Tor Books says cutting DRM out of its e-books hasn’t hurt business.

Tor Books says cutting DRM out of its e-books hasn’t hurt business. Megan Geuss.   Ars Technica. May 4, 2013.

Tor Books announced last April that it would only retail e-books in DRM-free formats because its customers are “a technically sophisticated bunch, and DRM is a constant annoyance to them. It prevents them from using legitimately-purchased e-books in perfectly legal ways, like moving them from one kind of e-reader to another."

This week, Julie Crisp, editorial director at Tor UK, wrote that the publisher has seen “no discernible increase in piracy on any of our titles, despite them being DRM-free for nearly a year.”

Tor's 2012 decision was largely applauded by its customers and authors. The authors agreed to a scheme which would allow their readers greater freedom with their novels.

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