TOR BOOKS UPDATE

Still, one common argument is that DRM can be easily removed with a little know-how, so blocking a reader from sharing a book across multiple devices ends up being an inconvenience rather than a deterrent. Tor Books is the most successful science fiction and fantasy publisher in the world.

Their readers are more engaged with authors than readers of other genres are.

As Forbes contributor Suw Charman-Anderson points out, Tor has a unique customer base. It's unclear whether Tor's success will sway other e-book publishers toward offering DRM-free titles. “The move has been a hugely positive one for us, it’s helped establish Tor and Tor UK as an imprint that listens to its readers and authors when they approach us with a mutual concern-and for that we’ve gained an amazing amount of support and loyalty from the community,” Crisp wrote. This reaction was more of a flash in the pan, and Tor says it will continue to publish e-books DRM-free. In August 2012, a leaked letter from Hachette UK to a number of authors suggested that Tor's DRM-free e-books strategy would “make it difficult for the rights granted to us to be properly protected.” The letter urged authors to push pack against Tor's DRM-free policy. Not everyone was on board with Tor's decision, however. “All of them up without hesitation to a scheme which would allow their readers greater freedom with their novels.” Advertisement Hamilton and China Miéville were incredibly supportive when we asked them to consider removing DRM from their titles,” Crisp wrote. “All of our authors including bestsellers such as Peter F. Tor's 2012 decision was largely applauded by its customers, who enjoyed being able to share e-book files among various devices. This week, Julie Crisp, editorial director at Tor UK, wrote that the publisher has seen “no discernible increase in piracy on any of our titles, despite them being DRM-free for nearly a year.” Starting this month, ebooks would be delayed by as much as 40 months. Earlier this weeks Tor Books informed libraries that it was windowing library ebooks. It prevents them from using legitimately-purchased e-books in perfectly legal ways, like moving them from one kind of e-reader to another.' Tor Books has just demonstrated that the decision makers at Macmillan are surprisingly ignorant on the basic principles of microeconomics in general. Tor announced last April that it would only retail e-books in DRM-free formats because its customers are “a technically sophisticated bunch, and DRM is a constant annoyance to them.

TOR BOOKS UPDATE

Early this week, Tor Books, a subsidiary of Tom Doherty Associates and the world's leading publisher of science fiction, gave an update on how its decision to do away with Digital Rights Management (DRM) schemes has impacted the company.

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