Tor Books founder Tom Doherty’s speech at Book Expo America yesterday didn’t just explain the company’s DRM-free strategy, it also announced a new imprint based on Tor.com, publishing DRM-free novellas and novelettes as ebooks:
Each DRM-free title will be available exclusively for purchase, unlike the current fiction that is free on the site, and will have full publisher support behind it. It will have a heavy digital focus but all titles will be available via POD and audio formats. The imprint will also consider traditional print publishing for a select number of titles a year. All titles will be available worldwide.
“In the past six years we have had the great fortune to work with literally hundreds of authors and illustrators in the publication and promotion of their short fiction. Transitioning to an author-centric digital imprint which fosters and revives novella and short novel length commercial science fiction and fantasy is the next logical step in Tor.com’s evolution.” says Fritz Foy, Macmillan Executive Vice President and Digital Publisher.
“We’re using this opportunity to re-evaluate every step of the publishing process,” says Associate Publisher Irene Gallo. “We don’t want to make any assumptions based on how we currently publish stories. We’re really looking forward to creating something with a start-up mentality but with the rich legacy of Tor Books and Tor.com behind us,” she continued
Announcing Tor.com the Imprint
(via IO9)