Pocket Books
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Pocket Books is a publisher, a subsidiary of Simon and Schuster. Pocket Books is the imprint under which all current Star Trek novels and reference books are published.
The origins of the company date back to 1939, with the publication of the first paperback books by Robert Fair de Graff. Prior to that time, only hardcover books were available, and most of them were priced at several dollars – beyond the means of most people during the Depression. de Graff's paperback books, at a quarter or so each, were affordable. de Graff presented his idea to several publishers, before Simon & Schuster decided it was worth a look. In addition to carefully selecting his titles, de Graff established new channels of distribution, such as drug stores, five and dime stores, and department stores – all places that, prior to his efforts, had not sold books. Thus, Pocket Books was formed.
Both Simon and Schuster and Pocket were sold to Gulf + Western (which later became Paramount Pictures) in 1975, and were incorporated into Viacom in 2002.
The company's logo is a kangaroo named "Gertrude".
On the title pages of recent Star Trek novels, Pocket Books have listed fictional locations in the novels as a location of one of their offices.
[edit] Novel series
- Star Trek: The Original Series (Pocket) (1979-Present)
- Star Trek Photostories (Pocket) (1980-1982)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation (Pocket) (1988-Present)
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Pocket) (1993-Present)
- Star Trek: Voyager (Pocket) (1995-Present)
- Star Trek: Enterprise (Pocket) (2001-Present)
- Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (1993-1998)
- Star Trek: New Frontier (1997-Present)
- Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers (2000-Present)
- Star Trek: Stargazer (2002-Unannounced)
- Star Trek: IKS Gorkon (2003-Present)
- Star Trek: Titan (2005-Present)
- Star Trek: Vanguard (2005-Present)
