On Wednesday, March 17, IDW Publishing’s Star Trek Movie Adaptation issue #2 will arrive in stores.
Written by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Tim Jones and Mike Johnson; with artwork (and cover) by David Messina, this second issue of the Star Trek XI movie adaptation includes some cut scenes.

Entering a fan writing contest back in 1997 lead to a professional writing career for Dayton Ward.
In 1997, Ward entered the first Strange New Worlds writing contest. His story was good enough to be chosen for inclusion in not only that first volume of Strange New Worlds, but the next two volumes as well.

Fans of both Star Trek and zombies will be happy with the news that Quirk Books,  publisher of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, has acquired the rights to publish Night of the Living Trekkies.
Written by Kevin David Anderson, Night of the Living Trekkies is what happens when “Galaxy Quest meets Dawn of the Dead and [...]

Two new Star Trek XI tie-in books aimed at young adults are scheduled for release on November 16, 2010.
The trade paperback-sized books, to cost $7.99, are the initial offerings in what promises to be a series of books, set in Starfleet Academy.

IDW Publishing’s Star Trek XI movie adaptation comic mini-series will arrive in stores on Wednesday.
The adaptation of last year’s Star Trek movie will include deleted scenes, a preview of which can be seen at io9, as well as brand-new material.

The revised Pocket Book book release schedule fills the gap left from the removal of four Star Trek XI tie-in books.
In place of the four Star Trek XI tie-in books, some reprints will be offered instead, including two S.C.E. collections of stories.

Fans awaiting the four novels by Christopher L. Bennett, Greg Cox, Alan Dean Foster and David Mack, which were due to be published this summer will be disappointed by the news that the book release has been indefinitely delayed by Pocket Books.
Only a few days after TrekToday posted a preview of four new Star Trek [...]

The most recent catalog from Simon and Schuster provided synopses and black-and-white tentative covers for four forthcoming Star Trek novels set in the J.J. Abrams universe.
The novels are: Refugees, by Alan Dean Foster; Seek a Newer World, by Christopher L. Bennett; More Beautiful Than Death, by David Mack; and The Hazard of Concealing, by Greg Cox.

The world of publishing, like other businesses, has been affected by the current economic crisis, with layoffs and cutbacks, but fans of David Mack need not fear a dearth of stories from the prolific Trek author.
Four books written by Mack are either in bookstores or will arrive next year; Star Trek: Vanguard: Precipice, The Sorrows [...]

Star Trek: The Art of the Film, a new book with artwork from those who worked on Star Trek XI is due out in bookstores next week.
There are plenty of goodies in the new Star Trek XI art book that will be appearing in stores starting on November 17 and preview pictures are available at [...]

Harlan Ellison is satisfied with the settlement of his lawsuit against Paramount.
Ellison filed suit against Paramount and the Writers Guild of America in March, looking for an accounting and payment from merchandising, publishing and other exploitations of his famous teleplay, The City on the Edge of Forever.

Black-and-white covers and synopses for four Star Trek novels due out next year have appeared in a new Pocket Books catalog.
The four books are: Unspoken Truth, Inception, Seven Deadly Sins and To Thine Own Self.
In Unspoken Truth, “Lieutenant Saavik, the compelling female Starfleet officer who is half-Vulcan, half-Romulan, struggles to discover where her loyalties lie.”

Just months after the last round of Simon & Schuster layoffs, in which Senior Editor Marco Palmieri lost his job, word is that another Star Trek editor has been downsized.
Times are tough in these troubled economic times and people are keeping their wallets closed other than for necessities. Simon & Schuster sales for the first [...]

TrekMovie.com has just posted Pocket Books’ official novel schedule for next year, including the revelation the company will publish four books based on the universe of J.J. Abrams’ latest Trek film. “You can’t see a new Star Trek movie this summer, but you can read the books,” is Pocket’s tagline for the new line, which [...]

For fans waiting for the fifth and last issue of the Star Trek Crew comic series by John Byrne, IDW has posted a five page preview.
As reported by TrekMovie.com, the fifth issue of Star Trek Crew will be finished next week and will feature the story of Star Trek: The Cage’s “Number One.