In retrospect - BDD probably saved my career. Instead of accepting the novel or offering me more notes to edit by, BDD cancelled FATHOM. long after BDD ceased all communications in December of 1998.two weeks before I was due to receive a high 6-figure payment for my second novel - FATHOM -the back end of a two-book, 7-figure deal. The answer - which I would learn years later was actually YES. Are you really this dumb, or are you purposely trying your best NOT to sell paperbacks?

a solid black cover with the word MEG stacked - again in black. Sickened when I saw Bantam's mass market mistake. Mass Market : If I was disappointed with the hardback, I was utterly dissatisfied and But no one knows what or who MEG refers to.' Naturally, they ignored me.

The in-your-face scary sharp teeth and naked woman - it's now considered corny - and corny is a something that can kill sales.' 'Okay, and that might have worked if the title was TEETH or FEAR - something that described a shark five times larger than a Great White. Trust us - booksellers prefer classic cover art where less is actually more. a trail of blood? Uh.hello? Where's the damn shark? I was lukewarm at best about the dust cover's shallow underwater image of. What did BDD's art department create for the MEG hardback? In a word. Twenty-five years earlier, BDD had published Peter Benchley's best-seller, JAWS, a novel whose iconic cover art featuring a toothy Great White Shark ascending beneath a tastefully rendered (pun intended) naked woman certainly kept bathers close to shore. Published by Bantam-Doubleday-Dell (BDD).įormat: Hardback (1997) and mass-market paperback (1997).įLASHBACK 27 years to Winter-Spring of 1997. Purchase a set or Volume-1 or the entire set in June and your 7 Volumes will be signed by moi. MEG: LEGACY can only be pre-purchased at the store. ONLY 5,000 SETS ARE BEING PRINTED - guaranteeing their increased value. These books are big and built-to-last, bound in the best faux-leather (available in your choice of 3 different color schemes), the outer pages dipped in silver or gold leaf. As the author and creator of The MEG series, there were for unique formats I was really excited about experiencing: (in the order they were brought to market):īefore the review, I want to quickly mention that on Janupre-sales for Volume One of a true 7-Volume Collector's Edition set of MEG novels, Angel of Death novellas, the six comics that make the Graphic Novel (reviewed below), the MEG prequel (now written into a 25th anniversary edition of MEG) officially went on sale on January 31, 2023.

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