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Yes, and going from what's available for Robert J. Sawyer, whose works I looked up a few weeks ago, it does look like Tor's actually trying to get the back catalogue online. Sony store showed a mix of his oldest and newest books, but a huge chunk of the middle "missing".
However, they seemed mostly also geo-restricted to US-only there*. I really wish they'd go with the selling via Webscriptions plan again, if only as a side option to putting their works in the regular e-outlets.
There's so much I would buy if it were available at Webscription terms ($4-6 per book, multiformat & DRM-free, monthly/author discount bundles), even if I could read it for free from the library/get cheaply used.
*As were the four Nebula/Hugo-nominated Tor.com short stories released as freebies earlier this year, which is why I roll my eyes at Tor.com's decision to aid in monetizing its earlier website-original short stories by selling them in the stores, but removing the downloadable e-reader-friendly versions at their site.
Myself, I'd have gone for having the paid versions as a tipjar, and leave the non-restricted/DRMed versions as a promotional/goodwill thing for international readers. If it's good enough for Baen, it's good enough for them.
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