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The tip in sheets from Arcane Society have arrived. The tip in sheets are the signing pages autographed by the author which will be included in the collector edition of the book. See that white box? It has 500 sheets in it. There are many boxes. Many.

Red page with a signature spot, sword, castle, and a unicorn.
Hi Bucky!
Blue tinted page with ruins of a city, spear, and an eagle.
Hello, Turgan!

And before anybody asks, this is a signing mat.

It exists so we don’t damage the table or puncture the page as we are signing. We have learned the hard way.

The Arcane Society is a subscription service. You can find out more about it on their About page. The books are gorgeous and Luisa Preissler painted the covers, which are spectacular. I have seen them and Elara’s wedding dress never looked so good. I believe this will be sent out some time in 2024.

It’s probably silly, but fancy books make me so happy. So fancy.

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  5. Oh my poor fingers, wrists, eyes, neck, and upper back.

    A massage therapist is a wonderful thing.

  7. Beautiful, lovely idea but the thought of all that signing makes me think if the chalkboard punishment of yesteryear. (oops, that’s showing my age). Um, thank you in advance for your time and work.

    • 😅I actually had to explain to a young’un what Bart Simpson was doing in the intro to the show. They had no context reference for writing a message repeatedly on a board (and good for them!).

      • wow, now I really feel old, although its possible this still happens in religious sponsored k-8 schools; catholic and christian academies,yeshivas, maddrassahs, etc

  8. The pages look beautiful. If I understand the Arcane Society process, I signed up for the waitlist today. I cannot buy the book that Ilona Andrews is signing in the blog post today unless I get accepted from the waitlist before the 2024 release. Is there any other way to buy the book?

    • These editions are exclusive to Arcane Society 🙂.
      I am waiting on confirmation whether they are subscriber-only or Special Edition and therefore open to the public, after the subscribers have first option for them.

  9. So sorry about the pain. But, your loving BDH loves you. It’s very reassuring this type of thing makes you happy. 😀 Gorgeous pages BTW.

  10. Not to cause a panic, but knowledge is power. I signed up when I first heard Ilona Andrews was going to be featured (a few months ago I think). There is a wait-list for membership. Every other month they send out invites to people on the wait-list. When you sign up you can email their help desk and ask what your number is. My number is 17000 something. the last batch of invites they sent out went up to 14300 (or so, my figures are NOT exact). It would behoove the Horde to sign up post haste. The number of ppl they invite varies. Remember not to panic, sometimes they send out LOTS of invites. 🙂

  12. I signed up earlier this year the moment I heard you and KMM were going to be featured! Fortunately, I’m off the waitlist and waiting patiently for your books’ turn! Can’t wait!

    • I tried signing up months ago when Mod R mentioned them, and haven’t heard anything yet.

      • I researched and it looks like a lot of people’s invites were in spam. :/ Mine was too! You basically have to join their Facebook group and stalk it for announcements on when they’re sending invites. Also you can email and find out where in the list you are so when they announce they sent from X number to Y number range you can know how close you are.

    • One of their FAQs explains 🙂https://arcanesociety.com/faqs/
      and you can ofc go on YouTube and search for Arcane Society Unboxing videos of you want to see concrete examples ( https://youtu.be/5jjLMtmxZf8?si=7zE6CRk-QogW49sd for instance):

      Each shipment from The Arcane Society includes:
      Two Hard Cover Editions available only to Members of The Arcane Society
      Enamel Pin befitting the collection to mark your initiation as an exclusive Arcane Society Member
      Art Prints by superb artists available only to Members of The Arcane Society

      Members of The Arcane Society also get access to our Members Only Facebook Group: The Inner Sanctum, as well as access to our Members Only Shop featuring Limited Copies of Previous Box Editions that are not available.

      • Thanks for the short cut. After thrashing around on line for an hour or so I found stuff. The books look great and very reasonable. Sure hope the membership comes through. The eBay resellers seem to be a more expensive option. Will try to find my application number next as I did not see it as a menu option. I am sure it is hiding somewhere.

        • I am not certain at this point if you need to be a member or these will be available to the public. I am waiting on official confirmation from House Andrews.
          I’ve heard from someone who is a member on the Arcane Society Fb group that the hints are for Special Edition Box (meaning they will be available without membership, but members will have first choice, especially for signed copies).

        • Your number is not in any of the stuff you get when you sign up. You have to email the Arcane Society help desk and ask for it. They are good at responding.

  14. Nice! Be careful with the hands and neck.

    When I read “Arcane Society” I thought of another author who writes about dust bunnies. 😁

  15. I now want a signing mat for no reason. I guess I could use it to sign my kids’ papers that come home from school.

  16. Dose anyone else want to buy the all books that Luisa Preissler did artwork for? She dose such a good job that I now want to know about all her subjects. Dose anyone know what book each of the portraits goes to? (Excluding Ilona’s books I have all of those.)

  17. Beautiful! I always wondered if authors got hand cramps from signing sessions. I certainly would! Also my writing deteriorates rapidly the longer I have to print/write. I would be a disaster in your shoes! #gratefulforyou

  18. Those cards are lovely!

    I’ve heard Neil Gaiman uses fountain pens because they’re easier on the hands when you have to sign a lot of things.

  19. Happy signing! I binge your blog periodically, and just read Puffles. Hopefully dragons will cycle around again, as I’d love to read the full story! I’ve loved everything you’ve written, and will be happy with whatever inspires you next.

  20. Ooooh the hands and wrists! Almost makes one wonder what a stamp made with the real handwriting would look like. Hmmmm. (Maybe not. That would be cheating ).

  21. Author John Green did a video on signing books, his thing is to add random doodles every few pages to make some book’s unique and to relieve hand pain

  22. Did you have the signing mats custom made or are they available from a retail source? Thanks!!

      • Thank you!! I love sending cards, especially for holidays, and this would be very handy (no pun intended!) for writing the cards and the envelopes. (Even when doing in batches of 10 – 15 at a time, because the arthritis is creeping into more knuckles every year. Sigh.)

      • mmmm… may I humbly suggest signing mats for the merch store the next time to decide to treat us to (and subject yourselves to) new merch?

        • Ugh – typo! What I meant was: may I humbly suggest signing mats for the merch store the next time you decide to treat us to (and subject yourselves to) new merch?

  26. I suppose there’s a reason why House Andrews hasn’t bought an auto pen so some comparable machine?

      • I don’t think anyone would mind the eventual messiness of the autograph. The Horde would squee in delight that you and Gordon signed it.

  28. “It’s probably silly, but fancy books make me so happy. So fancy.” –

    Really?! You do know we understand, we’re the BDH! Books, gimme, gimmeee… lol

    I can’t even, ah now I have to w*it.

  29. SCREAMING!!! I just got off the waitlist for Arcane!! These are the only reason I got on it!!! Aaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!

  30. A site called the Arcane Society, and Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle ISN’T one of the past authors?

  34. Oh I would love to sign up, but as I understand it, if accepted you pay every other month and receive whatever books of that month? I dont think that would work for me personally, budget wise.

    Anyway, good look for those who can go for this! 🙂

    • I’m not certain yet whether these would be part of the monthly subscription and not a special edition box (which will be available to the public too).
      Watch this space 🙂

      • Does that mean we should sign up on the waitlist for even the special edition box set? Sorry not sure if I understood how it works

    • There are unlimited skips except for the very first box when you get off the waitlist. And if you join the Facebook group they tell you what the next book is in time for you to decide to skip or not.

      But the waitlist is like 5 months and you need to check your spam because that’s where my invite was (and other people had similar experiences)

  35. Do you guys ever misspell your names after having to write them over and over and over again?

  38. Thanks for signing these, tough as it is in large numbers.

    I became a member in August (after several months on the waitlist) so I could be sure that I’ll have a chance to buy these books. I’m really looking forward to them – beautiful editions are such a joy.

  39. Ow, indeed! A magic pen would be great! Do wrist braces help?
    I love Luisa Preissler’s work–she’s amazing.

  40. I’m so excited to see them! I’ve been in quite a few SE book boxes, I love pretty books, but continue to be blown away by the quality that Arcane Society puts out. They are my favorite SE’s to date (I reserve the right to have a new favorite someday.)

  41. I think I missed which book was being covered by Arcane Society? Does anyone know the title? Thanks!

  42. You were right by the hidden personnel in the former USSR. When we arrived in Moscow in 1990, we never saw people in wheelchairs, people with downs syndrome, drunks on the streets, and homeless.
    In the third year, places that housed these Personnel said they couldn’t keep them any longer. They became street people and many of them contracted gangrene and died from the cold in the first winter. it was as if they had no reason in society.
    We have many of the same kinds of mental problems, homeless populations and veterans suffering from PTSD; however, we all have any people traying to help!!

  43. Your shitajiki/pencilboards are so cute. I have a few anime ones but I ended up displaying them instead of using them.

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