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Originally Posted by rhadin
I, too, greatly enjoy Michael J. Sullivan's books. "Age of Death" (Legends of the First Empire #5) (ISBN: 9781944145392) is due February 4, 2020. "Age of Empyre" (Legends of the First Empire #6) (ISBN: 9781944145408) is scheduled for release on May 5, 2020. Both are available for preorder at Amazon.
Apparently Sullivan will be starting a new series beginning in the fall of 2020. Not sure what the series name will be, but the first book is supposedly titled "Arrow of Death" (fall 2020), the second book is "Farilane" (spring 2021), and the third book, as yet untitled, is due in the fall of 2021.
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Yes, I read that at his web site. Apparently the new series will be published by Orbit and he signed a 7 figure contract for them.
If you check out the about page on his web site, there is some pretty interesting info on self publishing. Back in 2010, while he was still self publishing, just before he announced his publishing deal with Orbit to publish his first 6 books (for a 6 figure contract), he saw his sales figures go from around 1000 copies per month to over 2500 copies per month after book #5. Then suddenly, he saw his sales jump to 10,000-12,000 a month, pulling in between $45,000 to $55,000 per month. He doesn't say how much of that was ebook sales and how much was print on demand.
It's well worth reading if you want a peek into the publishing world from the stand point of a successful writer who had gone both self publishing and traditional publishing. He talks about several of the decisions he made and in some cases why.
https://riyria.blogspot.com/p/about.html