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Sci-Fi Publisher Tor Ditches DRM For E-Books

Posted by timothy on from the thought-tor-was-some-kinda-darknet dept.

First time accepted submitter FBeans writes "'Science fiction publisher Tor UK is dropping digital rights management from its e-books alongside a similar move by its U.S. partners. ... Tor UK, Tor Books and Forge are divisions of Pan Macmillan, which said it viewed the move as an "experiment."' With experiments, come results. Now users can finally read their books across multiple devices such as Amazon's Kindle, Sony Reader, Kobo eReader and Apple's iBooks. Perhaps we will see the *increase* of sales, because the new unrestricted format outweighs the decrease caused by piracy?"

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  1. DRM works! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm using the ultimate DRM for my latest book - I keep it all in my head and I've never even thought the whole thing through.

    And it works perfectly! Not one person has an unpaid copy of it.

    Success? Indeed!

    1. Re:DRM works! by Dinghy · · Score: 5, Funny

      The question is, does anyone have a paid copy of it? Maybe if you removed your DRM, you'd have more paying customers!

      This is not the first time I've seen beheadings suggested as a way to respond to DRM.

  2. Re:It's about time by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is the beginning of the end of quality writing.

    Awesome! Now is my chance to get published!