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RobertJSawyer · 09-25-2014, 09:51 PM

Tor is one of my publishers (as well as one of those for my friend, John Scalzi). The irony here is that Tor, unique even among divisions of Macmillan (its parent publisher), releases all its books DRM-free now (Tom Doherty, the publisher of Tor, is a silent partner in Baen Books, one of the pioneers in DRM-free ebooks from traditional publishers).

Kobo needs to get its act in order: if the publisher wants the book to be DRM free, and if the author (as John does) wants it to be DRM free, then there should be no hassles in getting a DRM-free ePub simply and directly downloaded to your computer.

Rob

09-25-2014, 09:51 PM	#27
RobertJSawyer Guru Posts: 738 Karma: 4306712 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Toronto Device: Kobo Libra 2, Clara 2E, and Clara HD; Kindle PaperWhite	Tor is one of my publishers (as well as one of those for my friend, John Scalzi). The irony here is that Tor, unique even among divisions of Macmillan (its parent publisher), releases all its books DRM-free now (Tom Doherty, the publisher of Tor, is a silent partner in Baen Books, one of the pioneers in DRM-free ebooks from traditional publishers). Kobo needs to get its act in order: if the publisher wants the book to be DRM free, and if the author (as John does) wants it to be DRM free, then there should be no hassles in getting a DRM-free ePub simply and directly downloaded to your computer. Rob Last edited by RobertJSawyer; 09-25-2014 at 10:06 PM.