The rumor is from the UK side, but it is hard to see a global company doing this in a market silo.

Create your free Reedsy account and start requesting free quotes and honest advice today. Reedsy professionals know the publishing landscape better than a writer knows the taste of hot coffee, come meet them. Such an original idea would no doubt earn billionseven though so very many authors. He wrote on his blog, “I heard a rumor from a very reliable source that two of the Big Six are considering going to DRM-free very soon. Tor/Forge Books Manhattan-based Book Publicity Agency Sourcebooks Publicity Manager Freelance. Ideal fodder for books aimed at younger readers (and some adults as well). “This decision could be related to competition within the genre (sci-fi/fantasy publishers Baen and Angry Robot are also DRM-free) or to Doherty’s specific role at Macmillan,” Owen writes.Į-publishing consultant Mike Shatzkin gets e-reader hopes up by reporting rumors that other companies may indeed consider going DRM-free. “This will, in the long term, undermine the leverage the large vendors currently have in negotiating discount terms with publishers while improving the state of midlist sales,” says Stross.īut Tor going DRM-free does not necessarily mean that Macmillan (or the rest of the industry) is nearing a total switch-over, according to Paid Content’s Laura Owen. Instead of having to buy a Kindle-friendly book from Amazon, customers could buy the e-book anywhere, no matter which device they use. Stross adds that abandoning DRM will give smaller booksellers a fighting chance in a market increasingly dominated by companies like Amazon.

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