Sci-fi publisher launches online bookshop

by Rich Bowden - Jun 22 2009, 04:57

A year-old science fiction/fantasy bookshop publisher has launched an online book shop selling, not just its own publications, but those of its rivals in the sci-fi/fantasy genre.

Pablo Defendini, who is behind the online book shop, said the experiment came at the request of members of the public and the aim of the project is to create a "one-stop shop" for all sci-fi/fantasy fans.

"We didn’t want to do another direct to consumer retail outlet from a publisher," he said. "We wanted to do it in Tor.com’s publisher-agnostic attitude."

Part of the Macmillan publishing group, the online store will sell around 45,000 titles, available in both hardback and paperback, according to trade magazine Publisher's Weekly.

Defendini told the magazine the Web store would stock "pretty much all of the major publishing houses and a lot of small presses as well," in addition to some DVDs and paperback comics.

Saying initial response had been encouraging, Defendini outlined that the plan is "to make Tor.com a one-stop shop for the science fiction and fantasy reader crowd, and publishers are responding to that. For the most part they’re very eager to participate and be involved."

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