Quote:
Originally Posted by AnemicOak
This is true, but at the same time I wish there was an easy way to give feedback on the files. I wouldn't really expect Sony files or anything, but I'm kinda surprised they aren't offering it in the four somewhat standard formats that everyone else offers (lit, pdf, Mobi & eReader).
|
Give them time. They're still in the process of getting a clue.
Quote:
|
That said I'm glad they're doing something & would love to see them hit the ebook market full force. Tor has many books I want to be able to buy. I just hope they handle things differently than MacMillan (they're parent company) has handled ebook releases for some of their other "labels".
|
Technically, Tor's parent company is the Holtzbrink Group in Germany, who bought Macmillan back in 1995.
Tor is at least
trying -- they have a deal to offer electronic content over Baen's Webscriptions program.
That took a bit of doing. Tom Doherty, CEO and Publisher at Tor, was Jim Baen's former boss when both were at Ace Books, and they stayed in touch and stayed friends when Jim moved on to form Baen. Tom is one of the savviest guys in publishing, saw what Jim was doing, and realized there was an opportunity. Tor didn't have the infrastructure in place, so Tom cut a deal with Jim to offer Tor content through Baen's Webscriptions program. It got the the point where both Tor and Baen announced it.
Then someone at Holtzbrink realized the offered content would not be protected by DRM, and pulled the plug. Cue much annoyance all around. (I know Tom Doherty a bit. I can just imagine his reaction, and am glad I wasn't in the area when it occurred...)
Holtzbrink eventually reversed its opposition, and the deal is up an running. I understand Holtzbrink got a new CEO who is against DRM, which doubtless helped.
But meanwhile, getting traditional publishers involved in ebooks is a "one step forward, two steps back" proposition. I'll take whatever progress I can get.
______
Dennis