Tor Books
| Parent company | Macmillan |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1980 |
| Founder | Tom Doherty |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | Flatiron Building, New York City |
| Key people | Tom Doherty |
| Publication types | Books |
| Official website | www.tor-forge.com |
Tor Books is an imprint of Tom Doherty Associates publishing company, based in New York City. It is noted for its science fiction and fantasy titles.
Publisher
Tor was founded by Tom Doherty in 1980, and sold to St. Martin's Press in 1986. Along with St. Martin's Press, Henry Holt, and Farrar, Straus and Giroux, it is now part of the Holtzbrinck group, now known as Macmillan Publishers. Tom Doherty Associates also publishes mainstream fiction, mystery, and occasional military history titles under its Forge imprint.
Imprints
Tom Doherty Associates publishes a number of imprints:
- Forge Books (mainstream and historical)
- Paranormal Romance
- Orb Books (trade paperback science fiction and fantasy reprints)
- Starscape (science fiction for children)
- Tor Teen
- Tor/Seven Seas (manga)
Editors
- Susan Chang
- Claire Eddy
- Melissa Frain
- Liz Gorinsky
- Stacy Hague-Hill
- David G. Hartwell
- Harriet McDougal
- Beth Meacham
- Patrick Nielsen Hayden
- Teresa Nielsen Hayden
- Eric Raab
- Kristin Sevick
- Melissa Ann Singer
- Paul Stevens
E-books
Tor publishes a range of their works as e-books. In 2012, Tom Doherty announced that his imprints would sell only DRM-free e-books by July of that year.[1] One year later Tor stated that they will keep this model as removing DRM was not hurting their ebook business.[2]
Recognition
Tor has won the Locus Magazine poll for best science fiction publisher every year since 1988.[3] Tor also publishes more award-winning and -nominated science fiction books (157 as of March 2009) than any other publisher.[4]
References
- ↑ "Tor/Forge E-book Titles to Go DRM-Free". Tor.com. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
- ↑ Geuss, Megan (2013-05-04). "Tor Books says cutting DRM out of its e-books hasn’t hurt the business - A look at the sci-fi publisher a year after it announced it would do away with DRM.". Arstechnica. Retrieved 2013-07-07. "Early this week, Tor Books, a subsidiary of Tom Doherty Associates and the world's leading publisher of science fiction, gave an update on how its decision to do away with Digital Rights Management (DRM) schemes has impacted the company. Long story short: it hasn't, really."
- ↑ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: Locus Award Winners by Category - Publishers". Locus Magazine. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
- ↑ "Worlds Without End publisher rankings". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
External links
- Tor Books website
- Tor.com community site
- Tor Books profile at Reason, December 2008