[...] of some notoriety is the paperback version of Troublemaker (Dark Horse, $16.99), the Janet Evanovich series installment previously published as two hardcovers. Now that the whole story is under one cover at [...]

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I dunno. I have a lot of rabid OUTLANDER fans at my library, but I can’t think of a one of them likely to pick up a graphic novel.

I’m not loving this trend.

I started Metro Girl years ago but didn’t finish it (must have gotten distracted), but their relationship is established in the book. If the graphic novel did one thing for me, it made me want to go back and finish the book.

The print run is 100k? Yeow! I have doubts about that, too.

You make a good point about knowing the characters. If I’d read the books, I probably wouldn’t have found them as shallow, because I’d know more about the history. I found myself confused at times just what the relationship was between Alex and Sam — that’s probably covered more in the books, right?

Regarding sales, Dark Horse has high hopes, printing 100,000 copies. That’s quite ambitious, and given early fan response, I’m not sure it’s going to pay off.

That said, I wonder how fans of her novels will feel about it. I don’t think this is going to hit the target market, and to really enjoy the book, I believe that you need to be familiar with Metro Girl, so new readers might not get as much out of it. Curious to see how it sells…