I cannot find them on Kobo store or Kindle store. Google search is fruitless also (at least, for legitimate copies). Does anyone know a source to purchase these legitimately, or do they not exist? Thanks in advance if anyone can shed some light.
Are there any legitimate, licensed ebook editions for Bantam novels?
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I don’t think they exist, at least I couldn’t find any evidence of such last time I went looking. Same with the Ballantine Star Trek Log books.
IIRC, Bantam’s license allowed reprints, but since that was from a time that predated ebooks, I have no idea if they would be legally able to publish them in a digital format. Hopefully someone with more knowledge about publishing contracts will be able to speak to that.
IIRC, Bantam’s license allowed reprints, but since that was from a time that predated ebooks, I have no idea if they would be legally able to publish them in a digital format. Hopefully someone with more knowledge about publishing contracts will be able to speak to that.
Due to publisher consolidation, the rights to Ballantine’s Star Trek Log series are also held by Bertelsmann.
I had hopes that the 50th anniversary might bring a reissue of the early-90’s “Classic Episodes” compilations, maybe even as trade paperbacks with actual cover art. Instead, we got a single hardback of, maybe, 2/3 of Blish’s novelizations. Which was nice, but incomplete.
I’m close to completing a re-read of the Blish/Lawrence adaptations & novels in publication order (just starting Star Trek 12.)
It’s pretty easy to spot the point at which Blish stopped writing them and Judith & Muriel Lawrence took over as ghostwriters — during Star Trek 4 & 5. Which nicely coincides with the 1972 “surge,” when Bantam went from 1 Star Trek book a year, as they had been doing since 1967, and put out 4 (5-8) in the span of a year. I guess they thought Star Trek was peaking, and wanted to milk it while they could.
I had hopes that the 50th anniversary might bring a reissue of the early-90’s “Classic Episodes” compilations, maybe even as trade paperbacks with actual cover art. Instead, we got a single hardback of, maybe, 2/3 of Blish’s novelizations. Which was nice, but incomplete.
I’m close to completing a re-read of the Blish/Lawrence adaptations & novels in publication order (just starting Star Trek 12.)
It’s pretty easy to spot the point at which Blish stopped writing them and Judith & Muriel Lawrence took over as ghostwriters — during Star Trek 4 & 5. Which nicely coincides with the 1972 “surge,” when Bantam went from 1 Star Trek book a year, as they had been doing since 1967, and put out 4 (5-8) in the span of a year. I guess they thought Star Trek was peaking, and wanted to milk it while they could.
These 2006 trade reprints were great, especially due to the five-part essay.
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