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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
I don't think Tor has fully made up their minds about which way they plan to jump on electronic publishing. But they are certainly aware of it, and it seems likely they will jump at some point.
Expects rights and permissions to be a factor in terms of how fast they jump. When Baen did the Free Library, part of Eric Flint's efforts revolved around convincing the participants in the program to allow their works to be offered through the library. So it is with this, I suspect: Sanderson, Scalzi, and Wilson had to agree to allow their books to be offered this way. Tor's contracts with them covered pbook editions, and electronic rights are another matter. New contracts (or amendments to existing ones) will be required for ebooks Tor might choose to issue.
At least the capability to offer electronic editions is now there. It didn't used to be.
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Dennis
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I know that several Tor authors have posted information to the effect that Tor's contract does include a mention of electronic rights. Given that I would expect that while hoops may be required to get permission to give books away, Tor probably wouldn't have too much difficulty arranging to sell e-books.
Personally, I don't mind not getting them free. I'd be happy with the ability to buy un-infested copies at reasonable prices.