The sales are certainly coming thick and fast this month. The UK Kindle edition of The Waking Fire – Book One of the Draconis Memoria – is currently on sale at £0.99 as part of the Cyber Monday promotion. This price will only last until December 2nd so now’s the time if you’ve been thinking about giving this series a try.
Buy here: Amazon.co.uk
Buy links for other editions and territories are on The Waking Fire book page.
The Empire of Ashes – the third and final volume in the Draconis Memoria trilogy – is released today in the USA and Canada. Reviews and a sample chapter are on the book page.
Buy The Empire of Ashes US paperback here: Amazon.com – Barnes & Noble
Other editions –
Ebook: Amazon.com – Amazon.co.uk – Nook – iBooks – Kobo – Google Play
US hardcover: Amazon.com – Barnes & Noble – Indiebound
UK hardcover: Amazon.co.uk – Waterstones – Wordery – Hive.co.uk
Audiobook: Audible.com – Audible.co.uk – iTunes – Kobo
Buy the UK paperback: Amazon.co.uk – Waterstones – Wordery – Hive.co.uk
Reminder – if you like to read to a musical accompaniment don’t forget the Draconis Symphonia composed by the terribly talented Will Musser. Will has also composed some music for The Wolf’s Call, so watch out for that closer to the release date.
The Empire of Ashes (Book 3 of The Draconis Memoria) is released in paperback in the US and Canada tomorrow. To celebrate I’m giving away a signed, hand-drawn map of Arradsia to mailing list subscribers. Go here to sign up before 1 PM GMT tomorrow for a chance to win. I’ll also be giving away five signed, lined and dated paperbacks. The giveaway will be open to all mailing members worldwide. Winners will be chosen and notified on 22nd May.
Buy the US paper back here: Amazon.com – Barnes & Noble
The UK paperback edition of The Empire of Ashes (Book 3 of The Draconis Memoria) is released today. Thanks to everyone at Orbit UK for their efforts in making this happen and the support for this series over the past three years.
Buy the UK paperback here: Amazon.co.uk – Waterstones – Wordery – Hive.co.uk
Also available in ebook: Amazon.com – Amazon.co.uk – Nook – iBooks – Kobo – Google Play
US hardcover: Amazon.com – Barnes & Noble – Indiebound
UK hardcover: Amazon.co.uk – Waterstones – Wordery – Hive.co.uk
Audiobook: Audible.com – Audible.co.uk – iTunes – Kobo
Check out my latest podcast interview with Gabrielle Matthieu of the New Books Network in which we talk all things Draconis Memoria along with a few clues as to what’s coming next: https://newbooksnetwork.com/anthony-ryan-the-empire-of-ashes-ace-2018/
…not the title they went with. ‘Das Heer des Weißen Drachen’ (The Army of the White Dragon), Draconis Memoria Buch 2 is released today by Hobbit Presse Klett-Cotta. Many thanks to my German translators Sara Riffel and Maria Pfaffinger for all their hard work on yet another lengthy book from me.
Available from Amazon.de and all good bookshops.
This week I carried out a long overdue review of my sales figures and it turns out that, thanks to The Empire of Ashes, I’ve now sold over one million books in English worldwide. It all feels a bit surreal given that it doesn’t seem that long ago when I wrote this post about reaching the what I once thought to be the impossibly out of reach goal of surpassing ten thousand sales, but I guess six years is a long time in publishing.
As a thank you to all my readers for making this happen I’m running a mailing list giveaway for a rare signed US first edition hardcover of the book that started it all – Blood Song. The giveaway is open to all existing mailing list subscribers and anyone who joins the list before midnight GMT on July 31st. The winner will be chosen at random and notified on August 1st.
Click here to join the mailing list.
For all the data freaks out there, here’s a percentage breakdown of those sales by format:
Ebook – 51%
Audiobook – 21%
Mass Market Paperback – 16%
Trade Paperback – 7%
Hardcover – 5%
The Empire of Ashes – Book Three of The Draconis Memoria – is released today in the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.
Buy here:
Ebook: Amazon.co.uk – iBooks – Kobo
Hardcover: Amazon.co.uk – Waterstones – Wordery – Hive.co.uk
Audiobook: Audible.co.uk
Huge thanks to everyone at my publisher Orbit UK for their hard work on this release, especially my editor James Long.
The Empire of Ashes – Book Three of The Draconis Memoria – is released today in the US and Canada.
Buy here:
Ebook: Amazon.com – Amazon.co.uk – Nook – iBooks – Kobo
Hardcover: Amazon.com – Barnes & Noble – Indiebound
Audiobook: Audible.com
Links to reviews are on the book page. You can also read a sample chapter here. New maps have also been added to the Map Room for the benefit of e-book owners.
Huge thanks to my agent Paul Lucas and everyone at my publisher Ace/Roc for their hard work in publishing the third and final volume of The Draconis Memoria, most especially my editor Jessica Wade.
To celebrate the imminent release of The Empire of Ashes I’m holding a mailing list signed books giveaway. Existing subscribers to my mailing list and anyone who subscribes between now and midnight GMT July 1st are automatically entered.
One first place winner will receive a UK hardcover.
Two second place winners will receive a US hardcover.
Three third place winners will receive UK trade paperbacks.
All books will be signed, lined and dated (with a personalised dedication if requested). The winners will be chosen and notified on July 2nd.
The Empire of Ashes is released in ebook, audio, and hardcover in the US on July 3rd and in the UK on July 5th. Pre-order links are on the book page.
In other news, in addition to the free short stories, anyone who subscribes to my mailing list will now receive a free download ebook compilation of all my non-fiction as a thank you for signing up. Contents:
1. ‘The Neophyte’s Guide to World-building’ or ‘How I Wrote Blood Song’
2. ‘Kicking over the Sandbox’, or ‘How I Wrote Tower Lord’
3. ‘We Will Make an Ending’ or ‘How I Wrote Queen of Fire’
4. Inspiration for Fantasy Authors
5. David Gemmell and the Depiction of the Hero
6. How to Write an Effective Battle Scene
7. How I Edit a Novel
8. The Influence of History on Epic Fantasy
9. Writing and Naming Fantasy Characters
10. Tips on Writing Dialogue
11. Happy Being Sad – Four Great Books with Unhappy Endings
12. ‘The Long Overnight’ or ‘How I Became a Published Author’
13. My Top Ten Movie Battle Scenes
14. My Top 10 Movie Shoot-Outs
15. The Works of David Gemmell – An Appreciation
16. A History of Television Space Opera
