Tor Books has been taking works originally published on Tor.com and selling them in the various ebookstores, but Mr Doherty notes that the new imprint will be getting greater editorial attention. To be honest, I am not sure that this counts as a 'new' imprint. We will also consider traditional print publishing for a select number of titles a year. It will have a heavy digital focus but all titles will be available via POD and audio formats. Tor.com is excited to announce that we will be expanding our original fiction program via a new imprint dedicated to publishing novellas, shorter novels, serializations, and any other pieces of fiction that exceed the traditional novelette length (17,499 words).Įach DRM-free title will be available exclusively for purchase, unlike the current fiction that is offered for free on the site, and will have full publisher support behind it. This publisher has long been using its Tor.com online community as a source of short fiction, and today that effort has been formalized.

Mr Doherty then went on to announce the launch of a new Tor Books imprint. Distributing ebooks sans DRM has not increased the number of pirated ebooks or visibly decreased sales of Tor titles, thus proving that DRM serves no actual purpose other than locking consumers into existing retail channels.

Doherty confirmed that after two years Tor Books had yet to see any downside to their decision. Tor Books surprised us all when they announced plans two years ago to go DRM free, and Tom Doherty, the founder of Tor Books took the stage at the IDPF conference today to share a few details on the perils of going DRM-free. Tor Books to Launch New DRM-free Imprint on Tor.com

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