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Template:Realworld Schuster & Schuster, Psi Fi Movie Press, Movie Publisher Services, Pioneer, New Media Books, New Media Publishing, Inc., and Couch Potato Inc. were a series of publishing companies formed by Hal Schuster in the United States in the early-1980s through to the mid-1990s to specialize in non-fiction books about film and comic book entertainment. Typically, their output was not licensed by the entities who owned the properties, but instead relied on unauthorized reflections by the participants to the production of the entertainments. They published on a wide variety of properties, including Star Trek, Batman, Michael J. Fox, and Calvin And Hobbes.

Schuster began with the publishing of the Star Trek Files Magazine series, publishing several volumes a year. Each issue was 40-60 pages in magazine form, but was bound in the style of a paperback book. Each issue was written by John Peel, Edward Gross, or James Van Hise. Most of the issues were published under the "Psi Fi Movie Press" name, but some were also published under the "New Media Books" name.

After a few years, this approach was changed to larger compilation books. These compilations contained some material from the prior Star Trek Files Magazine issues along with some new material. The company names changed with each revision, and book under the "Pioneer" umbrella were even distributed to regular bookstores.

One of their unusual forays into the world of fiction publishing sparked controversy in that author Jean Airey claimed that they never had permission to publish a substantively altered version of her work, The Doctor and the Enterprise.[1]

Releases

Star Trek books published by the various imprints included:

Schuster & Schuster
- Trek: The Lost Years
- The Ships of Star Trek
- The Special Effects of Trek
- The Animated Trek
- Federation and Empires
- Interviews Aboard the Enterprise
Movie Publisher Services
Pioneer
- Trek: The Lost Years

External link

The Hal Schuster Empire at The Complete Starfleet Library

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-'''Schuster & Schuster''', '''Psi Fi Movie Press''', '''Movie Publisher Services''', '''Pioneer''', '''New Media Books''', and '''Couch Potato Inc.''' were a series of publishing companies formed by [[Hal Schuster]] in the United States in the early-1980s through to the mid-1990s to specialize in non-fiction books about film and comic book entertainment. Typically, their output was not licensed by the entities who owned the properties, but instead relied on unauthorized reflections by the participants to the production of the entertainments.  They published on a wide variety of properties, including ''[[Star Trek]]'', ''Batman'', Michael J. Fox, and ''Calvin And Hobbes''.
+'''Schuster & Schuster''', '''Psi Fi Movie Press''', '''Movie Publisher Services''', '''Pioneer''', '''New Media Books''', '''New Media Publishing, Inc.''', and '''Couch Potato Inc.''' were a series of publishing companies formed by [[Hal Schuster]] in the United States in the early-1980s through to the mid-1990s to specialize in non-fiction books about film and comic book entertainment. Typically, their output was not licensed by the entities who owned the properties, but instead relied on unauthorized reflections by the participants to the production of the entertainments.  They published on a wide variety of properties, including ''[[Star Trek]]'', ''Batman'', Michael J. Fox, and ''Calvin And Hobbes''.
 Schuster began with the publishing of the ''Star Trek Files Magazine'' series, publishing several volumes a year.  Each issue was 40-60 pages in magazine form, but was bound in the style of a paperback book.  Each issue was written by [[John Peel]], [[Edward Gross]], or [[James Van Hise]].  Most of the issues were published under the "Psi Fi Movie Press" name, but some were also published under the  "New Media Books" name.