Novels

The Taking

UK Trade Paperback

Release Date: June 7, 2004
Publisher: HarperCollins
Page Count: 338
ISBN-10: 0-00-713076-7
Cover Price: Not stated
States: “1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2”

Limited (Numbered)

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Release Date: August 2004
Publisher: Charnel House
Page Count: 389
Original List Price: $200.00

300 numbered and autographed copies

Bound in Japanese Neon-Tsumugi silk. Slipcased in Purple Mohair.


Large Print Book Club Edition

Release Date: May 2004
Publisher: Doubleday Large Print Home Library
Page Count: 545
Book Club ID: #1164228 & #66173

Advance Reading Copy

Format: Trade paperback in plain wraps
Publisher: Bantam Books
Page Count: 338

Book Club Edition

Release Date: May 2004
Format: Reprint of the Bantam hardcover edition
Publisher: Bantam Books
Page Count: 338
Book Club ID: #65834 & #1163385

Limited (Lettered)

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Release Date: October 2004
Publisher: Charnel House
Page Count: 389
Original List Price: $2000.00

26 lettered (A-Z) and autographed copies

Hardbound in natural undyed Moroccan leather with sand-writing stamped on the front board and Fabriano Roma endleaves. The handmade traycase is bound in Japanese Neon-Tsumugi silk with inlaid artwork by J. K. Potter commissioned exclusively for this lettered edition.


Trade Hardcover

Release Date: May 25, 2004
Copyright: Copyright © 2004 by Dean Koontz
Publisher: Bantam Books
Page Count: 338
ISBN-10: 0-553-80250-X
Cover Price: $27.00
States: “BVG 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1”

Audio (Cassette)

Release Date: May 25, 2004
Copyright: © 2004 by Dean Koontz
℗ 2004 Random House, Inc.
Publisher: Random House Audio
Read By: Ari Meyers
Length: APPROX. 9½ HOURS · 6 CASSETTES
ISBN-10: 0-7393-0178-0
Cover Price: $39.95

Large Print Hardcover

Release Date: May 25, 2004
Publisher: Random House
Page Count: 511
ISBN-10: 0-375-43369-4
Cover Price: $29.99
States: "FIRST LARGE PRINT EDITION" and "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1"
Included a "Random House Large Print" sticker on the front cover.

Mass Market Paperback

Release Date: April 26, 2005
Copyright: Copyright © 2004 by Dean Koontz
Publisher: Bantam Books
Page Count: 410
ISBN-10: 0-553-58450-2
Cover Price: $7.99
States: “OPM 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1”
First printing contains the first chapter of Velocity in the back of the book, totaling 18 pages.

Premium Paperback

Release Date: August 31, 2010
Copyright: Copyright © 2004 by Dean Koontz
Publisher: Bantam Books
Page Count: 417
ISBN-13: 978-0-553-59350-1
Cover Price: $9.99
States: "2010 Bantam Books Mass Market Edition" and “2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 1”
Contains an advertisement for and chapters 1-3 of What the Night Knows on pages 401-417.

Audio (CD)

Release Date: May 25, 2004
Copyright: © 2004 by Dean Koontz
℗ 2004 Random House, Inc.
Publisher: Random House Audio
Read By: Ari Meyers
Length: 9½ HOURS · 8 COMPACT DISCS
ISBN-10: 0-7393-1212-X
Cover Price: $44.95

Notes

The Taking was featured in Random House’s Library Bulletin which was included in the February 15, 2004 issue of Library Journal. More details can be found in the ephemera appendix.

The first printing of The Face in paperback includes 14 unnumbered pages containing the cover and the first chapter of The Taking.

The Literary Guild’s May 2004 mailing featured the following on the back flap of the envelope: “Pre-order the newest blow-you-away thrillers from Dean Koontz and Lisa Scottoline.” Enclosed was a flyer featuring The Taking including the cover on one side and a full description of the book and a photo of Dean on the other.

The Literary Guild’s June 2004 mailing features The Taking on the font of the envelope and on the “Literary Guild Insider” newsletter cover. The book was also given a two page spread on page two and three.

Originally the Charnel House lettered edition was described to be “Hand bound in full Morocco leather with a preserved short-stemmed rose encased within the front board.” However, during production this was changed and the book was released as described above. The colophon in the book lists the original description while an enclosed letter provided the revised description.

The “sand-writing” on the front cover of the Charnel House lettered edition is the text written into beach sand by the main character Molly on page 336 (trade hardcover edition).

Other editions:

UK Mass Market Paperback
UK Hardcover

Last updated on March 21st, 2018