The release of "Midnight Sun" was tentatively re-planned after re-visiting the "Twilight" series with "Life and Death", a gender-swapped retelling of the novel in 2015. However, the release of "" in 2015 halted and soured Meyer's plans to release the "Midnight Sun" because "Grey" was also told from the male perspective. Meyer stated in a New York Comic-Con panel that it was "a literal flip the table moment", admitting that ""Midnight Sun" is kind of cursed". This led to the novel being on indefinite hold. According to an article from "The Guardian" in 2018, "Midnight Sun" was "no longer in the pipeline". However, in May 2020, it was announced that "Midnight Sun" would be released on August 4, 2020. Following its release, it sold over one million copies, was number two on Amazon's "most sold" list, and was number one on USA Today's bestseller list one week after its release date.