Hell, it doesn't take anything away from the books. The old Legends novels still do sales roughly equal to the new "Canon" novels published, with some, like the old Thrawn trilogy actually still surpassing the new stuff in sales. So it's obvious the Legends banner isn't hurting novels any.
Oh, I think I had that one, Revenge of the Sith and Labyrinth of Evil as audiobooks. It's been a loong while, but I remember enjoying them.
Yeah, I got those on my Legends reading order already. I also read the canon Vader comic series, and enjoyed them both; particularly the one shortly after Revenge of the Sith. I'll probably revisit it, once my TCW rewatch reaches The Bad Batch.
Yeah and those comics really really sucked.
What the French Toast...?
Exactly. You're not just paying for the paper and ink. You're paying for all the time and labor on the part of the authors, editors, copyeditors, proofreaders, designers, cover artists, art directors, etc. And those are same regardless of what format the book is published in.
The PP&B (paper, printing, and binding) costs were always just a fraction of the expenses involved in producing a book, including, not incidentally, the author's advance.
And with media tie-ins, of course, you have to factor in the cost of acquiring the license in the first place. Part of the price tag for STAR TREK books comes from whatever S&S has to pay CBS for the right to publish the books.
