Everything about Tor Books totally explained
Tor Books is one of two
imprints of Tom Doherty Associates, LLC, based in New York City. It is noted for its
science fiction and
fantasy titles. Tom Doherty Associates also publishes mainstream fiction, mystery, and occasional military history titles under its Forge imprint. Tom Doherty Associates, LLC, was formed 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 Giroux, it's now part of the
Holtzbrinck group.
In March 2006, Holtzbrinck forced
Tor Books, which is owned by Holtzbrinck, to stop making its books available as
eBooks via
Webscriptions because of concerns regarding the lack of
Digital rights management (DRM). These concerns abated in 2007 and selected Tor titles will soon be available as e-books via Baen and a variety of other online retailers.
Tor has won the
Locus Magazine poll for best science fiction publisher every year since 1988.
Authors published by Tor