On Amazon, Problem typically sells for $9.99. Some of the titles have just a couple hundred ratings, small compared to his most popular book. The Three-Body Problem has nearly 20,000 ratings on Goodreads, but other titles don’t seem as popular in Liu’s stable. A Chinese science fiction writer, Liu has won the Galaxy Award nine times and is a Hugo Award winner. The club gets a book in front of readers who may not have heard about it before – although in Liu’s case, there may have been a number of Tor readers already aware of Liu’s work. Of course, this is a nice boon for authors as well as readers. Because the site does say “We reserve the right to end this promotion at any time.” Everyone likes free stuff, and Tor will likely see how the email marketing campaign is working when it decides whether to continue the program. This is a good way to build Tor’s email database. Each ebook is available for seven days, and discussions about the book will take place on Tor.com.

The catch: you also sign up for Tor’s newsletter. This month’s book is The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu.Īt the start of each month, Tor.com will offer a new ebook. Macmillan’s Tor.com has announced a new ebook club that will give readers one free ebook every month.

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