Comments on: All Tor books are DRM free from today on

By: daev

daev — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 03:49:00 +0000

Now I can finally consider buying ebooks and a reader.

By: Nonentity

Nonentity — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 20:51:00 +0000

Thanks, I’ll check that one out.

By: Ryan Lenethen

Ryan Lenethen — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 19:34:00 +0000

I don’t have an eReader, nor to I read eBooks, but if I did I would refuse to use any that had any DRM on principle. I think it is good TOR took this step, I know it is one closer to me making it acceptable for use.

By: pahool

pahool — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 18:59:00 +0000

emusic.com has drm-free mp3 audiobooks. Selection is nowhere near audible’s selection, but it’s something.

By: P.F. Bruns

P.F. Bruns — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 18:52:00 +0000

Apparently TOR/Forge have realized that DRM-free ebooks attract lots of new readers (and dollars/pounds/pesetas/yen/yuan/etc.) than locked-down e-books. It’s good to see another great publisher look to the future, even as its authors write about it (and other time periods).

By: Andrew Singleton

Andrew Singleton — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 18:51:00 +0000

You are awesome for doing this,

As a hypothetically interested author what’s your company’s site?

Edit: Nevermind. You posted site link further down in thread. Thanks.

By: angusm

angusm — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 18:42:00 +0000

The day I learned that Baen was DRM-free was the day that I went on my last SF ebook buying spree …

By: jandrese

jandrese — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 18:09:00 +0000

Don’t forget to check out the Baen online store while you are at it. He was doing DRM free before it was cool.

By: Ender Wiggin

Ender Wiggin — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 17:56:00 +0000

because google lets the publisher choose, according to my 30 seconds of research.

By: Finnagain

Finnagain — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 17:54:00 +0000

Ok, I can no longer refrain from shameless promotion:
http://www.infinityboxpress.com/index.php

By: angusm

angusm — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 17:52:00 +0000

Time to go on a shopping spree. One very effective form of anti-DRM activism may be to enthusiastically support those publishers who have the decency not to use it, so that the rest of the industry can see how many sales they’re losing by clinging to DRM.

By: DewiMorgan

DewiMorgan — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 17:48:00 +0000

Time I got myself an ebook reader.

By: Finnagain

Finnagain — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 17:38:00 +0000

Good for Tor! I’m part of a new indie publishing company, and we decided early on that we would be drm-free, always.

By: Nonentity

Nonentity — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 17:04:00 +0000

This is great. Now if only something similar could get going for audiobooks. Audible format can really be a pain in the neck at times.

By: Tribune

Tribune — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 17:03:00 +0000

listen close for the muffled “Help get me out of here”?

By: Chesterfield

Chesterfield — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 16:48:00 +0000

So Tor provides DRM free files to ebook sellers, but how do I know that the Tor book I buy from Google Play hasn’t been wrapped in Google’s DRM?

By: Teirhan

Teirhan — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 16:43:00 +0000

I noticed that Kindle has started putting notes up on books that are sold without DRM at the request of the publisher.

This makes me more inclined to risk money on books from authors I haven’t read before, though I don’t really have a justification for why that is.