Despite his phenomenal popularity on both sides of the Atlantic, the author had not appeared at a public event in Britain for nearly fifteen years. To coincide with the publication of the new book, King visited London in mid-August for a rare promotional tour. Bottles of a special “King Lager” were available during the UK launch party, produced especially for the event by a London micro-brewery, and a commemorative signed edition of Bag of Bones, limited to just 2,000 copies, went on sale at London’s Royal Festival Hall when King was interviewed by novelist and broadcaster Muriel Gray, read from his work, and answered questions in front of a capacity audience.

Books Etc. in association with Hodder & Stoughton gave away a free trade paperback omnibus to coincide with the publication of Bag of Bones. Only available from stores in the London area, King etc. included a brief message from the author plus extracts from twelve of his novels.

Just in time for Christmas, Donald M. Grant, Publisher, re-released the first three books in King’s Dark Tower series, packaged together at a suggested retail price of $110. This included a third printing of the first title in the series, The Gunslinger (1982), with a new dustjacket, and a second printing of The Drawing of the Three (1987), with a new dustjacket and ten new paintings by artist Phil Hale. The third book, The Waste Lands (1991), was a first edition. The set weighed a total of eight pounds and was available in a leatherette slipcase stamped on the spine in silver and maroon.

Dean Koontz’s Seize the Night was the sequel to the author’s Fear Nothing, and once again involved night-dweller Christopher Snow, who discovered more about the mutated gene virus infecting the inhabitants of Moonlight Bay and a secret government time-travel experiment. It was also released in a 750-copy signed, leatherbound, slipcased edition by Cemetery Dance Publications, illustrated by Phil Parks, along with a 52-copy lettered edition.