Obviously. But this thread is about the new pricing of ST novels. And my point is that apart from the absolute increase there is also a relative change; as evidenced by my screenshot, ebooks now cost (for me) roughly the same as paperbacks, and that simply wasn't the case, it's a new policy.
So New novels $17.99
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As Laura already said, I also use my local public library system’s online request form to request they buy every new Star Trek novel (and Star Trek comics collected edition and other stuff) as soon as they come out. Every library system is different, but mine allows anyone with an active library account to request up to ten books per month. They have no restrictions on if the books are in hardcover or paperback. (I know that I’ve heard some here report that their library wouldn’t buy mass market paperbacks that way, but mine does.) As long as the books are still “in print” (available for them to order from their library books vendors) and they aren’t above a certain price range, my library will usually try to buy them. You might want to check if your local library has that option for you to request new purchases (if you haven’t already done so).
And I also, as Laura mentioned, use the “interlibrary loan” option with my public library (where they put out a request to a network of other public libraries , college libraries, etc. to borrow their copy of the book for you and to send it back and forth in the mail). Right now, my dad has been getting “Diagnosis Murder” and “Monk” tie-in novels by an author he’s read the author’s non tie-in mystery novels and enjoyed via interlibrary loan (because our library system doesn’t have them). Your library system might have an online form where you can request for them to get Star Trek novels for you that way, too.
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I can confirm from the copy of Lost to Eternity which I just bought that the registered price on the backside is now US$18.99.
My Star Trek reading mostly didn't survive the post-Destiny era, but I've been able to complete my collections of DS9 relaunch, Vanguard , Pike-era (non-SNW), and Diane Duane ebooks thanks to Simon & Schuster's monthly sales.
I think Harm's Way and The Unsettling Stars are the only titles I'm missing.
My understanding is that, while that's mostly true in terms of production costs, roughly half of the MSRP of a paperback is the bookseller's share. For ebooks, that portion is closer to 30 percent.
Those savings are rarely fully passed on to readers.
I think Harm's Way and The Unsettling Stars are the only titles I'm missing.
My understanding is that, while that's mostly true in terms of production costs, roughly half of the MSRP of a paperback is the bookseller's share. For ebooks, that portion is closer to 30 percent.
Those savings are rarely fully passed on to readers.
I wait and see if the price drops. Failing that, I can wait and just use a gift card. But the last one I bought on my Kindle was $12. For that I happened to have a $3 dollar credit to redeem which brought it down to a more reasonable price.
Incidentally, one of these credits is how I got started on Christopher's non-Trek books.
Incidentally, one of these credits is how I got started on Christopher's non-Trek books.
Yay!
My library is really good at getting the Trek books; that and the S&S sales are the only ways I read them.
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