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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.

A screenshot of Candice Slater's illustration of a street with a monster climbing up on the building and random chapter text below to illustrate how the images will be presented in the ebook.

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 the scheduled installment on Friday, 4th of July.

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 Elisabeth 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.

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  4. 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!

  6. Thanks for the update!! Hope everyone in the US has a relaxing holiday tomorrow.

  7. 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

      • I also prefer using BookFunnel, both to read on my phone and to send books to either my Kindle Paperwhite or to the Kobo app (which I can read on my phone or my tablet). Buying directly from authors is great.

        It’s a little more work, but I then OWN not license (grrr!) the books I’ve paid market price for!

        I’m trying hard not to buy more stuff from Amazon, but with over 2,000 books in Kindle, I can’t quit them entirely.

    • I don’t typically post, but I wanted to add my support for Bookfunnel. I purchased a book distributed this way for the first time recently and was very impressed. I’m currently trying to avoid Amazon, but because I’m in New Zealand other retailers can be a bit hit and miss with ebooks (mutter regional publishing rights mutter). Thus, I would really appreciate a direct purchase option.

    • Hi, I’ve never heard of Bookfunnel until this comment. If this is an avenue, I will use it first before going to Amazon. I use Kobo more to balance Amazon out, but happy to add Bookfunnel to balance out Kobo.

      • I will buy from anyone in preference to Amazon and would be very happy to buy directly from you via Bookfunnel.

        I appreciate you giving us the choice with so many authors going to Kindle Unlimited.

  9. 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.

  10. 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!!

  11. 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 as well. I usually speed through a new book because I want to know what happens, then I read it more slowly to make sure I didn’t miss anything and then a third time so I can pick out my favorite parts 💕

      • 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 😁

  14. 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!

  15. 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!

  16. “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

  17. oh man, Book Goblin is going to be ecstatic over you buying Elizabeth’s book…

  19. 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.

  20. 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..

  21. Thank you!! Can’t wait to read the book. Looking forward to the next 7 installments in the meantime.

    • Mod R, I have a follow up question. I’m new to the audiobook world and don’t know anything about the process of getting an audiobook out. I am absolutely loving the graphic audio adaptations of HA books and am working my way through them.

      When HA announces a new audiobook version of a book like the announcement for the Inheritance, is it understood that this audiobook is read by 1 person, or are the new audiobooks defaulting to the graphic audio format?

      • The audio format for each book release is ALWAYS the traditional non-dramatized audio. It is produced either by House Andrews or by their publishers. The traditional audio release has 1 narrator or 2 in case of dual POVs (Magic Claims for example was like that. I can’t yet spill on Inheritance, don’t make me! :P).

        Graphic Audio are their own company. They decide which books they want, buy the adaptation rights from the authors, and then do their own dramatized productions with special effects and music and their own business and creative decisions and profit. The author doesn’t commission them or impose which books they do 🙂

        Graphic Audio will never replace the traditional audiobooks, they’re different endeavours 🙂

        • Thank you for explaining all that! I really appreciate it. And to express my gratitude, I will not insist on anything being spilled 😊

  22. 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.

  23. 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.

      • For those who haven’t done it, it’s easy to send a book to your Kindle.

        You just download the book file (in Kindle epub format) and attach it to an email, which you send to your Kindle’s email address. You can find that email address in Settings on your Kindle.

        BookFunnel makes it even easier, by emailing it to you; just forward that to your Kindle. I usually save the book in my Bookfunnel library and download it on my phone or PC — belt and suspenders!

  25. 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

  26. 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! 🙂

  27. 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.

  28. 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 🙂

    • Based on positive comments I just downloaded Book Funnel and bought a book. Easy peasy…bye bye Amazon!

  31. 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 🙂

  32. 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!

  34. 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!

  36. 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-*

  37. 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!

  38. 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.

  39. 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” 🙂

  40. 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!

  41. thank you, i love your updates and reveals – to all that celebrate the holiday on friday – be safe

  42. SQUEEEEEEEEEEE! Thank you, Ilona and Gordon! Loving this and cannot WAIT to see the cover and purchase! 💜💜💜

  43. 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!

  44. 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!

  46. 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.

  48. 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.

  50. 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…

  51. 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 😜))

  52. Thanks for the update, I was wondering if there would be an installment on the Fourth

  53. I’ve actually not read any of inheritance, life is too busy! I’ll be looking forward to book version 🙂

  54. 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!)

      • Me too. The only blog I follow. I mostly lurk. But still feel the company of others who appreciate escaping to the wonderful worlds of Ilona Andrews.

    • 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

  55. I also bought Tears of the Wolf this way and the experience was no problem . (Then read on my Kindle app)

  57. 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.

  59. 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

  60. 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!

  61. 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!

  64. 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.

  65. 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.

  66. 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!

  67. 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.

  68. 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.🥰

  70. 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!

  72. 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 🤣

  73. HaHa 😄 I will buy in every format.

    I’m soooo excited and hope Bear had the starring role.😘

    Good luck with everything

  74. 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?

  77. So many brilliant things. I love it. Thank you to House Andrews for being awesome as always. I’m especially excited about being able to pick up Inheritance THIS MONTH! YAY!

    • The article was published today, July 3rd.

      For some reason, it’s showing the first draft date, but yes, “There will be an installment tomorrow.” refers to Friday, the 4th of July 🙂 , as per schedule.

  83. Is it too early to get a reading of what is the next project up? We get Inheritance say August 2025, Maggie in March of 2026.

  85. Thank you so much for sharing your genius with us. I personally appreciate reading the blog that has excerpts from books. It doesn’t stop me from buying the hard covers or paperbacks because I really love to hold a book when I read it the first second and third time. But I also enjoy having copies in my Kindle library. Looking forward to the release of both books this summer. In the meantime, take care of yourselves and have a peaceful Fourth of July holiday.

  86. Ok, I can wait,but rest assured, I WILL buy it the first chance I get, lol, cause, I’m a BDH addict!

    Oh the suspense! ROLL-ON release date… 😊

  87. I buy many different versions of all you all you publish usually because I can’t wait to read or listen to your books. Love your books. I listen in the car and reread so many, many times. Love y’all so much. Thank you so much your genres and worlds.

  88. I’m sorry if this is unsympathetic. But I’m totally delighted by the fact that your unable to make your “pens” stop at the novella word count.

    But as a compassionate and loyal follower who has sipped from the cup of chalantness, may I offer a heart felt suggestion to use less defining terms such as current work, serial and project and leave those labels that have limits such as novella and short story out of future dialogue?

    (*mutters to the horde* because then we get another story arc that takes 12 umm 20?… books and multiple side stories, to fully flesh out the world 😆❤️)

    Thank you for it all.

  89. Excellent, and I love the fact we can purchase direct, I think I will try this!🙂

  92. Thanks for the incentive! This year it’s one project per month to get all my outside repairs completed. June was fixing the yard after half of it got demolished by the sewer guys; I’m tired of moving dirt and landscaping the result. July is replacing/staining my porch steps and scraping/priming/painting the exterior bottom half of the porch; unfortunately the top half will be all ladder work in August. Thankfully I can do most of the inside without a ladder. Now I need an incentive for the end of August!

  93. I was like “oh! That’s only a couple months out! Will we slow down on the segment…… it’s July!”

    Wh… when did that happen?!

    Wow 🤯

  94. OMG! You guys get us! I am slowly weaning away from Amazon and other digital sites that state that I am “renting” my books. I’m buying books 📚 so they are mine to reread without the worry that they wont be assessable five years from now.

    I have a library of books that I can reread till the pages rot. It’s just too bad that they take up alot of space.

  95. Thank you for some very good news to leaven a very bad day.

    Looking forward to purchasing the ebook. Wow, for the audio! Will it be recorded by Graphic Audio? Sorry it it’s been announced previously.

    Hey, if there is a gap between the Blog serial and publication, an Innterview hosted by Dina is such a shippable dream! Maybe Roman could host a game of “Who’s Shipping Who?” and offer to plan the wedding for the winners. Heh. Yes, I am re-reading that one.

    Anyway, thank you, for everything.

    • No, it will be the traditional audio book, with 1 or 2 narrators, not full cast, undramatized, no sound effects, no music.

      Whenever there is a new book release with an audio format, it will be the traditional audio 🙂. These are the books the authors or their publishers produce.

      Graphic Audio are an independent company who aren’t commissioned by the authors. GA decides which books to adapt and they are the ones who pay the authors for the adaptation rights to a text. All business and creative decisions belong to GA (although House Andrews are on very good terms and available for advice and consultation regarding lore, characters, pronunciations etc)

      Graphic Audio might be interested in the future to adapt The Inheritance, but we don’t know that yet 🙂

  96. “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.”

    Wait a minute! You mean you guys are actually Professional Authors??? And the creation of this world was partly the result of a desire for Filthy Lucre??? (And any future sequels would partly depend on just how much Filthy Lucre you obtained for this first instalment?)

    Well, fine… I will take ebook, hardcopy and audio book versions … as soon as Certain People get the sale links posted…

    I buy a lot of ebooks on Kindle because I have a Kindle Fire and it is quick and convenient, but I am not pleased about a certain Big Muddy River’s decision to change my terms of purchase from actual ownership to long-term rental only while the River exists — and to apply that retroactively to every book I have ever bought from it in the past…

    I now buy direct from authors whenever I can, store multiple copies of the files on my own multiple backups, and upload one to my Kindle Fire to read there. I bought most of Elizabeth Wheatley’s books that way after you guys introduced me to the Book Goblin. If you do decide to sell directly too, I will buy direct from you instead of using Bezos as a middleman book landlord…

    • “Wait a minute! You mean you guys are actually Professional Authors??? And the creation of this world was partly the result of a desire for Filthy Lucre??? (And any future sequels would partly depend on just how much Filthy Lucre you obtained for this first instalment?)”

      You found us out. 😀

      • “I am shocked … shocked! I tell you … to discover that there is GAMBLING going on in this establishment!”

        “Your winnings, sir”.

        “Oh, yes, thank you. Now close it down.”

        One of Claude Rains better roles.

  97. I too bought “Tears of the Wolf” directly from Elizabeth Wheatley’s site.
    I find purchasing directly from an author, from their site is best. Gives the Author more money, and makes me feel a little better if I end up having to go to Amazon and get a book because I HATE it when my series don’t match up and my Kindle books don’t supply Goodreads with updates.

  98. Oh, Elizabeth Wheatley is going to squee about you saying that you bought her book from her website! She’s a huge fan of HA.

  99. thank you thank you thank you for considering this “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.” I really hope you do go down this route as I do this for other books where I can and its so simple and I’m still supporting my fav authors without supporting the badness of amazon (badness for a number of different reasons).
    will keep fingers crossed and eyes pealed to the posts to see if your all so manage this.
    thank you

  100. Chiiiiiiiiii! I am trying hard to be nonchalant, but also as a diehard member of the BDH I am very fluff and VERY chalant about this book being published soon. It’s been so good. And you know we’re all hoping for a series from it. . No pressure though. Thank you for sharing all your work with us. It is much beloved.

    • We are all at that stage where we sit tidily at the table, napkins in our lap, cutlery at the ready.

      A casual observer might even miss the fact that we’re vibrating and our eyes are suspiciously dusheguby 🤣

      • Aah. But is there such a thing as a casual observer on this blog?

        Even those of us who mostly lurk are fluffy, chalant and voracious. We are the BDH. There is nothing casual about us once we pull a chair up to the HA table! 😁

  101. I would love to buy the inheritance since I’m buying everything you write. But since your tapping into two of my fears – arachnophobia and being afraid of wasps because of allergies – I would like to know if these species will play a role in your last hidden chapters? Then I won’t, sorry.

  102. Seven more installments, and the whole thing by the end of the month? You’re too good to us! For my part, even though I’ve usually been a customer of the annoying Big A, I’ll be going for the direct purchase if it becomes available. (Screwing up the customer base is always such a brilliant corporate maneuver, isn’t it?)

  103. Would love recommendations for the purchase of my first ever E reader, as I read through these concerns about the Amazon Kindle rental situation. Physical book only reader here, but would like to have my favorite books with me when I travel. Starting with buying all IA books and Martha Well’s murderbot series. An important consideration would be an electronic device not keeping one awake at night.

    • @Heidi
      Look up Kobo for ereader and optional integrated ebook store. If you want to use multiple apps/platforms, android ereaders with e-ink screens also are a thing – Boox, Meebook are some brands to explore.

      • Thank you! Will look into it. Now, if there’s an easy way to purchase all IA books at once…

    • I personally love my Kobos (currently have a Libra and Nia). I download all my ebooks to my pc, due to my large library and to ensure they’re backed up, then transfer them to my ereader. I can then delete or keep them on my Kobos to re-read. I’m sure you know which category IA’s books fall into! I buy most of my ebooks from Kobo (they have a price match guarantee), Google Play, Smashwords, and a few authors directly/via Bookfunnel.

  104. Me again, sorry, but after reading the above bdh comments I have two more questions for Mod R.

    Since I’m not a writer but simply a reader and interested only into the story and not the book rules and industry why is everyone smiling or rolling their eyes when you talk about novella or short story. Are there significant differences?

    And may I ask how to send a book from another source onto my kindle? As far as I know Amazon allows only books from Amazon on it’s kindle, doesn’t it?

    Thanks for all your hard work and fun with the independence day. The first movie was great.

    • The difference is that a novel is longer than a novella and thus gives us, the Horde made famous by our book devouring proclivities, a bigger feast 🙂.

      The in-joke and reason we are giggling is that Ilona will always start to write a story and put her foot down that it will not, under any circumstances, go past 35k words.

      That’s when we wink at each other conspiratorially in the comments, and little by little we manage to get so invested with the story and the characters and ask so many questions that it ends up…exactly double that.

      And then, of course, is when the mission to turn that 35k words into a series begins 😅. It’s hard to be a fluffy Horde, but someone has to do it!

      You can send books to Kindle through various methods, apps, email, manually – there are many articles about it on the internet describing it https://www.theverge.com/23842102/kindle-amazon-import-files-epub for example 🙂

  105. I’ve used Bookfunnel to buy books from other authors and I like it. Reasonably easy format to work with. And I don’t have to worry about which app I want to read it on.

  106. I also prefer BookFunnel! I avoid amazon and only use it as a last resort. Thank you for considering other options!

  107. I’m excited. I’ve actually not read any of this because I’ve been saving it to read all at once in one big bite.

    I hope that you do offer it for direct purchase. I hate the model where you buy a book but you’ve really just purchased a license and it can be taken away at any time. I would pay an extra dollar or so to know that it was mine, on my hard drive, forever.

  108. Ahhh, My longheld & painful patience has been rewarded. (I don’t peek before publishing & purchase). lol, I don’t even know what Inheritance is about. Squee! I’m so looking forward to it! Hot summer read.

    Thank You!

  110. I’ll definitely be buying a downloadable copy directly from you! That would be so great! Thank you for offering this option!

  111. Just want to say, given how often I re-read your books, I’m very confident my price-per-read is into the fractional cent range. We want you to make money too, because your books bring us great joy and comfort and you should be rewarded and celebrated for that contribution to our lives!

  112. Thank you. Thank you. I am afraid I also am just plain stuck. I have a Kindle….but I read paper books. I turn the page physically. I love the way the book starts to have places where it automatically opens to wonderful passages, because I have re-read it so many times. Which brings up the “re-read”. I do not understand people who don’t re-read. Any good story is defined as a good story by the fact that you need to read it again. And again. And again…..
    Already have re-read Inheritance several times. My teeth are grinding and stomach dancing in anticipation of the next few developments . Can’t wait to buy. May have to buy twice so I can wear one copy out. Wheee!

  115. Wholeheartedly support direct purchase and to read on our device. Still bummed that *all* IA books purchased through kindle is not really mine.
    Thank you, thank you for the books! Cheers to the authorlords, the mighty RS, and the collective BDH!

  116. The Horde is thankful and shall be ‘chalant’ in waiting for delightful reading. Now back to reading for (grumble) work.

  117. Just pre-ordered Kingdom from my local bookshop. Wasn’t available from the local shop until 7/1, so I set a calendar reminder! So. Excited. for both of these! Perfect timing for audiobook summer road trip adventures!!!!!

  118. Appreciate the direct download option – I am one of the disgruntled Amazon customers has switched to other sources for buying ebooks!

  120. So will there be audio and print versions? 🙂

    Seriously, Magic Claims length is great! I can’t wait to get this story in full and also absolutely cannot wait to get This Kingdom next year!

  121. Don’t know if this comment will attract your attention at this late date. But if it’s not Inheritance installment day, I only know there’s been s blog post from my e mail notification. (which comes one day after the site drop) But I’d like to share my input on a format for the direct buy. Epub is a pretty popular format. My nook accepts “side loads” of epub files and loads it directly to my library. Also although Kindle doesn’t directly support epub, it does have a translator built-in that will change an epub file to a Kindle format. So a twofer if it helps direct your attention to a particular format

  122. Just want to say that no one begrudges you your rightfully earned monetary rewards! If you don’t make money doing this writing thing the writing thing goes away and no more books will be coming to the table. I remember when you were talking about leaving your day jobs to write full time and being so surprised that you were still doing other jobs because your books are so fabulous! Why wouldn’t you be making a living with them?! I guess I was naive. All this just to say, I’m always surprised that anyone, including you House Andrews, ever questions or jokes that you might want to be paid for doing your job. Nobody works for free, we all need to eat. You guys don’t owe us anything and yet you are so generous with your time and content, the BDH feels like the found family that all your books give us. So, thanks.

  123. I’m confused about amazon not letting us save our kindle books that we purchase? what have I missed while living under a rock? I will be purchasing this book as soon as possible either way.

  125. I love the idea of ordering directly from you. I know that it adds just one more layer to the complexity of writing and I don’t want to take you away from writing. But I am much happier giving you all the money rather than to a retailer with whom you have to share.

  126. Hi Ilona and Gordon,
    How are you going?
    You must be very pleased about the cover reveal of This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me.
    Thank you so much for The Inheritance serial – it makes my weeks so exciting!
    I live in Australia.
    I am wondering whether The Inheritance will be available in paper version at Australian retailers.
    Thanks very much,
    Rachel

    • If you are able to order Sanctuary or any of the Innkeeper books, you will be able to get The Inheritance too 🙂

  127. Thanks for the info, and for your writing! Adding a vote for direct purchase so I don’t have to pay Jeff to get it on my Kindle app.

  129. Wild horses would not keep me from getting this one. *laughing* I’m far too invested in the story and have loved every single installment. I love it all. I read the InnKeeper series for a warm and fuzzy, relaxing time. I read Kate Daniels when I want familiarity with spice (and laughs when Kate and Curran are courting). I read the Kinsman series to cleanse my palate. There’s only one other writing team that vies for all my money, and that’s Preston and Child (I’m such an anthropology/archaeology Indiana Jones nerd). Every pay day goes like this: “Must pay the bills. But there’s a new Ilona Andrews out. And I’m not caught up with the Pendergast series. You MUST pay the bills first. But I need new books. *Growling from my grown-up self and the Universal Parent ™* PAY THE BILLS. *sniffs from me* Fine. Bills then books. If life were the right way around, it’d be the other way.”

  132. I always read the daily posts but haven’t commented. However, reading the post today reminded me that I am not alone in wanting to control the books I buy so I do want to add my support to the other readers that welcomed the option of Bookfunnel to buy your books. I am boycotting Amazon for many reasons so please continue to offer this option.
    Also, if you decide to sell to us directly, I would definitely use that method as well.

  133. Luv Luv All Your Writing!
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  134. Yes, I’m definitely irritated at Amazon but more importantly, I prefer to directly support authors wherever I can. I keep reading about how the ‘zon doesn’t treat authors right, so cutting out the middleman is an extra benefit and something I can get behind.

  135. I just finished Tears of the Wolf on your recommendation and loved it! Now waiting for the next in the series. Planning on checking out her other books.

  136. Amazing! I will always buy the book, the audiobook, and the dramatized audiobook in support of y’all. I just love your work. All the monies supporting you, supports the hoard in the resulting glorious works!

  137. I’m so excited there will be an audio version! Being a busy mom it sure makes it easier and then I can listen to it over and over again 🙂

  139. Would love to buy from you directly — I’ve bought all of Elizabeth Wheately’s books this way, works great, except for Amazon not sorting them into series. Much rather more money go to the authors!

    • Have you tried collections? It’s been a while since I fired up my Kindle, but I think you can sort that way.

  140. Thank you so much! I am usually a lurker, but had to say how much I appreciate the options you offer. I’ll be getting audio and a direct download and cannot wait. I’d like to say that I’ll skip the rest of the serial in favor of rereading the whole thing when it’s released, but that would be so much lie, lol.

    My credit card is ready when you are!

  141. Yes! I love Bookfunnel. I have used it with Elizabeth Hunter, Annie Anderson and Elisabeth Wheatley. It has worked so well for me.

  142. I am so pleased that The Inheritance is going to not be a novella.

  143. Hi Ilona,

    Thank you for purchasing Tears of the Wolf. We did see your order come through and Elisabeth did fangirl a bit. It sounds like you have an idea on how it will work but if you want to talk shop sometime or hangout let us know!

    Direct sales all the way 🥳

    • Thank you so much, Christian, I have forwarded your very generous offer to Ilona.

      Also may I just say your email address is fantastic hehe 🤫

  144. Purchasing the ebook directly would be fantastic. BookFunnel seems to be the way forward: I purchase from you, the book appears in my BookFunnel account in a few minutes, and I can download the book at my leisure. Simple, and pretty effortless on the buyers end.