Me, last Tuesday: Columbus write up, a cursory mention that one of the authors present was dropped by the publisher.
BDH: What does drop mean?
Mod R, to me: They want to know what dropped means.
Me, this Monday: Explanatory post of what dropped means.
BDH: Are your series getting dropped? Are your publishers not happy? What are the sales numbers? Do you not have enough sales? What are the sales numbers?
Mod R, to me: No good deed goes unpunished.
Dear Horde,
Right now I’m looking at not one but two congratulatory emails in my inbox, one from Tor US and the other from Tor UK, both of which express happiness with sales. We have just received three new offers from foreign publishers.
Going along with my CIA stance, I can neither confirm nor deny that This Kingdom has exceeded expectations. It is safe to say that this is the best debut we ever had. This is due in part to incredible support from our publishers, but most of all, this happened because of you.
Thank you! You are amazing.
In Depth Sales Numbers
While I can’t tell you the specific sale numbers, I can tell you the Kindle ranks, because they are public record.
Beast Business, published January 29, 2026:
- On sale for: 6 months
- Price: $5.99
- Ebook rank: 10,887 in Kindle Store
- Amazon reviews: 3,865
- Goodreads reviews: 6,065
Inheritance, published August 10, 2025:
- On sale for: 11 months
- Price: $6.99
- Ebook rank: 22,578 in Kindle Store
- Amazon reviews: 9,007
- Goodreads reviews: 11,341
This Kingdom, published March 31, 2026
- On sale for: 4 months
- Price: $14.99
- Ebook rank: 1,201 in Kindle Store
- Amazon reviews: 9,266
- Goodreads reviews: 32,781
Not only has the rank held for 4 months, but the sheer number of Goodreads reviews indicates that the book is being widely read.
Now here is where I level with you:
Sweep of the Heart, published December 13, 2022
- On sale for: 3.5 years
- Price: $6.99
- Ebook rank: 53,830 in Kindle Store
- Amazon reviews: 12,383
- Goodreads reviews: 19,279
This Kingdom costs twice what Sweep of the Heart does, and it’s been out for only 4 months, yet you can see by the number of reviews that it was able to reach a much wider audience.
I’ve been trying to explain before why sequels to existing series are bonus releases for us. This is why. The publishing landscape always changes, and in its current form, books greatly benefit from the presence in stores and the backing of a great publishing partner. Not being in print is hurting us. This is partially why there is no Arabella trilogy – we need a publishing partner. The first two trilogies were in print.
It seems Amazon has beaten us to Hidden Legacy announcement we said we couldn’t share yet. Yes, Catalina’s trilogy will be released in trade paperback, matching the new edition of Nevada’s books. The first will be SAPPHIRE FLAMES on February 16. We will have an official announcement and share the new covers as soon as we have Avon’s go-ahead.
Before some of you panic again, we love the Innkeeper world just as much as we love This Kingdom, and we will be continuing it. More news to come soon.
State of House Andrews
I know Horde gets antsy, when we don’t update. To keep you in the loop, this is what we are working currently:
- Bonus material for the trade cover release of This Kingdom. (I
can neither confirm nor deny that this edition might have special stuff. Screw it. It will have special stuff! They can’t really come after me, they are happy with the sales numbers!) - Orders from the store – we anticipate a 4-6 weeks timeline for vellum fulfillment due to the large number of orders and personalization requests. If you get nervous, the store page shows some of the progress. We can only do between 100-200 orders per day and sometimes less. It’s the bookplates, guys. They are slowing us down.
- Edits for This Redacted will not Redacted Me, which we are told will land today or tomorrow. (Not nervous about this. Not at all. #sarcasm.)
Things that we will be working on shortly:
- Additional bonus material for Guide to Kair Toren
- Sticker sheets availability for the store – please be chalant, we promise, we will make stickers available
- Additional bonus material for I cannot tell you because contractual obligations
- Map for Maggie 2
- Bonus art for Maggie 2 – starting early here, because we will need a lot
- Bonus content for the blog: short stories and deleted scenes, possibly a serial
The app is due to go live in 8 days and we also will need beta testers. If you would like to help us a little bit, please drop your favorite quotes from our work in the comments with the book they are from. As in “If sky could dream, it would dream of dragons. – Fate’s Edge.” Right now the app has placeholder quotes and we need it to have ours instead.
PS. Jeaniene Frost has read the draft of Maggie 2 and has texted me with words like WOW and !!!!!! and then some threats, and then followed that with a 2 hour phone call. She called me evil – for some reason, Gordon was exempt – and demanded spoilers for Book 3, because quote “if redacted redacted endgame, I will not be able to handle it.”
Horde, if this ending survives the edits, we shall have to contract Hugh d’Ambray to build us a moat around our house. Just in case.
