The first draft of the Inheritance is officially finished.
It’s the same size as Magic Claims. Some novella it turned out to be. Oy. This was so not the plan when we started.
Preorders and Availability
The Inheritance has gone to the developmental edit, and then it will go to the copyedit. We aiming for tail end of July for the release date but please don’t hold us to it. The cover is done. It was painted by Candice Slater with typography by Natanya Wheeler, and it is beautiful. We will reveal it when we’ll have the preorder up. We anticipate the preorder period to be very short, only a couple of weeks, unless something drastically changes. We may skip it altogether, depending on where we are in the online serial.
The audiobook: we are signing contracts as we speak. The audio will be recorded this month; however, it will take a few weeks for it to be uploaded. We will keep you posted. There may also be slight delay in print, just because that process takes longer.
Candice’s beautiful artwork will be included in the ebook and print versions. It will be black and white in print and will show up as black and white if you are using an actual Kindle. If you are reading on your phone or other tablets that display color, the artwork will show up in full color.
Here is a sample of what it will look like. The text doesn’t match because we just took a random chapter and stuffed a bunch of images into it to test things.
Remaining Installments
People are asking how many installments are left. 7. Unless we glue some scenes together.
As always, the story will stop before the big finale, because as much as we love you, we do need to make money, so if you want the final resolution, please support us by purchasing a copy. We hope to have no delay between the last installment and the availability of the entire book.
There will be an installment tomorrow.
Direct Sales
We know that some of you are upset by the recent change to Amazon’s policy that prevents you from saving your books to your own storage devices. We are considering offering digital copies of The Inheritance for sale through Shopify/Bookfunnel in addition to selling it through Amazon, Apple, and other retail channels.
Again, in addition to Amazon, Apple, BN and other options. You will be able to purchase it at your favorite retailer or at our site directly.
If we decide to offer direct downloads, this would mean that you can buy the book from us and add it to your favorite reading app or Kindle library. A lot of indie authors successfully use this distribution model. I actually just bought Tears of the Wolf from Elizabeth Wheatley’s site.
Update: NVM about the cover note that was here. It actually does show up properly after the file is opened.
We know that some of you will want to know which option will give us more money. We’re not going to tell you. Please buy in the format most convenient to you. We want the purchasing process to be as smooth as possible for you.
We will get our money either way. We only ask that you don’t pirate.
Finally
Finally, a very important announcement.
The cover of THIS KINGDOM WILL NOT KILL ME will be revealed early next week. It is truly a beautiful cover. So please check the blog on Tuesday around 11:00 am EST for the link.
And that concludes this week’s admin post. Pheew.
First?
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Thank you, House Andrews!
*insert happy dance*
Second! LOL
I can’t wait for an official release date!
I’m so excited to sit down & read all of the Inheritance cover to cover. Thank you for making it available directly – and of course for continuing to do all that you do. The Book Devouring Horde is a lucky Horde, indeed!
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YAY! You are so good to us. Truly, thank you so very much.
Ditto! And may I also add… actually, Sequoia said it all.
Thanks for the update!! Hope everyone in the US has a relaxing holiday tomorrow.
So excited for everything!
I use bookfunnel for some of my fav Indie authors. I use a Samsung Tablet as my ebook reader, reading it through the app and my use phone for audio, instead of sending it to Kindle or B&N apps.
The app works well, the only downside is that I cant make notes but I can highlight passages. If you guys offer it there it will be my first choice rather than Amazon or B&N.
Hope this helps someone on the frnce.
Thank you for letting us know. It does help. A lot of people prefer to buy from different indie channels and direct sales would allow us to offer them that option.
Some of the indie author I buy from use bookfunnel. With bookfunnel you can you read it in the bookfunnel apps OR you have the option to transfer to you Kobo, Kindle, apple or Nook… so you can still read it on your eReader
Thank you! Highlight of my summer !!!
I’m surprised that a document sent to the kindle doesn’t have a cover feature. I have many documents (mostly Netgalley and Edelweiss arcs) in my library with full color covers.
Is it the document type or a change in amazon policy?
I did some research on this and it comes down to Amazon wanting to keep its ecosystem protected. The capability to display the cover exists, but it’s disabled. And that is understandable – it’s their proprietary marketplace. They want you to buy directly from them so they can get a cut. We don’t have an issue with that stance. because we are adding a foreign file to an existing software and device.
Yessssssss!! I haven’t been reading as it’s been released, so I could read it as one whole story when it was finished and escape reality for a little bit. I can’t wait!!
In anticipation of The Inheritance I reread Sanctuary. I used to have a very bad habit of skimming descriptive parts of books and going straight to the action. The authors have completely cured me of this because the characters are so real and I love the humor.
This is why I read books more than once. My neuroatypical brain wants GRARIFICATION NOW! And then I can go back and enjoy the rest. I’ve given up trying to fix my ADD brain. I’m 64 years old. this is the way I am.
Exactly There’s so much to appreciate on the reread that I rushed through the first time
Me, 3!
this is also why I buy the ebook and the audio version so I can get the instant gratification and then re read/listen with ALL the details 😁
CANT WAIT! WOO!
Thank you!!
I’ve used Bookfunnel to buy several books, and whike the cover doesn’t display at first, it does after I open and read. HTH someone!
My preference is to purchase directly from authors, so I’d love it if you offered that option for Inheritance.
I’m loving the serial and am so excited for the release!
“We hope to have no delay between the last installment and the availability of the entire book.”
Some of the kindest words I’ve ever read! Thank you!!
I would like to buy the copy with the highest profit margin to you.
I’ve gotten bookfunnel stories from AnnetteMarie’s Patreon and that format is great.
I’m so excited to buy all your upcoming works. congratulations
oh man, Book Goblin is going to be ecstatic over you buying Elizabeth’s book…
Hehehe 😀
Yes she will!!!
Thank you!
I’m sooooo excited! Cant wait to purchase a print option so I can share with my grandma. She’s a huge fan but doesn’t do online reading. I haven’t told her about this yet – she’s gonna be so excited.
Thank you for the update House Andrews.
Also We really appreciate you posting a chapter part tomorrow (US holiday). I can’t tell you how grateful I am personally that instead of posting once a week that you now post twice a week!!
Undyingly grateful!!
A precious gift, again thank you..
Thank you!! Can’t wait to read the book. Looking forward to the next 7 installments in the meantime.
Thank you so much for writing a way that we can actually purchase the book with a copy to keep. After Amazon changed their policies, I no longer buy any Kindle books and I would be so disappointed if I couldn’t buy this one.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. We are spoiled. I may try bookfunnel, but I already have everything else on Kindle. ( Amazon monopoly!)
Happy days. 📘📚👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼❤️
I,too, have tons on Kindle and am pi$$ed off that all of that is no longer mine.
BookFunnel is great for downloading and you can read on it and it also lets you read on Kindle. At least I’ve used it once for that. So I think I will try to buy on BookFunnel and then have it to keep and mcgyver it to my Kindle, if I want.
Try it.
Sheesh. “… you can read on it AND it also…”
I think your website might crash next Tuesday around 11:01 am EST.
😀 The BDH has been challenged! We’ll make sure the comment limit is extended
The Horde Commeth! 🤣🏃♀️
This is great news! Thank you so much for the care yall take with BDH.
Inheritance serial has given me something to look forward to on Mondays but I’m so excited to be able to read the full book.
And I love when HA says a something will be a novella or a short story 🤣
I prefer Bookfunnel over Amazon/other apps for the very reason you mention. I have noticed that once I read the book in Kindle app on my phone, I do see the cover in my library.
“I love when HA says a something will be a novella or a short story 🤣” the way I snorted
Wait!? We can buy directly from you? Is this a new option? How do I make that happen?
As the article explains, it is something that House Andrews are considering at the moment as an option. If they decide to make it happen, it will be on the Ilona Andrews website available through Shopify or Bookfunnel 🙂
All will be explained and linked if the decision goes ahead, no worries! 🙂
I vote for Bookfunnel, too.
And: „Novella“…
Bwahahaha! 😉
Who would have predicted this outcome…
We roast because we love hahahaha
i always ask this, but will it be in print?
I can’t tell you what this means. I’m listening to the graphic audio of kate Daniels right now and it’s giving me so much joy. i have the whole series in print but it’s fun to experience it in a new way. also a little awkward because I’m at magic bleeds and I sometimes listen at work and check that my headphones are working every 10 seconds…
Both the Inheritance and This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me will have a print format, yes 🙂 . With black and white illustrations in the case of the Inheritance.
Squee! I’m giddy over all of the awesomeness being announced!!
I am considering buying the new Kindle ColourSoft (yes, I know quality has been seriously hit and miss) and am just curious, would the kindle versions have colour images on the coloursoft?
I am a sucker for a graphic novel, or a great fantasy or scifi with colourful artwork.
If your device has color capabilities (like ColourSoft, Kindle Fire, Kindle app) then it will see color 🙂
oh the excited suspense! skweeeeee!
yay,so many good news! totally excited 😀
fabulous news all round.
if you do decide to use book funnel, would you be considering making your back catalogue available there ?
I would love to get a kobo compatible copy of the most recent kinsmen book for my ereader.
At the moment I am forced to read it on my phone as I don’t use Amazon for books .
iIt remains my only amazon purchase!!🤣
Can’t wait to by the Inheritance though… really loving this book
Fated Blades ebook is an Amazon exclusive, as it was published through Montlake 🙂
Yea! Congrats to HA for all the Wonderful Things! I’ll put in a plug for Marvin as a reading app. I use it for many of my indie books.
Thanks for making us such a happy Horde!
Exciting news! Thank you!
I’m so glad! This may be BDH heresy, but I think Inheritance is my favorite among all of the HA many wonderful books. I don’t even care if the ship between Ada and Elias happens. I just want more Ada and Bear!
💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻 happy dancing
OMG!!!! TAKE ALL MY MONEY!! (Ugh, I hate being broke 😭😭😭)
But I’ve been driving my husband crazy lately because I can’t stop talking about Ada and the gang… and the fact that the book is coming out soon 😅 It’s a good thing He loves me, and encourages me to read more.
*-waits not-so-patiently-*
Yay to the pre-order coming soon to an app (or other ways) near to us! 🎇
Oh, the Horde will support by ordering the “novella” (rolling eyes)/small book. 😁😂
Thank you!
What’s the difference between developmental edit and copyedit? I just noticed ModR did developmental edit of the last Innkeeper and someone else did copyedit. I never heard of developmental editor.
House Andrews have written previously about the various stages in a manuscript’s life and different types of editors 🙂
A developmental editor focuses on the “big stuff”. Content, narrative flow, overall structure. A copy editor edits at sentence-level, consistency in style, formatting, and also proofreading (sometimes there’s a separate proofreader stage).
Thanks! I’ve read those posts but the title still didn’t ring a bell. I may have just forgotten it.
I purchase a lot of books through Smashwords. I asked a few authors who they made the most from and several said that website gives them the best percentage of their book sales.
Can’t wait for the full “novella” 🙂
The Kindle document covers usually show up once you download the document to your device (assuming it was an ePub or mobi file with the embedded cover). It’s definitely not as nice of an experience while browsing the books stored in Amazon’s cloud, but once they are downloaded, they look like regular Kindle books. 🙂
And yay for a pretty This Kingdom cover!! Can’t wait!
thank you, i love your updates and reveals – to all that celebrate the holiday on friday – be safe
SQUEEEEEEEEEEE! Thank you, Ilona and Gordon! Loving this and cannot WAIT to see the cover and purchase! 💜💜💜
Yay! I don’t know if this is how it will work with The Inheritance, but when I get (usually free) short stories from authors via BookFunnel, the file comes out as a .doc but, after I open it in Kindle, the cover appears.
Regardless, yay and looking forward to the direct sales option!
Whooo Hooo! So much shiny news – Thank you!
Will the bookstore near House Andrews that shipped physical copies for Sanctuary also have The Inheritance and This Kingdom will not Kill me physical copies for preorder? (Would prefer supporting them as opposed to one of the chains – if possible – but no worries if not)
Just finished’Tears of the Wolf’ yesterday – Enjoy!
Sending peace, health and safety to all!
Any libraries or indie bookstores, and even readers themselves if they want to preorder it through their local bookstore, can do so with the Ingram Sparks number of the Print On Demand physical copy.
We will share it once the preorder is live 🙂
Thank you, ModR, for your helpful and speedy response – much appreciated! And I learned something new as I didn’t even realize that option was a thing….. May the rest of your day be supremely delightful!
Will there be an option to buy a physical copy? Thanks.
Yes, the Inheritance will have a print format 🙂
Great news all around! Really looking forward to buying The Inheritance, however you offer it! And a look at the cover for Maggie! Yea!!
I buy other than Amazon when I can, several of my favorite authors offer direct downloads. Unfortunately, Amazon offers many things I’ve not found anywhere else. Big sigh.
Yayyyyyy alllll the goodies! Take my money, please LOL
I would buy through book funnel or shopify. The Kindle universe is becoming less and less attractive. Having a book I actually own would be good.
cant wait
Thank you for the news! I love that the Inheritance will be available so soon!
I read on an iPad as I love having more options. The simple possibility to create folders is awesome as I re-read books. Plus I like reading on it. I’ve decided against using Amazon some years ago and did not look back since. I would love to buy it directly from you. If that will be an option it will definitely be my first choice. If not, I will use KOBO (as usual). For you I would even break my no Amazon rule but I sincerely hope it does not come to that. I did not even break it for Azarinth Healer and only read the first three books as the rest are only available on Amazon. I do dislike them with a passion…
Great news! Can’t wait!
I have an unrelated question and I couldn’t figure out where to ask so I’ll ask it here- what yarn did you end up choosing?
Atlantic DK, at the recommendation of most of the BDH and the owner of Terrapin herself 🙂
And speaking of the BDH, I sure hope no one else was planning on buying that Coastlines collection, because it was mysteriously exhausted on the same day that blog article got almost 400 comments 😀 A case for the Scooby Doo gang, for sure.
I would not be surprised if there were ferrets involved with the yarn binge buy. 😀
Hopefully the owner was pleasantly surprised by the sellout.
Haha! My wife was one of those, I saw a charge for Terrapin a day or two after the post and thought it sounded familiar! (She is also card carrying member of the BDH, (well actually mug carrying member 😜))
😉 You saw nothing!
Thanks for the update, I was wondering if there would be an installment on the Fourth
I’ve actually not read any of inheritance, life is too busy! I’ll be looking forward to book version 🙂
This is surprisingly my first time following an author’s blog or SM. I’m questioning my entire existence now. How did I not know this type of excitement and titillation existed before?? I’m all in. When it feels like the world could actually be crumbling around us I love sliding into place where hero’s are born or already exist. Thank you🥲
So glad you joined the party! 😀
Reading and rereading the books is a fabulous experience ofc, but the community and Horde contributions for each serial chapter is one of my very favorite things <3
Welcome to the BDH. I started following this blog bc I didn’t know anyone else who read these books. It is wonderful to become involved with others who love them and, best of all, to talk with others about the books and the characters. This blog is one of the best bc although we are all nice people, sometimes things go a little off and then we have Magister ModR to whip us back into shape.
Also, the AuthorLords sometimes shake their sticks at us and none of us want any ripper cushions! (Imagine that; the Writers of Wonderful Words actually speak directly to us mere readers!)
Welcome Doni!
Mod R is the wrangler of the Book Devouring Horde (BDH). That’s all of us readers commenting on the blog. Mod R can also be the person who will dangle a carrot over our heads but not let us in on the secret until the secret is out on the blog. (I can hear you, Mod R saying, who me?)
As mz says, Ilona and Gordon sometimes have to put their feet down on us. None of us wants that to happen, so we try to be good, chalant, and fluffy. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.
Who, me? 😇
When have I ever been anything else but forthcoming and yeah, ok, I can’t even type that with a straight face lol
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I also bought Tears of the Wolf this way and the experience was no problem . (Then read on my Kindle app)
the suspense is killing me
THANK YOU for considering other publishing options that allow us to own (download) our purchases! That’s the main reason I buy as much as possible on Google Play instead of Amazon now, despite the extra step it takes to read them on my Kindle.
Lots of exciting news! I’m eagerly awaiting everything!
Thank you, Thank YOU for taking the time to explain it all.
We, the BDH, love you & ask that you please rest a bit now. We are greedy & anxious voracious readers, but our authors sanity & health always come first.
Loving The Inheritance!
As always,
Your BDH
Love the book, will buy and re read more than once, I am sure. And will hope for Book 2? as a serial first and then book. Love all your books, Kate Daniel’s my fave series still. Have read over and over – it gets me through stress, illness, surgeries!
Hi! <3
For the preorder of the print copies for Inheritance, will we be able to get them signed 🙂
*insert grabby hands*
If not no worries though! I'll just be happy to have the book and read it!!!!
Thank you!
Very selfish question, will the merch store be open for the release of Inheritance?
*Cue pterodactyl noises in anticipation of Tuesday*
EXCITEMENT!! I hope to be able to purchase from House Andrews directly in the future.
I also bought Tears of the Wolf and have read it twice. The process was so smooth.
Thank you for your creativity and Mod R for your awesomeness.
I usually buy a copy of each format of HA books, when I can. Though the print versions usually wait due to storage issues. I always buy the kindle and audios though because I read them first in Kindle and then reread in audio as it adds more depth to the story for me.
Congratulations, and wishing you a long, peaceful, happy weekend with goodies on the grill and potato salad and corn on the cob and gorgeous ripe tomatoes and smiling faces around you to celebrate all that creative book goodness coming together. Happy weekend!
Hello
Is there any news on possible special edition of This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me? Such as Fairyloot or Arcane Society or a Waterstone Special Edition. I have the US Hardcover on order, but I could be persuaded to buy a special edition if the artwork is awesome.
I don’t have any official news on that, I’m afraid
How many more installments will there be? Will there be print and audio? Will ModR be able to handle the Horde next Tuesday? JK!!! Thanks so much for the update!
I’m very excited for the release of The Inheritance and to see the cover of TKWNKM. You are so generous with feeding the BDH with goodies until the next book comes out.🥰
Woohoo!! For so many reasons!! 📚
Thank you for all the updates!! 💖
You definitely deserve to be compensated for your hard work and generously sharing the serial installments!
And YAY!!! for the BookFunnel option! I purchase the digital version to support you and the print to accommodate my eyes, which can’t read digital for very long before it blurs and dances. But the Big River licensing model is so awful. Thank you for again considering your readers!
This is awesome, thank you.
Thanks for all the news!
On a side note, I’m sorry but my brain reads Magic CLAMS every single time. I have to pause and reread to actually see Magic Claims 🤣
HaHa 😄 I will buy in every format.
I’m soooo excited and hope Bear had the starring role.😘
Good luck with everything
All good news. Especially Bookfunnel. Yay! Although Google Play works for me as well. As long as I can export to epub, I’m good.
7 chapters plus some glued chapters, makes what? Nineteen more chapters?
Is that with or without the movie?
I’ll still buy it even if they release the whole story free on the blog🤣
Yay!! I’m excited. I’m loving the inheritance, it’s fabulous!!