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Care to elaborate? Most authors are NOT enamored of their publishers, and are looking for the upper hand in the next round of royalty negotiations.
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I've met Wolfe, I know Tor Books, and Wolfe's editor at Tor is an old friend I first met many years ago when he was an editor at another house entirely. I would be
very surprised if Wolfe had that sort of relationship with Tor.
Tor generally enjoys a reputation of being honest and ethical, which is more than can be said for some houses.
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Arriving half-baked at a party that's been going on for half a decade is not the way to pick up new customers. And editors should know that.
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Editors might. But bear in mind editors aren't the only ones involved. Tor is part of a larger company, and there are an assortment of players. The folks who must actually implement this are the IT staff, and that part of Tor's parent company sometimes leaves a bit to be desired, if the experience recounted by folks who work there is a guide.
And the alternative may be not arriving for the party at all. I'll accept baby steps if it at least gets the kid walking.
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Great. Remind them why they're doing this--to get more customers. How likely is that if they fail to deliver on item #1 on the list?
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Depends. But when something is a new venture for an organization, I expect teething problems. I signed up, too. But if nothing happens, I shrug and get on with my life.
If I had actually paid them money, and they didn't deliver a product, I might have reason to be upset. On a scale of cosmic importance from 1 to 10, not seeing anything from a mailing list I only signed up for a couple of weeks ago rates about a -2. I have far more important things to worry about.
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Quite the opposite. Look back through this forum's archives. People have been ready to give up on Tor for a while because of their "teething problems" with e-publishing. I don't need a free e-book. I've got thousands of them. I'll just be MUCH less likely to buy a p-book from Tor if they can't seem to find their way into the 21st century.
As should be the business "experts" at Tor.
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Like I said, this is a relatively new area for them. They are feeling their way. They will make mistakes.
But Tor is at least
trying to do it right, and Tor and Baen are the only publishers I can think of offhand who are showing any signs of having a real clue about ebook publishing. I reserve my bad feelings for the ones who aren't trying at all.
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Dennis