Wednesday News: Hachette UK wants Tor to turn the DRM back on; Some authors are just against lending

Doubling Down on DRM – Last month, Tor’s entire catalog of ebooks went DRM free. You may have seen that if you went to purchase a Laura Florand backlist title after Sunita’s wonderful review of the Chocolate Thief. According to Cory Doctorow, Hachette UK wants its authors who are also published with Tor to ask Tor to replace the DRM. Hachette asserts this is because DRM is actually working to decrease piracy. I’m not sure what studies they have to prove their point (none exist as far as I kno...