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Originally Posted by DrMoze
Honestly, I am more in line with Tor on this issue than with the complainers. I mean, look at this thread title even. "Screwed" by Tor? For giving away free samples? ...
So what did they do wrong? Nothing. They gave away FREE samples to promote their authors. Never claimed to be doing otherwise...
The other thing I see from this is Tor's awareness that there is a demand for more books in electronic form. As far as I can tell, they are listening and did not at any time say "screw you, we only publish paper books and that's the only way it will ever be."
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What DrMoze said. Yes.
I can understand why people might feel frustrated not getting their next fix of a favorite author immediately--but really, these things take time. It doesn't all happen overnight for the benefit of the e-public. Tor might not even
have the e-rights to some of the books people want. (Every book contract is different.)
For those who say that Tor sucks, all I can say is, get real, for heaven's sake. Tor is staffed, from the ground up, by people who love books and who work hard to get as many good books out to people as they can. I can understand why PNH got a little testy in his comment referenced above, because people were complaining because they were given something for
free. Maybe he was a little intemperate in his reply to one individual--but even if that's true, he's a human being and he does get testy, but he's not the whole company. He's a senior editor who's taking time from a very busy schedule to answer remarks from readers. He doesn't always answer my emails right away, either, and I'm a Tor author.
Do I ever get annoyed with Tor? Sure, I do. I'm a writer; I get annoyed with my publisher. Goes with the territory.
But give them some credit for what they're trying to do, and please don't dump on them because they don't completely succeed. They're good people, and they're a good publisher.