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There’s no evidence that will ever happen. I think either Christopher or Ward or Mack has explicitly stated we’re NOT going back to a monthly schedule.
I would prefer if the publisher concentrated more on a quality product than just slapping something out every thirty days just because they can.
However, an argument for monthly releases is that it ensures bookstore stocking; the stores just order so many of the new Star Trek each month, rather than each title having to be assessed and pitched on its own merits.
At least, that was how it worked 20 years ago for the Who books, whether the ordering process remains the same now...
At least, that was how it worked 20 years ago for the Who books, whether the ordering process remains the same now...
I think that would only apply for mass-market paperbacks, which are treated more like periodicals and have to be sent back if unsold after a certain time. Trade paperbacks get to stay on the shelves indefinitely.
We're also just getting out of the holding pattern for the Kelvinverse books that are finally going to get released. I'm sure once we have the 4 shows in rotation on cbs AA and nick we'll see more books! That being said, I'm hoping that the publishers are going to get back to doing more than just fiction / biography books, I'm a big fan of the technical manuals and behind the scenes stuff that Star Wars puts out every year that Trek doesn't seem interested in.
This was A-size paperbacks, yes.
Not having a regular monthly release was what effectively killed Virgin's post-Who New Worlds SF line. After the first batch of three they only got one more out.
Back in the day when Pocket was releasing two novels per month, the shops' ordering numbers were quite erratic. TOS and TNG sold extremely well; DS9 and VGR did not sell as well, except with a four-titles-or-more crossover arc, when the DS9 and VGR instalments sold better.
Shops that treated all Trek novels equally would end up with a stockpile of the slow sellers.
Or, not enough readers were interested in the "New Worlds" line?
There's still plenty of non-fiction stuff coming out, just from a variety of different publishers. A new "Illustrated Handbook" to Kirk's Enterprise just came out a few weeks ago, and I believe there's a TNG volume as well. Titan just announced two new non-fiction books last week. We've got a guide to Kirk's fighting techniques coming up in March. Etc.
Technically, that's still fiction. It's just non-narrative fiction.
Well, the Enterprise guides are basically updated technical manuals, while books like "The Art of Discovery" or "The Art of Dan Curry" presumably cover behind-the-scenes stuff like sketches, designs, art direction, etc.
True.
most of my very slight umbrage is from looking at the list of upcoming books for both franchises and seeing that the Disney list is about 20 times longer, I'm a fan of both series, but Trek is where my heart really lives!
it helps that Disney is pushing out a new movie every year, so every movie gets behind the scenes, in universe guides, art books, etc. I'm holding out for when all the Trek stuff starts up in earnest, then I'm sure we'll see CBS's output increase as well.
I'm really hoping that CBS is able to coordinate closer with the various story teams like Disney has done, it's cool to see books that immediate follow ups to events in movies or television shows!
I am drowning in new Eaglemoss manuals!
Oh, I had forgotten about those! They're fantastic!
That being said, they've been only sending me one at a time every month, and even then it's a random number, which the order doesn't matter, but I have to keep the books out of the awesome binders until I get the 10-15 issues between them.
I was actually meaning the endless string of hardcover manuals that utilise and reconfigure material from the Eaglemoss ship partwork magazines.
That as well. The editor thought (or said) that each release would be an event in itself. Perhaps a little optimistic.
Yeah, but you compare the novels that are narrative-based between the two and Star Trek has a pretty clear edge. Like you say, the movies make for a difference, because Disney’s actively trying to promote any movie, so they’ll put out these behind the scenes books that glimpse at like the making of.
I don’t have room for any more of these big coffee table books, but I preordered this one anyway.
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