Tor Books

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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 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. The company 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.

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E-books [edit]

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]

Recognition [edit]

Tor has won the Locus Magazine poll for best science fiction publisher every year since 1988.[2] Tor also publishes more award-winning and -nominated science fiction books (157 as of March 2009) than any other publisher.[3]

Editors [edit]

Imprints [edit]

Tom Doherty Associates publishes a number of imprints:

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Tor/Forge E-book Titles to Go DRM-Free". Tor.com. Retrieved 24 April 2012. 
  2. ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: Locus Award Winners by Category - Publishers". Locus Magazine. Retrieved 2008-10-10. 
  3. ^ "Worlds Without End publisher rankings". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-03-29. 

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