Oooooh.
Great news! Take a page from O’Reilly’s book (no pun intended) and sell ebooks in the Kindle format, with an option to send directly to the customer’s Kindle. All you need to do is store the customer’s Kindle email address & get them to whitelist your email address in their Manage My Kindle page.
Awesome!
I’d like some ebooks.
Thanks for making these available.
RanchoUnicorno’s question is very pertinent, given that the Great Amazon-Publisher War ruined Fictionwise, which has done eBooks right for over a decade now.
Also, is there any opening date for this store? Like, say, some time before the next decade, given Tor’s long-time refusal to touch eBooks?