[carld]

>So what if they're not in e-format right now.

Well, honestly, for you it's a "so what." Some of us simply cannot be so nonchalant. My eyesight has never been very good, and poor as it is, it's deteriorating due to diabetes. I already struggle to read many printed books. In time I may lose that ability to read regular print at all. I can no longer read the local newspaper, for example (well, I can close my right eye, squint through my left and read one column held up to my nose, but who wants to do that?).

Thank goodness ebooks and eInk have started to become a somewhat viable option. I can continue to enjoy reading even as my eyesight slowly worsens. That's also why I was, mistakenly, excited by Tor's apparent entry into the eBook market, and why I was so disappointed when I realized it wasn't so.

>That's like complaining that you can't read a series of books because the first volume you have is in paperback and the rest are only out in hardcover!

No, it's really not the same thing at all. There is not much difference between reading something as a paperback, or a hardback, as long as you can physically handle books in both sizes. There are significant differences between reading on paper and on e-ink. For some people these differences are just a preference, for some of us it really matters.

I simply won't buy books in paper any longer. I've already purchased print books that I've found I cannot read. Until Tor can provide ebooks I won't be buying anything from them. (And yes, that means going back on my claim that I'll never buy anything from Tor ever again.)

I'll continue trying to get books through the library, so I can at least see if it's something I can handle, but buying paper books is out of the question.