![]() ![]() It primarily publishes science fiction and fantasy titles, and is the largest publisher of Chinese science fiction novels in North America. Department of Justice after accusations of e-book price fixing. Tor Books is the primary imprint of Tor Publishing Group (previously Tom Doherty Associates), 2 a publishing company based in New York City. 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." like More of Tor.com Publishings books Tor.com Publishing’s Quotes You’re nobody’s doorway but your own, and the only one who gets to tell you how your story ends is you."They're a technically sophisticated bunch, and DRM is a constant annoyance to them. Tor.com Publishing is now friends with Alex Panzin 07:14PM "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. ![]() ![]() 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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