The Release of Heir and the Finding of Percepliquis
When I agreed to the republication of my Riyria series through Orbit, it was to be for a trilogy of books comprised of two novels each. This repacking provided many benefits, most of them to readers, in the form of bookstore availability, but mostly in price as the series costs half of what it would if I were still selling them individually. This I thought was a great deal, but those who had five of the books sitting on their shelves at home wanted that last volume to complete that set. I understood this desire and so too did Orbit who went to the trouble and expense of offering a special edition just for these loyal fans.
I produced and released the print version of Percepliquis and Orbit handled the ebook version.
Percepliquis was released on the 16th of this month in both paper and electronic versions, however some fans were unable to buy it—those fans living overseas.
As it turned out those individuals trying to buy the ebook who were not in the US, or Canada, had their purchases blocked by regional restrictions. This is something I could not see, and it took emails from fans to make me aware of it.
I took the problem up with Orbit and discovered that while Orbit US had agreed to the release of Percepliquis, Orbit UK had not, and Orbit UK handles Europe as well as the UK and Australia. I have word now that Orbit UK will be offering Percepliquis, so those of you wishing to do so, can still order such. At this time I don't have a release date.
While there is no restriction on the paper version, shipping can be prohibitive overseas. I have however discovered that The Book Depository which provides free shipping anywhere in the world, is now carrying Percepliquis and it can be obtained at this link.
For those of you who are not looking to complete your original paper edition of the series, and are unable to obtain Percepliquis in ebook format Heir of Novron, which contains Percepliquis along with the republication of Wintertide, has been released today, and should be available worldwide—at least I have yet to learn of anyone not able to obtain an ebook copy of Theft of Swords or Rise of Empire so I expect the same should hold true for Heir.
Please let me know if that is not the case and thanks for your patience.
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Feb 02, 2012 08:52AM
it magically downloaded to my tablet yesterday. It's next in the queue after I finish "Bitter Seeds." Looking forward to seeing how the series shakes out.
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Thanks for letting me know Ryan. I've heard good thigns about Bitter Seeds so I hope you enjoy both it and Percepliquis.
Hi Michael, I'm living in Australia.I was hoping to be able to purchase from Amazon the ebook version of Percepliquis, but until recently only Heir of Novron was available. As I would prefer not to have to buy book 5 again, and I have a couple of books to read before Percepliquis I had planned on waiting until I was about to read it to buy it, just in the off chance I can buy it by itself.
As it turns out, I can now purchase Percepliquis through Amazon by itself right now. *Currently downloading to my kindle!*
Thanks Michael!
Lynxie...Thanks for that data point...That means that Orbit UK has done their "switch flipping" to enable that - that's good to know. Not sure if that means all the Europe ones will work now or not - but it's good to know for sure it is populating through.Can anyone else report on other markets?
Ritesh - can you purchase both ebooks and paperback from India? Or is it just paperback that you have access to?
You won't be charged....The issue is if you are "on the kindle page" (as opposed to the paperback page) do you have a "buy button"? If so that's all that I need to know - for those that are "country restricted they don't have an ability to buy it.
Interesting.....I would have thought that it wouldn't have been. But good to know.
I'm enjoying the final book and anticipate I will be at a bit of a loss when the last words have been read and the tale draws to a close. Sure there are other books waiting on my "to be read" list but have sincerely enjoyed the unfolding of this tale and getting to know the characters along the way.
Thanks Ed - I hope you would consider cutting/pasting that sentiment into a review here on goodreads (or Amazon) as this type of third-party vaildation will get people "on the fence" to give the series a try. That one little act is the a HUGE help to authors and I'm always grateful to the people who take the time and effort to do so.I'm glad you are enjoying the final book.
More than happy to do so Michael. Truly enjoy your work. Please keep writing :)
Great ! Thanks Ed -- I've got two books finished and am working on a third - so no worries I'll have plenty more books in the near future!
Michael wrote: "Great ! Thanks Ed -- I've got two books finished and am working on a third - so no worries I'll have plenty more books in the near future!"This is good news. I'm going to miss these guys when I'm done with the series.
Hey Sarah....Yeah a lot of people feel that way - most expecially my wife. Are you familiar with my short story "The Viscount and the Witch"? It's a short story of "the early years" you can get it for free from here:http://www.michaelsullivan-author.com...
I'm toying with the idea of doing other 'early years' works either as shorts or...if there is enough interest...full length novels.
Yes, I've read the Viscount and the Witch. It was fun to see how they met up with the Viscount. I'd love to see more stories. I'm sure there are other adventures. But, I will also look forward to what other worlds/stories you write.
Thanks Sarah - I'm sure I'll have some more of these of these in the future.
"I'm toying with the idea of doing other 'early years' works either as shorts or...if there is enough interest...full length novels"THESE are good news!!!
I'm re-reading all the series and deeply enjoying it, again. As soon as I'll finish my second run I promise I'll write my review.
AND, I see that now the Kindle book is available in Italy, too. Thanks for the tip about The Book Depository! I didn't know it.
@Simona - oh a review would be great - I love reading them. I'm sure in the re-read you are seeing all kinds of little clues that at the time meant nothing but with what you know now should be pretty insightful.I'm glad to hear that the book has gone live in Italy - I've ben getting reports from various countries so it looks like Orbit is getting that end of things all worked out.
