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Announcing new DTI novella and Rise of the Federation 3 & 4!

Plus Amazon has an online version of kindle that requires only an internet connection, no download needed.
 
Very exciting news. The new Enterprise novels are what I look forward to the most so I'm glad I have at least a few more to look forward to. :)
 
Which free e-reader would be a good choice to read the format used for TrekLit?

I believe the books are available in multiple formats depending on the vendor. For instance Amazon offers them in Kindle format and Barnes & Noble in Nook format. But whatever site you buy it from would probably offer the software needed to read it in their format.
 
Personally, I've always liked the Google Play Books format of the ebooks. It makes it easy to save your place between different platforms, and you can read it off a browser if you want to.

The only problem is that most of the time (or at least at release) Amazon Kindle editions of the eBooks tend to be $2-3 cheaper than from Google or B&N.
 
Personally, I've always liked the Google Play Books format of the ebooks. It makes it easy to save your place between different platforms, and you can read it off a browser if you want to.

The only problem is that most of the time (or at least at release) Amazon Kindle editions of the eBooks tend to be $2-3 cheaper than from Google or B&N.

I have to disagree with the pricing. I've seen Google matching the price of Amazon. The last price drop on a Trek book, Goodle was right there with the same price as Amazon.
 
Really?

I know I was probably being impatient with Peaceable Kingdoms but that was priced 2-3 dollars lower on Amazon on the release date than on Google Play.
 
^ Kindle has apps available for pretty much every major platform available today. OS X, Windows, iOS, and Android.

You don't even need a tablet or smart phone, you can just download the reader programs to your computer and read the e-books that way.

^ Which is why I mentioned OS X and Windows. ;)

As for other ebook platforms: I know Apple's iBooks is - now - available on OS X and not just iOS. I don't know if there's a Windows equivalent to that app.
Oh, I thought you mean Windows Phones, and I didn't know OS X was computers, I thought it was a tablet or phone OS.
 
If you have a computer, you can read e-books. The software can be downloaded for free.

Which free e-reader would be a good choice to read the format used for TrekLit?

Almost any of them are pretty easy these days; if you have an Amazon account already, buying something on Kindle and then reading it online is insanely simple. Writing this post probably is taking longer than it'd take you to try it.
 
Yeah. With my Nook, all it takes is two taps to buy the book, and only a few seconds to download it. One of the big selling points for e-readers/tablets is that you can pretty much just instantly buy the books.
 
Wanted (since the subject of worldbuilding came up re: Tower of Babel): spreadsheet of inhabited planets, moons, etc. for the Beta Rigel system.
 
Wanted (since the subject of worldbuilding came up re: Tower of Babel): spreadsheet of inhabited planets, moons, etc. for the Beta Rigel system.

Once upon a time, I would've tried to construct detailed calculations for the system before I wrote the book. But I admit, I let that slide here, focusing more on the cultural and historical worldbuilding than the astrophysics. But the book will give a pretty good overview of the system, I think.
 
I can't wait to see how you've fleshed out the Rigel worlds, and how you've tied all of the myriad bits and pieces from so many episodes and novels together. I wonder how much the Definitive Novel 'Verse Rigel will resemble the sketchy image I've haphazardly pieced together - I look forward to a hefty update of my encyclopaedia...

Incidentally, I have a friend on another forum who loves the Rigelians. Enterprise is his favourite Star Trek series, and for reasons I've never quite been able to fathom he considers Rigelians his favourite race. In fact, he's asked me in the past for additional information on them. He doesn't really read Trek novels but has no objection to doing so, and he's definitely interested in Tower of Babel. It's pretty much exactly what he was asking after - a novel exploring Rigel and the Rigelians.
 
I can't wait to see how you've fleshed out the Rigel worlds, and how you've tied all of the myriad bits and pieces from so many episodes and novels together. I wonder how much the Definitive Novel 'Verse Rigel will resemble the sketchy image I've haphazardly pieced together - I look forward to a hefty update of my encyclopaedia...

We've had earlier conversations about this, back before I could reveal I was already working on this novel, and we had come to similar conclusions about novelverse Rigel.

I haven't acknowledged every version of Rigel in the books, since there are a number of contradictory ones; for instance, I disregarded John Vornholt's Mind Meld and all the various RPG versions. Basically I've kept it to books that are part of the modern novel continuity, such as Catalyst of Sorrows (a key source on Rigel IV) and the various stories about the USS Lovell (which has a Rigelian crewman). Although I also drew on Early Voyages #3 for details on Rigel VII and the Ka(y)lar.
 
Unlike WTC or Forgotten History, The Collectors isn't about weaving together time-travel episodes from the TV shows, although it does feature one significant onscreen guest star in addition to established DTI characters like Lucsly and Dulmur.

Going by the title, I'm going to guess Rasmussen.

I would've guessed a newly not-in-prison-anymore Kivas Fajo. If Indistinguishable from Magic is still considered "canon," Rasmussen's effectively dead.
 
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