EBook
The term eBook is a short form of "electronic book", and refers to any type of electronic publication released to simulate the form of a print publication.

Novels 
Many Star Trek novels have been released in this format. eBook releases of Star Trek novels concurrent with their print release are now standard practice, and Pocket Books has released its Star Trek back catalog in a number of eBook formats.

Original eBook publications were first trialled by Pocket Books in  with the launch of the Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers series. These eBook-exclusive novellas were initially intended to have no print release, but were later collected and reprinted in standard paperback format.

At the time, there were no dedicated devices for reading eBooks – the launch of the series was intended to coincide with that of the  software.   The series continued for seven years.

Other early examples of Star Trek eBook releases include the hardcover release of the Star Trek: New Frontier novel Stone and Anvil, which included a CD-ROM containing all of the previous books in the series.

Two six-part miniseries were released in  and  to mark the 40th and 20th anniversaries of  and , respectively.

In , it was announced that original eBook publications from Pocket Books would go on hiatus.  Series editor Keith R.A. DeCandido later noted that the concept "was about ten years ahead of its time" and so failed to find the audience it needed, with SCE being cancelled just as devices such as the  entered the market. 

Original eBook releases returned in , in the form of one-shot novellas as part of the various ongoing novel series. Beginning with In Tempest's Wake, these books have been released under the Pocket Star Books electronic imprint of Pocket Books.

Original eBook publications 
 Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers (series)
 Star Trek: Mere Anarchy (miniseries)
 Star Trek: The Next Generation - Slings and Arrows (miniseries)
 Star Trek: Typhon Pact: The Struggle Within
 Star Trek: Vanguard: In Tempest's Wake
 Pocket TNG: The Stuff of Dreams
 Star Trek: Titan: Absent Enemies
 Pocket TOS: Seasons of Light and Darkness
 Pocket TOS: The More Things Change
 Pocket DS9: Lust's Latinum Lost (and Found)
 Pocket TNG: Q Are Cordially Uninvited...
 Star Trek: Department of Temporal Investigations: The Collectors
 Pocket TOS: Shadow of the Machine
 Star Trek: New Frontier: The Returned, Part 1
 Star Trek: New Frontier: The Returned, Part 2
 Star Trek: New Frontier: The Returned, Part 3
 Pocket TOS: Miasma
 Pocket DS9: Rules of Accusation
 Star Trek: Department of Temporal Investigations: Time Lock
 : Strange New Worlds 2016
 Pocket DS9: I, The Constable

Reference books 
Because of their typically image-heavy content, reference books are less often released in eBook format. The Magic of Tribbles: The Making of Trials and Tribble-ations is one of very few to have been released as an eBook exclusive. The first chapter of the  was also released, as promotion for the full print release. An eBook release of the third edition of the  followed in 2011.

RPGs 
Decipher has published supplements for the  as eBooks in Adobe Acrobat  format.

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