Ruby Fever hit all the lists and sold all the copies. #10 on USAT #12 on NYT #2 WSJ in ebook and #8 in fiction overall Thank you so much, guys. The lists were hard to crack this time because many awesome books came out at once, but our sales are up, and the publisher
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Bragging Rights
Ruby Fever will be released in a few hours, as we all know and counting down to. Since Ilona is being modest, I shall brag for House Andrews under Mod Prerogatives (trademark pending). Not one, not two, but three STARRED reviews from Kirkus for Catalina’s trilogy in the Hidden Legacy series. Kirkus is one of
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Surprise Innkeeper Announcement!
We have sat on this news for about a year. We were planning to sit on it all the way until mid August, but the BDH is too vigilant. Yesterday. Mod R: We’ve gotten several messages from the BDH concerned about the evil plagiarists stealing the Innkeeper for webcomics. Me: Is it Tapas? Are they
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On Being Difficult
When you start out in traditional publishing, you are very eager. You’ve heard rumors about this other Big Name Author who is “difficult” and is “a bitch” and you don’t want to be difficult. Then you gain experience and realize that bringing a story from the manuscript to the book isn’t the smooth road you
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Happy Book Birthday to FATED BLADES
Today is Mathias and Ramona day. FATED BLADES is finally out and you can order it here: Ebook | Print | Audio. As you can see, the print version will be available at a later date. Fun pandemic times. This was so much fun to write. Now that it’s out, I can finally say that.
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A Grave Girls’ Getaway
In case you missed it, Jeaniene Frost, Melissa Marr, and Kelley Armstrong recently released an anthology titled Hex on the Beach. The audio book of Jeaniene’s story, A Grave Girls’ Getaway, came out today from Audible. It is read by Talia Hilbert. Vampire Cat Crawfield is experiencing a new role as a mother. Turns out,
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Print Editions of Small Magics and Kinsmen Universe
The last few days have been just a flurry of admin craziness. I am stuffing all of it into this one post. Also please see Gordon’s announcement regarding Steve West. You get double post today. We had to divide and conquer. Fated Blades India The Amazon India algorithm suppresses releases without covers. This is by
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That’s the way she goes.
Bad news. Despite an earlier announcement, Steve West will not be reading for the audio version of Fated Blades. When we made the announcement, we were under the impression that Steve was hired for the job. Then we got an email from Steve himself explaining that he was contacted but that an agreement was never
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Fated Blades Available for Preorder
Fated Blades SHORT NOVELKINSMEN WORLD AVAILABLE ON NOVEMBER 23, 2021 An uneasy alliance between warring families gets heated in this otherworldly novella from bestselling author Ilona Andrews. At first glance, the planet Rada seems like a lush paradise. But the ruling families, all boasting genetically enhanced abilities, are in constant competition for power—and none more
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Cover Art Reveal: Fated Blades
We are delighted to present to you the cover art for Fated Blades painted by Luisa J. Preißler. Drumroll, please… It is so gorgeous. It was also a huge challenge. You should’ve seen the brief for this. “Well, they have forcefields coming out of their arms that can be shaped into shields of blades and
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We are not taking a year off
For some bizarre reason, some of you decided that we are taking a year off from writing. Here is a quote from the previous post. For this and other reasons, we are going to take the year off from traditional publishing. When we say “traditional publishing,” we mean that we are not planning signing a
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Bestseller Lists and Blood Heir’s Future
New York Times BLOOD HEIR is #5 on Combined Print and Ebook List. New York Times is a very prestigious list. This isn’t the highest we’ve hit, but it is still very high for a self-published release, because NYT relies heavily on counting the print sales. Our “print” sales are POD, print-on-demand. We don’t have
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