The Sea Monsters that keep going and going and...
After ten years, this book is *still* selling. A long story- it was originally made as a Paper Tiger book in 1998, and had a totally different cover. It didn't sell well in the UK but the US edition sold something like 20,000 copies!! Because of the way co-publishing deals work, I didn't see any royalties from the Overlook Press edition. Until now! The UK edition is long out of print and Overlook re-published the book in 2006/7 and, apparently, it still keeps on selling. I can't tell you how much usage the images have gotten(The Discovery Channel site has just asked to use an image) and the painting of "The Kraken" has sold as a print too many times for me to keep track of and been used in two museum displays!! So, if you are looking for a Christmas Pressie idea, here you go! The best way to get them is via Amazon, or order them from Barnes and Noble. Here's the Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Sea-Monsters-Bob-Eggleton/dp/1585677604/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229108661&sr=8-1
posted by Bob Eggleton (Zillabob) | 2:08 PM
4 Comments:
Very Cool!
Thanks!
Hello
I bought that book years ago in the UK, the paper tiger edition and I still believe it is a collection of some of your best work. I think it was one of my first in the now expanding collection of art and illustration books, and quite frankly, still one of my favorites.
Apothesis-thanks!!! The UK edition is OOP now, but, the US one still trucks on. I'm thinking of trying to do something to expand this book idea-like The Sea Mysteries overall, as well!
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