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Isn't that about where we're at with Star Wars novels - one every (heck I think it's more like every OTHER) month?

Wouldn't 4 books per month be overkill? How would they ever maintain the level of quality they (mostly) seem to be at these days. I don't think they could - it would drift into poorer book territory and that ultimately would drive away the readers even more. They way they're doing it now, they at least keep you salivating for the next book - arguably too long - but it keeps your interest (much the same way the Star Wars line does).

My problem actually has to do with some of their own book lines - and their accessability for new readers. I read the frist 5 or 6 books of New Frontier - and lost interest. Now, even if I wanted to pick up the latest book because the plot sounds interesting - I don't really think I can because that series is too dependant on all the books that came before. Now, while I think there's a market for those types of series (I think DS9 was that kind of show) - does every book line need to be that way? Do we need to have New Frontier, DS9, Vanguard, SCE, Voyager, Gorkon, Titan... now even Enterprise seems headed in that direction. TOS and TNG are the only two lines that don't do much forcing you to read the entire series in order to read the latest book - and I think that's why they're using them as much as they are. I think they need to set up some of the other book series so that they can be more capsule episodes - not reliant on previous books - and that might actually help some of those series start to see more books being produced.

Personally, I think DS9 should have ended with Unity - at least in the sense of the relaunch continuing series. Sure do a new DS9 book every once in a while - but I think the books in the relaunch up to that book made for a nice "season 8" and true finale to the series.

Voyager is tough - the main plot of the show has been resolved (getting home). I think the best they could do is try to set up as much of the same crew people knew from the series (some promoted, some new faces) - and launch them into another unexplored part of space. Me personally, I'd have sent them through the Bajorian wormhole to the Gamma quadrant - on a 3-5 year mission. No coming home, pick up some DS9 characters, a Voyage where we see their struggles and challenges.

Did we need Vanguard? It seems to me this could have just been a TOS couple of book series (like Challenger).

I'm gonna stay away from Gorkon and SCE as they both fit more niche reading.

I think Enterprise is needed - a series that only started to live up to it's potential at the end - the book series can do for this show what TV never got to do. I think Enterprise COULD be one of Pocket's premier Star Trek lines.

Anyway - I'm just not sure Pocket needs as many independant lines (outside the already established shows) as they currently have. New Frontier was a novelty because it was the only one when it was introduced, but now there's so many. I can't help but wonder if they've started to cannibalize themselves. I find my interest waning in most of these Star Trek book lines... and I suspect I'm only a symptom of a larger problem.