Heel (publisher)
Heel Verlag GmbH is a German publisher of non-fiction books, currently operating from Königswinter.

Founded in 1980 in Bonn-Oberkassel, the publisher specializes in the publications of reference works in the areas of technical subjects, the animal kingdom, hobbies, food, movies, and the like. While they do not publish novels, they are flirting with the realm of fiction as they also publish reference works related to franchises like Star Wars, , and Star Trek, not all of them necessarily from a real world perspective.

The Star Trek license
In the mid-1990s, as the previously regular publisher for German translations of Star Trek publications, Heyne Verlag, started to show declining interest to publish Star Trek reference works, Heel stepped in and has since then provided the German language market with translated editions, succeeding VGS Verlag, who had started to do so due to a short-lived joint venture with Heyne. Though the majority of these were original Pocket Books publications, Heel has also translated unlicensed works published by author Mark A. Altman.

Translated Star Trek titles
Note: this list is currently incomplete.
Reference works
Star Trek: Die Technik der U.S.S. Enterprise. Das offizielle Handbuch – 1994, reprint 2005
Das Grosse Trek-Lexikon – 1994
Captain's Logbuch – 1994
Deep Space Logbuch – 1994
Star Trek: Die offizielle Enzyklopädie – 1995
Captain's Logbuch II – 1995
Deep Space Nine: Hinter den Kulissen der Raumstation – 1995
The Next Generation - Der Blick hinter die Kulissen – 1996, reprint 2001
Das Voyager Logbuch – 1996
Star Trek - Die Welten der Föderation – 1996
The Making of STAR TREK: Der erste Kontakt – 1997
Star Trek: Raumschiff Enterprise, Das offizielle Logbuch – 1998
The Making Of Star Trek: Der Aufstand – 1998
Die offizielle Star Trek Chronologie – 1999
Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Das technische Handbuch – 1999
Star Trek: The Next Generation USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D Blueprints – 1999
Star Trek Raumschiff-Guide: Die Flaggschiffe der Föderation und anderer Welten – 2002
Star Trek U.S.S. Enterprise: Technisches Handbuch – 2011

Star Trek editorial staff
Almut Bastin – Translator
Klaus Beck – Translator
Christian Humberg – Translator
Claudia Kern – Translator
Martin Noeken – Translator
Josef Rother – Translator
Ralph Sander – Translator
Derek Smith – Editor
Juliane Waltke – Translator

External links
  – official web site
 

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