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Originally Posted by Taylor514ce
But the open question: will they SELL e-books?
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They tried to at one point. Tor CEO Tom Doherty cut a deal with old friend and former employee Jim Baen at Baen Books to offer Tor content through Baen's Webscriptions program. It was announced by both companies, but the plug got pulled by Tor's corporate parent, Holtzbrink, over the issue of Webscriptions not using DRM.
Holtzbrink has reportedly changed it's stance on DRM, but meanwhile, it looks like they are trying to formulate an ebook strategy and coherent approach across all of their imprints. Note that Tor sister imprint St. Martin's PRess has been offering free ebooks versions of some mystery series that are trying to promote, and current Tor emails contain the tagline "This e-mail was sent to you by Macmillan, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010.", another Holtzbrink imprint.
At a guess, Tom Doherty would sell ebooks in a heartbeat, but Holtzbrink won't let him go it alone.
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Dennis