How difficult was it to get approval to write 'Star Trek Academy - Collision Course'?

How difficult was it to get approval to write 'Star Trek Academy - Collision Course'?

William Shatner (Author) gives expert video advice on: How did you become the author of ten 'Star Trek' novels?; What inspired you to write 'Star Trek Academy - Collision Course'?; How difficult was it to get approval to write 'Star Trek Academy - Collision Course'? and more...

So I got permission to write the book because I'm Captain Kirk and they want to be on my good side and you have to sign releases on stuff that they want to merchandise so they wanted to keep me happy. But they didn't want to keep me too happy on this book because, and I'm just guessing at this because nobody ever talked to me about it, I think they thought this might interfere with the new movie that J.J. Abrams is doing.I don't know what his script is but I know it isn't the seventeen year old Jim Kirk and nineteen year old Spock.