And then there's Tor...

I've spent a couple posts bashing on John Sargent and Macmillan Publishing. So today, I'll try to swing the other direction... and for a good reason.

From the fantasy front of publishing and novels, I'd like to point out that Macmillian publishes the Wheel of Time series under their subsidiary publisher; TOR / Forge.  The Wheel of Time series creator, Robert Jordan (or James Oliver Rigney, Jr. in real life), is considered one of the most skilled authors in recent times. If you don't know the very sad story of Mr. Jordan's untimely departure, you can read it on his wikipedia site.

I just finished the latest book in the series, which Brandon Sanderson picked up after Jordan passed away... and discovered as many have, the latest book is nothing short of amazing. Bravo Mr. Sanderson!

In addition to throwing a bone to Macmillan (or Tor really), I also recently read a two-month-old post from Sci-fi author John Scalzi about how, in the whole Macmillan vs. Amazon bout, Amazon could have performed far, far better. His points are quite damning.

It was also interesting to learn that it was Jan Friedman, ex CEO of Harper Collins, who began Open Road Integrated Media... a company who will focus primarily on eBooks, particularly older ones. It's old news, but still, her quote on electronic formats; “is going to be the center of the universe." 

Exactly. She's a businesswoman who seems to understand technology and the future.

And speaking of electronic format, I found this website quite interesting: Free-ebooks.net