"Thanks to the licensing model, this is no longer a translation, but an original work published for the non-Chinese-speaking world. Walker Books also plans to sell advance copies of The Monster Who Ate Darkness at the Bologna Children's Book Fair in Italy from March 31 to April 3. In addition, English, Italian, and French-language editions of the book will be showcased at the Frankfurt Book Fair this coming October.
「這不再只是翻譯作品，而是跨過授權模式，將幾米作品以原創方式呈現在華人以外的地區，」沃克出版社並已決定在 3 月 31 至 4 月 3 日舉行的義大利波隆納兒童書展上預售；除此之外，還將於年底舉辦的德國法蘭克福書展上，同步發行義大利文、法文等不同版本。