: Trek I think foundered in part because it was animated so much by the shows
: going on at the same time, and the setup of "okay this isn't canon
: and it all happens between episodes" structure worked a lot better
: than what they had to do after the shows stopped, which was come up with
: this whole other continuation of the timeline that was going to get
: negated as soon as a new show in that era came along (wish it was better
: than Picard , but c'est la vie.)

: Yeah, I'd love some background on the publishing side of Halo. Would be an
: interesting peek behind the curtain, although I doubt you could get anyone
: on record about that stuff because it'd be foolish to bad-mouth former
: partners even if you have no intention of working with them again.
: Switching from Del Ray I could see just being a matter of Halo being able
: to command a better deal after multiple best-sellers.

: Publishing in general is, like many industries, terrible compared to its
: hey-day, where there was certainly dysfunction, but it also seemed like
: there was so much more money and the market was so much larger that you
: could avoid the bad easier. Now it's smaller, all the companies have
: gobbled each other up, and the rise of more precise metrics and more
: public companies means that everything's about maximizing revenue in weird
: ways

The only disagreement I have is that the market isn't smaller. Many of the smaller publishing houses have consolidated, likely due to market or regulatory pressure, but more people are reading than ever. There's more options thanks to the exploding Indie scene and self-publishing.

If traditional publishing is dying, it's a case of suicide.