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I just went back and re-read it and my memory completely failed me. If Tor publishes an eBook and only wants you to read on their special BookinaTor device while drinking Pepsi, then you, as the customer, have no legal action in the U. S. to ignore their demands.
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That isn't necessarily true. Copyright is governed by copyright law, not contract law, and copyright law specifies specific fair use rights, as well as less well defined fair use that generally falls under a reasonable person interpretation. Court rulings are still mixed, but generally trending towards interpreting electronic sales under the right of first sale doctrine. In California, for instance, Adobe's license that says you can't resell their bundled software was tossed by the court.