For some reason, Tor has created an online store: Announcing the Tor.com Store! Why?
I have to agree with the commenters who are wondering what the point of this store is. Worse prices, slower service, smaller selection. I suppose if you’re boycotting all the other online booksellers this might make sense?
This does not bode well for when/if Tor finally gets around to selling ebooks. We shouldn’t rush them though as it’s only been a decade since Baen started selling ebooks – Tor just needs a few more decades to think this whole “ebook” thingy over. Then there will be the year or two where they sell books for more than hardcover price (probably with DRM thrown in) and wonder why their ebooks aren’t selling.
What frustrates me is that I’ve been wanting to give Tor my money for a decade and they refuse to take it. Sell me ebooks I can read on any device at mass market paperback price and I’ll be delighted to buy them. Why is that so difficult to do?
#1 by Beej on 6/18/2009 - 3:30 pm
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If there were a way I could get more eBooks at affordable prices to read on my iPhone, I’d do it. I still can’t justify a $10 book, even a new release, that I will occasionally read on my iPhone Kindle app. I read free books on it when I’m bored and out of the house, but there is no reason to pay current prices for the non-Kindle eBook readers out there, if you ask me. And the Kindle itself is too expensive right now. I can’t justify the price, especially when my girlfriend works at a public library (though I know that isn’t true of everyone).
#2 by Joel on 6/20/2009 - 5:56 am
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I live out in the boonies so I have to pay a little over a hundred dollars for access to the city library. There is no ebook store that comes close to matching that for price per book. Convenience-wise, it’s very awkward, but price-wise I can’t justify buying ebooks at current prices either.