News Star Trek Book Update – Original Series And Discovery Books

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A new news article has been published at TrekToday:

Covers and blurbs of three new Star Trek books coming this year have been released and reported on by the Trek Collective....

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[Kilana2]

When The Captain's Oath is about Kirk's first command then it explains Kirk's old-style uniform shirt on the Cover.

Looks like Kirk has to play fire fighter again in Greg Cox' next novel.

 

[Mark Boeder]

Are we no longer getting traditional mass-market paperbacks? It looks like all titles are now trade paperbacks, at a significantly higher price.

 

[Damian]

Are we no longer getting traditional mass-market paperbacks? It looks like all titles are now trade paperbacks, at a significantly higher price.

Yep, all trades, it looks like from now on.

 

[Christopher]

Mass-market paperbacks seem to be a dying format. They're not profitable enough for vendors anymore, apparently.

 

[DEWLine]

Well, that's disturbing.

Yes, the discussion's been in progress here for a few months - years? - but anyway...

 

[Leto_II]

Much more profitable for the authors now, though, since their cut of the royalties goes up significantly with the more-expensive format. That’s certainly a very good thing at the end of the day.

 

[Mark Boeder]

Much more profitable for the authors now, though, since their cut of the royalties goes up significantly with the more-expensive format. That’s certainly a very good thing at the end of the day.

That's assuming they sell the same number of books at the higher price. I'd love to hear what the authors have to say about this, if they feel free to discuss it.

And for the record, I certainly have no issue with authors earning more.