2018 Releases

[Corran Horn]

I miss the 'two books a month' era.

I wonder if they're going to go all-in with Discovery books - or at least dedicate a significant portion of the release calendar to them, a la the Star Trek 2009 effort. (not that they were ever released)

 

[JD]

I don't think they'll do very many. It sounds like they're trying really hard to make sure the book and comic they are working on now fit with the show and if they want to keep that up, I can't see them doing more than one or two books a year.

 

[tomswift2002]

I wonder if we're in for big change. Maybe Titan's picking up the license for the pre-2009 series, while Pocket is just going to continue with the Discovery novels.

 

[Christopher]

I wonder if we're in for big change. Maybe Titan's picking up the license for the pre-2009 series, while Pocket is just going to continue with the Discovery novels.

I don't think so.

 

[Reanok]

I hope after the the book panel at Las Vegas we might finally get some news about the books for 2018 and who gets the license for future Star trek books.

 

[aventinelover]

Thank you all for the input. I had forgotten about the contracts being renewed and am hopeful too about hearing something from the Vegas convention.

 

[DarkHorizon]

Well, we now know there is at least one novel coming out in the 2018 schedule - a second Discovery novel, by Dayton Ward. So maybe there will be more announcements at STLV. I had been concerned.

 

[Mage]

I was about to post what Dark Horizon posted.

I asume that, with Pocket releasing that novel, it means that the license has been renewed?

 

[tenmei]

Perhaps they've asked that 2018 only have Discovery novels?

 

[Christopher]

I asume that, with Pocket releasing that novel, it means that the license has been renewed?

Don't forget how much Dave's book was delayed due to the production delays on the show. Since Dayton's book is scheduled for early 2018, and since he said on Facebook that he's been sitting on this news for more than a year, I'd imagine it was originally scheduled for 2017 release and held back. Although that's just a semi-educated guess.

 

[Mage]

Don't forget how much Dave's book was delayed due to the production delays on the show. Since Dayton's book is scheduled for early 2018, and since he said on Facebook that he's been sitting on this news for more than a year, I'd imagine it was originally scheduled for 2017 release and held back. Although that's just a semi-educated guess.

Ah, wasn't aware that Dayton said as much on Facebook. However, if the license hadn't been renewed, would Pocket still be allowed to publish it?

 

[Christopher]

Ah, wasn't aware that Dayton said as much on Facebook. However, if the license hadn't been renewed, would Pocket still be allowed to publish it?

My point is, it was probably already commissioned and scheduled under the previous license. A new license is for new material. A delay in getting a new license wouldn't retroactively affect material that's already in the works. Recall that Pocket acquired the Star Trek license in 1979, but Bantam continued publishing Trek novels until 1981 because those novels had already been commissioned before the license changed hands.

 

[ryan123450]

I'm starting to try to read between your lines here Christopher. Who knows if I'm coming to the right conclusions or not though.

 

[Mage]

My point is, it was probably already commissioned and scheduled under the previous license. A new license is for new material. A delay in getting a new license wouldn't retroactively affect material that's already in the works. Recall that Pocket acquired the Star Trek license in 1979, but Bantam continued publishing Trek novels until 1981 because those novels had already been commissioned before the license changed hands.

That's why I asked, because I wasn't sure how that worked. For all I knew, it ment that, although commisioned, it couldn't be published anymore if the license wasn't renewed.
So, thanks for clarifying that.

 

[Christopher]

I'm starting to try to read between your lines here Christopher. Who knows if I'm coming to the right conclusions or not though.

You probably shouldn't. I don't know much more about the situation than you do. And I'm certainly not implying that the license is going to change hands again, if that's what you're thinking. I was just using the Bantam-to-Pocket switch as an illustration of the delay between when a book is commissioned and when it's published.

 

[Jarvisimo]

When will stlv be, so we hopefully find out. Also Christopher, if you dont know much more than us, does that mean you don't have any more books contracted?

 

[Christopher]

When will stlv be, so we hopefully find out.

It's going on right now. That's where Dayton's DSC novel was announced yesterday.

Also Christopher, if you dont know much more than us, does that mean you don't have any more books contracted?

I really can't say anything one way or the other about pending projects. All I can say is, things are moving slowly, but they were moving slowly at this time last year too.

 

[Reanok]

I'm glad about teh Discovery Book news. But I'm eally curious about upcoming for TNG, Ds9 and Enterprise too.

 

[ryan123450]

You probably shouldn't. I don't know much more about the situation than you do. And I'm certainly not implying that the license is going to change hands again, if that's what you're thinking. I was just using the Bantam-to-Pocket switch as an illustration of the delay between when a book is commissioned and when it's published.

Yeah I wasn't focusing on that part. But its good to know you dont know much more than we do. I have my theories and everything you've said here seems to fit with what I'm imagining. Hopefully the end outcome will be a good one.

Basically I'm guessing theres a delay in renewing the licence because Pocket and perhaps CBS was holding out to get everything squared away with the situation with the new films. Perhaps that is taking a while but when its all worked out we'll be back to full steam ahead with a book every month, continued Discovery novels, Kelvin Universe novels, and the destruction of Romulus in the 'present day' books.

Under that situation there will be more seperate series going, so each series will see the spotlight less often, but there would be major benefits to that outcome as well, so thats what I'm holding out hope for at this point.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

My point is, it was probably already commissioned and scheduled under the previous license. A new license is for new material. A delay in getting a new license wouldn't retroactively affect material that's already in the works. Recall that Pocket acquired the Star Trek license in 1979, but Bantam continued publishing Trek novels until 1981 because those novels had already been commissioned before the license changed hands.

Another example of this -- the Doctor Who novel So Vile a Sin by Ben Aaranovitch and Kate Orman, which was published after Virgin's license had expired (albeit by a month) due to production issues that remain murky to this day.

And it just dawned on me that it's now twenty years since the New Adventures ended. Tempus fugit.