Thanks to everyone who helped out by either picking up a copy of Darkness Haunts or spreading the word. I was very pleased with the results. The total copies sold was 46 with the amount earned across retailers/formats $125.74. Most of the sales came from Amazon US and Amazon UK plus a couple from B&N and Kobo. As promised, I kicked in another $50 since earnings went over one hundred. I’m posting the receipt for my donation below:
Some of you have asked about this in the past and now I can give you an answer! Recently, Tantor Media approached me with an offer to buy the English language audio rights to the Sensor Series books (up to Darkness Clashes). As much as I love handling ebooks and paperbacks myself, it was actually a relief to sell the rights for the audio and let professionals take care of it all. I simply don’t have the time or the know-how to do it myself (though I respect the authors who do!). This is a company who has handled many well-known authors so I trust them to do a great job.
The details of the deal included me getting final say on the narrator. Last week they provided several wonderful choices. One stood out in particular as being just the right voice for Melena. I’m happy to say Cris Dukehart will be narrating all the Sensor Series books. She has already started recording.
Update– There is now a sample of Cris reading the beginning of Darkness Haunts on the Tantor site here if you’d like to listen.
I’ve also got the release schedule for all the novels. I’m including that below, along with links where they’re available for pre-order (CD versions only). Once I have links to the digital download versions and any other retailers I’ll add those as well.
Darkness Haunts : 11/25/14 (Tantor/Amazon/B&N)
Darkness Taunts : 12/16/14 (Tantor/Amazon/B&N)
Chained by Darkness : 1/6/15 (Tantor/Amazon/B&N)
Darkness Divides : 1/27/15 (Tantor/Amazon/B&N)
Darkness Clashes : 2/17/15 (Tantor/Amazon/B&N)
For Playing with Darkness, it will be included at the end of Darkness Divides since its too short to stand on its own. I’m glad Tantor recognized its significance to the series and offered to include it without me having to ask. Plus it’s a bonus to readers so you won’t have to buy it separately. They’ve also been great at working fast to get the books out and I hope those of you who enjoy the audio formats will be happy with the quality of their work!
For those of you who are interested in watching the video with me answering fan questions about the Sensor Series (there are spoilers if you haven’t read Darkness Clashes yet), I’m posting the link below where you can watch it. Tomorrow I’ll contact winners from among those who participated in the original Q&A post so I can work out getting their prizes to them. If you enjoy the video style Q&A please let me know in the comments section and I’ll consider doing more of them in the future!
http://sheerak.wordpress.com/2014/10/06/susan-illene-video-blog-for-the-sensor-series/
For those of you who’d like to ask questions about the Sensor Series, this is your chance. I’m over at Ch’kara SilverWolf’s blog today where you can leave questions in the comments section that I will answer via video blog next Sunday. You have until Thursday night to get them in before the post is closed. I’ll put up another link here when we post the video. Commenters will also be entered into a giveaway to win a free signed paperback for one of the Sensor Series books and a tote bag. Be sure to stop by!
http://sheerak.wordpress.com/2014/09/29/sensor-series-by-susan-illene/
Thanks to everyone for their patience. I’m happy to let you all know Darkness Clashes is now available on all retailer sites (Amazon/B&N/iTunes/Kobo). You can find links to them at the bottom of this post. My apologies to everyone who has been waiting and thanks for all the lovely emails. I’ll be responding to them today.
I’ve also chosen four random winners from those who participated in the giveaway (see this post). They can expect an email from me letting them know they’ve won. Everyone else who participated will be receiving bookmarks soon if they’ve provided me with a mailing address.
What to expect:
Though this isn’t my longest book, it does have some complicated plot threads that required a greater balancing act than previous novels to make them as seamless as possible. Character motivations are much more murky with no easy sides to take. Melena will have a lot of tough choices. It is also set at a faster pace and over a shorter period than what I usually do for my books. I hope you enjoy the ride!
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