Here you sink your own argument, Kevin. S.C.E.
is published in paperback. So those "old fashioned" qualifications are being filled. Granted, it's not fully up-to-date in paperback, but using the old "I prefer paper" discriminatory comment (and yes, I consider it to be prejudicial as it's biased against an entire series and an entire group of Trek writers) doesn't wash when over half the series is out in paperback format.
Terri - Your post seems to imply that if people like me would "get with the times" the series would have done better and would still be publishing new titles.
Imply, nothing. I've been flat-out saying it for years. Since there are no more eBooks, though, bringing up that old argument is really pointless, isn't it?
Of course, if we wanted to practice blameshifting, we could all blame Microsoft for thinking that science fiction readers would be the type to embrace new technology like electronic readers, bringing about the creation of S.C.E. to begin with.
I'm talking
purely the paperback series here. Not the eBooks. Over half of the S.C.E. series is now in paperback form. If that doesn't qualify it as a "series" for you, I've got to wonder what would?
How do you define "series" for the purpose of this poll? Because obviously if you're going to leave one legitimate series out, it might be a good idea to have a reason why.
Granted the series is coming out in paper but how long after the ebook for do we have to wait from publication to paper? There was also no guarantee that they would be published in paper or even that the remaining numbers will see paper publication. You can call it a "prejudice" if you like but I call it a "preference".
And what's the difference between waiting for the next S.C.E. installment and waiting for the next
Vanguard or
Titan installment?
I allege that your "preference" shows discriminatory attitudes toward S.C.E. and its writers, thus making it prejudicial. There has never been a guarantee that
any series is going to continue, so why is it suddenly a criterion for S.C.E. paperbacks? Why are you singling out one series?
Unlike many at least I did try the ebook format to see if I would like it! I still much prefer holding and handling a book. To me the experience is not the same using a reader. Yes the words on the pages may be the same but the experience is not. Plus I cannot add an ebook to display on my shelf with all my other Star Trek books.
But you've got S.C.E. in paper to put on your shelf with all of your other Star Trek books. Yet, somehow, this isn't enough to include it as a series like the "real" books?
Two or three years ago, you might have had a leg to stand on with all of this, but now? Not so much. Now it just looks like you're only considering real series to be those published in mass market paperback novel format. Would you also consider the "real" Trek writers to be only those writers who've published in mass market paperback novel format, too?
