updates
Here you can find updates about upcoming boxes.
Shipping dates and time frames are listed on each individual listing in bold.
Please refer back to listing for more shipping information. All updates below will always be sent via email to buyers who have made purchases pertaining to said box and items.
The dates below are estimated timelines. If we expect a delay we will notify you via email and update the page again here.
June 8th: Your Love, Theoretically boxes are shipping soon!
These will ship between June 13th through 18th
If you have since moved, please update your shipping address by June 11th. We have updated our website coding so that you can now easily update addresses yourself. Please follow the instructions below for a step by step guide to ensure your order as well as all future orders go to the correct address.
May 18th: Your May boxes are shipping soon!
These will ship between May 22-27th
If you have since moved, please update your shipping address by May 19th We have updated our website coding so that you can now easily update addresses yourself. Please follow the instructions below for a step by step guide to ensure your order as well as all future orders go to the correct address.
May 4th: Your boxes The House Witch are shipping soon!
These will ship between May 10th-14th
If you have since moved, please update your shipping address by May 7th We have updated our website coding so that you can now easily update addresses yourself. Please follow the instructions below for a step by step guide to ensure your order as well as all future orders go to the correct address.
May 4th: Issues with your April YA dust jackets!
We're so incredibly excited that you have started to receive your YA boxes from us! The artist did a beautiful job with the artwork but alas, we've been notified that there is an outline of our logo across the dust jacket.
Our printers did not inform us of this and our packing team did not notice the very faint outline with the warehouse lighting.
Worry not! We've already got an order for reprints. These will be replaced at no cost to you. Depending on when they are completed, they will go in your next box either May, June or another box you may have going out with us. If you have no further orders going out with us no worries. We'll make sure you'll get your replacement.
Our team will sort the replacements according.
Our personal suggestion for the old dust jacket: trim it down and now you've got yourself some cool matching bookmarks!
thanks ever much for trusting us to sort out mishaps.
-The Fox & Wit team
April 14th: Your March boxes are shipping soon!
If you ordered an adult box it will ship: April 17th through 26th and the YA: April 24th through May 5th
If you have since moved, please update your shipping address by April 16th We have updated our website coding so that you can now easily update addresses yourself. Please follow the instructions below for a step by step guide to ensure your order as well as all future orders go to the correct address.
NOTE REGARDING USPS DELAYS: We have spent hours on the phone with USPS as well contacted our local post office who picks up our packages, and all the USPS customer service reps have said the same thing:
Multiple things are happening:
1) Packages aren't getting scanned at pick up and very often do not get scanned until day of delivery. What does this mean? You will occasionally see tracking with no updates and all of a sudden it'll show out of delivery. This is a common practice by USPS.
2) Packages are arriving anywhere between 3 days up to 3 weeks. There is no rhyme or reason for this other what packing facility your packages have to travel through. Some are more efficient than others.
3) Packages are marked as delivered before they are actually delivered. We have had several dozen buyers (including our own personal packages) that are marked "delivered" only to actually be delivered 1-3 days after. This is a way for USPS to skirt responsibility on being delayed.
We are more than happy to assist you with your shipping concerns but please do not be alarmed if you see tracking that sits there with no updates. Additionally, if you have a package that's delivered but you indeed do not have it, please give it a few days to see if it shows up. If after 3 days it's not arrived, you can file a claim with your local postal office to locate your package. If your claims come back without being able to locate your packages, then please contact us and we'll happily assist in shipping a new package.
March 24th: Your March boxes are shipping soon!
If you ordered a YA box it will ship between March 28th through April 10th.
Adult boxes will also ship between March 28th and April 10th with a very important notice below.
If you have since moved, please update your shipping address by March 27th We have updated our website coding so that you can now easily update addresses yourself. Please follow the instructions below for a step by step guide to ensure your order as well as all future orders go to the correct address.
NOTE REGARDING USPS DELAYS: We have spent hours on the phone with USPS as well contacted our local post office who picks up our packages, and all the USPS customer service reps have said the same thing:
Multiple things are happening:
1) Packages aren't getting scanned at pick up and very often do not get scanned until day of delivery. What does this mean? You will occasionally see tracking with no updates and all of a sudden it'll show out of delivery. This is a common practice by USPS.
2) Packages are arriving anywhere between 3 days up to 3 weeks. There is no rhyme or reason for this other what packing facility your packages have to travel through. Some are more efficient than others.
3) Packages are marked as delivered before they are actually delivered. We have had several dozen buyers (including our own personal packages) that are marked "delivered" only to actually be delivered 1-3 days after. This is a way for USPS to skirt responsibility on being delayed.
We are more than happy to assist you with your shipping concerns but please do not be alarmed if you see tracking that sits there with no updates. Additionally, if you have a package that's delivered but you indeed do not have it, please give it a few days to see if it shows up. If after 3 days it's not arrived, you can file a claim with your local postal office to locate your package. If your claims come back without being able to locate your packages, then please contact us and we'll happily assist in shipping a new package.
March 23: Update about your subscriptions
Our aim with fox & wit subscriptions is to keep our monthly boxes affordable while also making sure we are sustainable as a business.
As publishers have continued to increase the prices of their YA books—many of which we have featured have retailed for as much as $20.99— we too have to adjust our prices as publishers apply those additional costs to us booksellers.
We have tried to absorb these costs for as long as we were able but alas, as a small business with such tight profit margins, we can no longer absorb this loss out of pocket. As such moving forward you will notice a small update to our YA box prices. The boxes will change from $18.99 to $20.99 plus shipping.
Additionally, publishers have started charging more for adult books. Some books we have featured have retailed for as much as $32.99.
Our adult boxes will also see a small change of $1 to $28.99. You will still be getting a fantastic value on both boxes since you are paying the retail value—in some cases below retail value—and are receiving an exclusive edition plus a monthly collectable.
Single purchases for YA will be $21.99 and adult will be $29.99.
3 month subs will have a small discount applied. YA will be $59.97 and adult will be $83.97
These small adjustments not only allow us to fairly pay members of our team but also help sustain the larger community that we support over the years.
Not only we are we seeing these prices rise by the publishing houses but also with our artist and our monthly merch vendors. After all, a small business is all about community and we want to make sure that we ethically and respectfully compensate these artists and other small businesses with whom we work.
And lastly, you may notice that we are growing the number of indie authors we curate for our monthly boxes. These price changes also ensures that indie authors are fairly compensated. Many authors have declined to work with us because our budgets are simply far too tight to offer them a fair compensation and we would never ask anyone—authors, artists, another small business— to lower what they believe their talent and time are worth.
In essence, running a small business like ours is about a delicate balance of ensuring that products are fairly priced, that we are able to thrive in the long run, and that we are building fair and ethical relationships with artists, authors, and other small businesses.
We thank you so very much for your continued support.
March 9th: The Foxglove King shipping updates
Your boxes will begin shipping from March 13th through March 24th
If you have since moved, please update your shipping address by March 12th. We have updated our website coding so that you can now easily update addresses yourself. Please follow the instructions below for a step by step guide to ensure your order as well as all future orders go to the correct address.
NOTE REGARDING USPS DELAYS: We have spent hours on the phone with USPS as well contacted our local post office who picks up our packages, and all the USPS customer service reps.
Multiple things are happening:
1) Packages aren't getting scanned at pick up and very often do not get scanned until day of delivery. What does this mean? You will occasionally see tracking with no updates and all of a sudden it'll show out of delivery. This is a common practice by USPS. They legally are not required to scan packages on route until day of delivery even if we pay for tracking.
2) Because of how backed up they are packages are arriving anywhere between 3 days up to 3 weeks. There is no rhyme or reason for this other what packing facility your packages have to travel through. Some are more efficient than others.
3) Packages are marked as delivered before they are actually delivered. Yes, we have had several dozen buyers (including our own personal packages) that are marked "delivered" only to actually be delivered 1-3 days after.
We are more than happy to assist you with your shipping concerns but please do not be alarmed if you see tracking that sits there with no updates. Additionally, if you have a package that's delivered but you indeed do not have it, please give it a few days to see if it shows up. If after 3 days it's not arrived, you can file a claim with USPS to locate your lost package with your local postal office. If your claims come back without being able to locate your packages, then please contact us and we'll happily assist in shipping a new package.
February 28th: Things We Never Got Over Update
An update on TWNGO over shipping!
If you have already received your tracking, please disregard this email.
We are letting you know that we got partway through shipping Things We Never Got Over and our packing team notified us yesterday that there was an issue with the rest of the dust jackets. In essence, the score line was misaligned and as such, the book covers curl under (see below).
What this means is if you have not yet received your tracking your order will be delayed. We were estimated to finish shipping by March 3rd but this will need to be pushed back by a few days. We don't have an estimated timeline until the printers can complete the reprint.
We apologize for this inconvenience as there was no reason for us to believe there was an issue with dust jackets as the first few batches that went out were perfectly fine. The last few batches of the jackets simply will not fit and we could not send out a poor quality product if we notice it.
Thanks so much for your patience! As soon as we have these reprinted and in hand you will receive your tracking email once your boxes are ready for pick up.
We're very excited for you all to start receiving these shortly.
-the fox & wit team
February 22nd: February box update
Your boxes will begin shipping from 28th February through 10th March. Please note the book is a late release with an official release date of 28th February.
If you have since moved, please update your shipping address by February 26thth. We have updated our website coding so that you can now easily update addresses yourself. Please follow the instructions below for a step by step guide to ensure your order as well as all future orders go to the correct address.
NOTE REGARDING USPS DELAYS: We have spent hours on the phone with USPS as well contacted our local post office who picks up our packages, and all the USPS customer service reps.
Multiple things are happening:
1) Packages aren't getting scanned at pick up and very often do not get scanned until day of delivery. What does this mean? You will occasionally see tracking with no updates and all of a sudden it'll show out of delivery. This is a common practice by USPS. They legally are not required to scan packages on route until day of delivery even if we pay for tracking.
2) Because of how backed up they are packages are arriving anywhere between 3 days up to 3 weeks. There is no rhyme or reason for this other what packing facility your packages have to travel through. Some are more efficient than others.
3) Packages are marked as delivered before they are actually delivered. Yes, we have had several dozen buyers (including our own personal packages) that are marked "delivered" only to actually be delivered 1-3 days after.
We are more than happy to assist you with your shipping concerns but please do not be alarmed if you see tracking that sits there with no updates. Additionally, if you have a package that's delivered but you indeed do not have it, please give it a few days to see if it shows up. If after 3 days it's not arrived, you can file a claim with USPS to locate your lost package with your local postal office. If your claims come back without being able to locate your packages, then please contact us and we'll happily assist in shipping a new package.
February 16th: Things We Never Got Over updates
Your boxes will begin shipping from February 20th through March 3rd
If you have since moved, please update your shipping address by February 19th. We have updated our website coding so that you can now easily update addresses yourself. Please follow the instructions below for a step by step guide to ensure your order as well as all future orders go to the correct address.
NOTE REGARDING USPS DELAYS: We have spent hours on the phone with USPS as well contacted our local post office who picks up our packages, and all the USPS customer service reps to tell us the same thing: they are significantly backed up.
Multiple things are happening:
1) Packages aren't getting scanned at pick up and very often do not get scanned until day of delivery. What does this mean? You will occasionally see tracking with no updates and all of a sudden it'll show out of delivery. This is a common practice by USPS. They legally are not required to scan packages on route until day of delivery even if we pay for tracking.
2) Because of how backed up they are packages are arriving anywhere between 3 days up to 3 weeks. There is no rhyme or reason for this other what packing facility your packages have to travel through. Some are more efficient than others.
3) Packages are marked as delivered before they are actually delivered. Yes, we have had several dozen buyers (including our own personal packages) that are marked "delivered" only to actually be delivered 1-3 days after. This is a way for USPS to skirt responsibility on being delayed.
We are more than happy to assist you with your shipping concerns but please do not be alarmed if you see tracking that sits there with no updates. Additionally, if you have a package that's delivered but you indeed do not have it, please give it a few days to see if it shows up. If after 3 days it's not arrived, you can file a claim with USPS to locate your lost package with your local postal office. If your claims come back without being able to locate your packages, then please contact us and we'll happily assist in shipping a new package.
February 13th: Before I Let Go reorder updates
Your boxes will begin shipping from February 18-19th
If you have since moved, please update your shipping address by February 17th. We have updated our website coding so that you can now easily update addresses yourself. Please follow the instructions below for a step by step guide to ensure your order as well as all future orders go to the correct address.
NOTE REGARDING USPS DELAYS: We have spent hours on the phone with USPS as well contacted our local post office who picks up our packages, and all the USPS customer service reps to tell us the same thing: they are significantly backed up.
Multiple things are happening:
1) Packages aren't getting scanned at pick up and very often do not get scanned until day of delivery. What does this mean? You will occasionally see tracking with no updates and all of a sudden it'll show out of delivery. This is a common practice by USPS. They legally are not required to scan packages on route until day of delivery even if we pay for tracking.
2) Because of how backed up they are packages are arriving anywhere between 3 days up to 3 weeks. There is no rhyme or reason for this other what packing facility your packages have to travel through. Some are more efficient than others.
3) Packages are marked as delivered before they are actually delivered. Yes, we have had several dozen buyers (including our own personal packages) that are marked "delivered" only to actually be delivered 1-3 days after. This is a way for USPS to skirt responsibility on being delayed.
We are more than happy to assist you with your shipping concerns but please do not be alarmed if you see tracking that sits there with no updates. Additionally, if you have a package that's delivered but you indeed do not have it, please give it a few days to see if it shows up. If after 3 days it's not arrived, you can file a claim with USPS to locate your lost package with your local postal office. If your claims come back without being able to locate your packages, then please contact us and we'll happily assist in shipping a new package.
Jan 31st: Daughter of the Moon Goddess dust jacket replacements!
As promised, we are replacing all DOTMG dust jackets. This will be done in two different ways.
If you ordered a January box with us your replacements will be included inside of your box to reduce the number of packages going out.
If you do not have a January order, we will be sending a separate email in a few days. This email will contain a replacement listing. We'll include instructions on how to check out (don't worry it'll be completely free!) so that we can assure we have your most up to date address but also have an actual listing within our system so our packing team can process your shipping label.
Once your replacement ships you'll receive tracking!
Thanks so much for your patience. As always if you have any questions or concerns please feel free to email us at hello[at]foxandwit[dot]com and our customer team will be happy to assist you.
January 30th: Lore & Lust box updates
Your boxes will begin shipping from February 10-17th
If the address above is incorrect or if you have since moved, please update your shipping address by February 9th. We have updated our website coding so that you can now easily update addresses yourself. Please follow the instructions below for a step by step guide to ensure your order as well as all future orders go to the correct address.
NOTE REGARDING USPS DELAYS: We have spent hours on the phone with USPS as well contacted our local post office who picks up our packages, and all the USPS customer service reps to tell us the same thing: they are significantly backed up.
Multiple things are happening:
1) Packages aren't getting scanned at pick up and very often do not get scanned until day of delivery. What does this mean? You will occasionally see tracking with no updates and all of a sudden it'll show out of delivery. This is a common practice by USPS. They legally are not required to scan packages on route until day of delivery even if we pay for tracking.
2) Because of how backed up they are packages are arriving anywhere between 3 days up to 3 weeks. There is no rhyme or reason for this other what packing facility your packages have to travel through. Some are more efficient than others.
3) Packages are marked as delivered before they are actually delivered. Yes, we have had several dozen buyers (including our own personal packages) that are marked "delivered" only to actually be delivered 1-3 days after. This is a way for USPS to skirt responsibility on being delayed.
We are more than happy to assist you with your shipping concerns but please do not be alarmed if you see tracking that sits there with no updates. Additionally, if you have a package that's delivered but you indeed do not have it, please give it a few days to see if it shows up. If after 3 days it's not arrived, you can file a claim with USPS to locate your lost package with your local postal office. If your claims come back without being able to locate your packages, then please contact us and we'll happily assist in shipping a new package.
January 27th: Greywaren box updates
Your boxes will begin shipping from February 6th-9th
If this has shown up multiple times as incorrect despite updating, please email our team and we will trouble shoot on your behalf.
If the address above is incorrect or if you have since moved, please update your shipping address by February 6th. We have updated our website coding so that you can now easily update addresses yourself. Please follow the instructions below for a step by step guide to ensure your order as well as all future orders go to the correct address.
NOTE REGARDING USPS DELAYS: We have spent hours on the phone with USPS as well contacted our local post office who picks up our packages, and all the USPS customer service reps to tell us the same thing: they are significantly backed up.
Multiple things are happening:
1) Packages aren't getting scanned at pick up and very often do not get scanned until day of delivery. What does this mean? You will occasionally see tracking with no updates and all of a sudden it'll show out of delivery. This is a common practice by USPS. They legally are not required to scan packages on route until day of delivery even if we pay for tracking.
2) Because of how backed up they are packages are arriving anywhere between 3 days up to 3 weeks. There is no rhyme or reason for this other what packing facility your packages have to travel through. Some are more efficient than others.
3) Packages are marked as delivered before they are actually delivered. Yes, we have had several dozen buyers (including our own personal packages) that are marked "delivered" only to actually be delivered 1-3 days after. This is a way for USPS to skirt responsibility on being delayed.
We are more than happy to assist you with your shipping concerns but please do not be alarmed if you see tracking that sits there with no updates. Additionally, if you have a package that's delivered but you indeed do not have it, please give it a few days to see if it shows up. If after 3 days it's not arrived, you can file a claim with USPS to locate your lost package with your local postal office. If your claims come back without being able to locate your packages, then please contact us and we'll happily assist in shipping a new package.
January 26th: January box updates
Your boxes will begin shipping from January 30th through February 5th.
If this has shown up multiple times as incorrect despite updating, please email our team and we will trouble shoot on your behalf.
If the address above is incorrect or if you have since moved, please update your shipping address by January 29th. We have updated our website coding so that you can now easily update addresses yourself. Please follow the instructions below for a step by step guide to ensure your order as well as all future orders go to the correct address.
NOTE REGARDING USPS DELAYS: We have spent hours on the phone with USPS as well contacted our local post office who picks up our packages, and all the USPS customer service reps to tell us the same thing: they are significantly backed up.
Multiple things are happening:
1) Packages aren't getting scanned at pick up and very often do not get scanned until day of delivery. What does this mean? You will occasionally see tracking with no updates and all of a sudden it'll show out of delivery. This is a common practice by USPS. They legally are not required to scan packages on route until day of delivery even if we pay for tracking.
2) Because of how backed up they are packages are arriving anywhere between 3 days up to 3 weeks. There is no rhyme or reason for this other what packing facility your packages have to travel through. Some are more efficient than others.
3) Packages are marked as delivered before they are actually delivered. Yes, we have had several dozen buyers (including our own personal packages) that are marked "delivered" only to actually be delivered 1-3 days after. This is a way for USPS to skirt responsibility on being delayed.
We are more than happy to assist you with your shipping concerns but please do not be alarmed if you see tracking that sits there with no updates. Additionally, if you have a package that's delivered but you indeed do not have it, please give it a few days to see if it shows up. If after 3 days it's not arrived, you can file a claim with USPS to locate your lost package with your local postal office. If your claims come back without being able to locate your packages, then please contact us and we'll happily assist in shipping a new package.
Jan 13th: Alone w/ You in the Ether shipping soon!
Your boxes will start shipping between January 17th-21
Thank you for your patience.
If the address above is incorrect or if you have since moved, please update your shipping address by January 16th. We have updated our website coding so that you can now easily update addresses yourself. Please follow the instructions below for a step by step guide to ensure your order as well as all future orders go to the correct address.
Jan 12th: Resumed shipments on December boxes!
As promised, we are updating you on the resumed shipment of December boxes. Shopify has estimated that by Friday the shop's website issue will be resolved. As such, you will begin seeing tracking beginning on 13th January through 17th of January.
Thank you so much for your patience while we worked to resolve Shopify's issues with our shop.
As always, please don't hesitate to contact our support team at hello@foxandwit.com should you have any questions or concerns. We are always happy to hear from you.
thanks ever much,
the fox & wit team
January 11th: Update on resumed shipment for Loom
As promised, we are sending an update regarding our last email about paused shipment due to a Shopify (our website host) internal issue.
Shopify has notified us the issue on our website should be resolved by Friday 13th January. If you have not already received your tracking and packages, you should start to see email tracking resume to go out on Friday 13th of January through the weekend. Our team will work overtime over the weekend to catch up on your orders.
If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to email us at hello@foxandwit.com and our customer service team will be happy to assist you as best as we can.
Thank you for your patience
The Fox & Wit team
Jan 9th: pause on shipments
While in the middle of fulfilling orders, we encountered some issues with our Shopify store which we are working with Shopify to resolve. They have not provided us with a time frame. Until this is resolved we are forced to pause order fulfillment. We're really sorry for this delay that is out of our control but are doing our utmost to get this issue sorted as quickly as possible, we appreciate your understanding.
Note: if you have already received your tracking please disregard this email. If you’ve received tracking USPS has your order and should arrive shortly.
Currently the order of boxes in the queue impacted:
The final batch of Loom
December Boxes
Alone With You in the Ether
Our team is currently packing all boxes so once Shopify resolves its issue with our account, we can do one massive batch of labels and ship everything out immediately.
We will send another update as soon as we are able to commence fulfillments again.
Jan 2nd: Your December boxes are shipping soon!
Your boxes will start shipping between January 6th through January 13th
Thank you for your patience.
If the address above is incorrect or if you have since moved, please update your shipping address by January 4th. We have updated our website coding so that you can now easily update addresses yourself. Please follow the instructions below for a step by step guide to ensure your order as well as all future orders go to the correct address.
December 22: Update # 2 on Loom shipping
Our team will only be able to ship roughly 50% of the Loom orders by the 26th as our team needs to take time off for Christmas to spend with their families.
If you don't receive a tracking email by the 26th our new updated shipping for the last batch will go out by January 9th. We are shipping as quickly as we are able but between our entire team coming down with the flu or COVID and the cluster of holidays we are bit delayed.
We thank you for your patience and wish you a festive holiday season.
December 15th: Delays in December
We are officially all delayed and backed up in December with shipping.
Our whole packing team is still recovering from a terrible flu strain (one just made her 2nd trip to the ER due to severe symptoms). It’s just one packing manager working on thousands of packages while dealing with 2 sick children with COVID and the flu instead of a full team.
If you don’t see an update on a package you are expecting this is because there isn’t one. We are only updating via email and website one item at a time aka once each set of boxes are packed and shipped we’ll know when we can plan the next set. We can’t predict outside of a single batch and we won’t give you a false timeline.
Thanks so much!
December 13th: Your Loom Trilogy books are shipping soon!
At the moment, books 2 and 3 have arrived and tracking estimate books 1 to arrive by Tuesday at the latest. The dust jackets are shipping separately and we expect those to be ready by end of this week.
We estimate to start packing and shipping orders in batches from December 17th through 26th.
If you have since moved, please update your shipping address by December 15th. We have updated our website coding so that you can now easily update addresses yourself. Please follow the instructions below for a step by step guide to ensure your order as well as all future orders go to the correct address.
Nov 30: Your copies of Heart of the Sun Warrior shipping soon!
Originally Heart of the Sun Warrior was supposed to begin shipping December 5th. However, the publishers delayed shipping our books and did not notify us. As of right now, we still do not have the books in hand. After talking to our publishing rep, we were told the books are set arrive on Monday. Because we need time to pack and prep, the new ship dates are estimated to be December 9th through the 15th.
Thank you for your patience.
If the address above is incorrect or if you have since moved, please update your shipping address by December 6th. We have updated our website coding so that you can now easily update addresses yourself. Please follow the instructions below for a step by step guide to ensure your order as well as all future orders go to the correct address.
Nov 28th: Your November boxes are shipping soon!
Your boxes will begin shipping from November 30th through December 7th.
If the address above is incorrect or if you have since moved, please update your shipping address by November 29th. We have updated our website coding so that you can now easily update addresses yourself. Please follow the instructions below for a step by step guide to ensure your order as well as all future orders go to the correct address.
November 17th: Your order of Before I let Go is shipping soon!
Your boxes will begin shipping from November 21st through November 27th.
Please update your shipping address by November 19th. We have updated our website coding so that you can now easily update addresses yourself. Please follow the instructions below for a step by step guide to ensure your order as well as all future orders go to the correct address.
November 7th: Your copies of Atlas Paradox are shipping soon!
Your boxes will begin shipping from November 14-18th
If the address above is incorrect or if you have since moved, please update your shipping address by November 11th. We have updated our website coding so that you can now easily update addresses yourself. Please follow the instructions below for a step by step guide to ensure your order as well as all future orders go to the correct address.
October 11: Update on your Oct box shipments.
This is a two part update. Originally all october boxes were scheduled to ship oct 18th through 28th.
The October adult boxes will be shipped ✨earlier ✨ than planned. They will now ship Oct 13th through the 19th.
October YA will be delayed and will ship Nov 8th through 14th.
If you ordered the adult box together with the YA both these will ship together in November.
The reason for this is because our packaging manager’s family member unexpectedly passed away from cancer. As a result, she needs to take time off to visit her family for the funeral service out of state as well as time to mourn. The funeral service takes place during the original shipping frame and she is unable to fulfill all the orders before flying to her family.
We appreciate your understanding.
Sept 23rd: Update on your Sept box shipments.
Your boxes will begin shipping from September 27th through October 9th.
Please review your shipping address
If the address above is incorrect or if you have since moved, please update your shipping address by September 26th. We have updated our website coding so that you can now easily update addresses yourself. Please follow the instructions below for a step by step guide to ensure your order as well as all future orders go to the correct address.
September 6th: Update on your August box shipments
Your August boxes are shipping soon!
Thank you so much for your patience. The August books have just arrived at the publishing warehouses. They will then pack and ship the books to our offices. We'll need a bit of time to prep and begin shipment once your book arrives. Your boxes will start shipping September 16th through the 25th.
Please update your shipping address if you have since moved. We have updated our website coding so that you can now easily update addresses yourself. Please follow the instructions below for a step by step guide to ensure your order as well as all future orders go to the correct address. Please update your address by Sept 14th at the latest.
August 23rd: Update on your August boxes
In case you missed it, on 12th of July we sent out an email to notify all August adult box subscribers that the publishers pushed the publication date of the title to September 6th. This means that the August adult boxes are estimated to ship on September 6th- 16th. (we say estimate because we want to ensure we have the books in our hands first)
Additionally, our publishing rep notified us several weeks ago that they do not have our August YA titles in their warehouses. We've been following up diligently but all they can tell us "we'll let you know when we know more." As such, we only know what they are able to tell us. At the moment, we can only wait for them to provide with an update as to when they expect our books to arrive at their warehouses.
We will send another email reminder when the August adult boxes will begin shipment and we will of course, notify YA buyers of when we can begin shipping your boxes.
If you ever miss an update, you can find them on our website via the link below.
As always, thank you for your patience.
-the fox & wit team
August 19th: Babel headed your way!
We are so excited for you to receive your copies of Babel. I, Mary, absolutely loved this book and hope you do all too. How much do I love this book you ask? I booked a 2 week trip to Oxford after finishing the book. Though, to be fair, I'm taking a trip down there to do some PhD work in the Bodleian Library so it's all strictly academic. *sort of*. Totally not living out my dark academia Babel dreams with this upcoming trip.
I digress! You wanna know when the heck your books are gonna ship.
But first! Kuang was very kind enough to sign a massive additional stack of bookplates for us. We didn't count them all because 1) math is hard, we're readers okay? 2) the numbers are huge. But we're fairly certain (e.i. this isn't a guarantee) all the books will come with a signed plate. So happy surprise if you ordered a non-signed late edition!
Our team is hard at work wrapping and packing all your orders and we'll get labels on these and out the door between August 23rd through September 12th.
I know, this is a really large shipping window but we increased our original order size 5x to make sure people could get a copy. So if you ordered early, you'll be in the front of the queue.
Please update your shipping address if you have since moved. We have updated our website coding so that you can now easily update addresses yourself. Please follow the instructions below for a step by step guide to ensure your order as well as all future orders go to the correct address.
If you ordered on Etsy please email us! We have to make manual notes for your address updates.
cheers and happy reading!
July 27th: changes to your YA book boxes!
Beginning for September themed boxes we are shifting away from merch boxes. As much as we loved doing our mini boxes, we have decided to put our focus on books over items. What brings us joy is reading and nerding out in the community.
Our adult box will continue to come with 1 collectable item but all our YA mini parcels will now be downgraded to book only plus 1 collectable item starting with the September box. This means all boxes that are renewed/purchased for August themes will be our last full mini box. For September’s box everyone with a mini box will be downgraded to book and 1 collectable item priced at $18.99 for subscriptions.
Everyone currently on our YA book only plan will now receive an
✨additional collectable item✨ with their book only boxes beginning for the September themed box.
This allows us to spend our time working with more artists to curate exclusive edition books throughout the year. Nothing else will change. You’ll still discover under the radar reads or acquire your most anticipated books with our exclusive covers each month.
No changes need to be made on your end! We’ve taken care of everyone’s account for you! So all you have to do is amp up your excitement for the fabulous titles we’ve got planned for you!
NOTE: if you are on our a 3 month plan we will refund the difference for your boxes! We’ve make sure you’re taken care of. You will have received a separate email from us confirming these changes to your account.
July 26th: Your July boxes are shipping soon!
Your boxes will begin shipping from July 29th through August 12th.
Please update your shipping address if you have since moved. We have updated our website coding so that you can now easily update addresses yourself. Please follow the instructions below for a step by step guide to ensure your order as well as all future orders go to the correct address.
July 12th: Early update on August adult boxes!
The publication date for the August adult books have been pushed back by the publishers until September 6th. The new ship dates for that adult boxes are September 6th through the 16th
July 1st: Your June boxes are shipping soon!
Your boxes will begin shipping between July 6th through July 15th. If you need to update your addresses please follow the directions below.
Thank you for your patience while we deal with the small delay.
June 27th: Update on June Boxes and misc. orders
An update on your June monthly boxes! Our business bank account was stolen and the perpetrator wiped out our entire account. As of right now, the bank restricted access to our entire account and because the person stole our bank and routing number and not card, it goes through a special fraud claim process until they are able to return our funds into a new account (which takes time to open as well.)
With this said, at the moment we have zero access to a business bank account and zero funds required to operate the business.
We unfortunately will need to delay June shipments until early July, which is when they’ll give us on update on everything.We will send a second email update once we have a better idea when your boxes can start shipping.
We thank you for your patience while we sort through this all.
With this note: please know that this does not impact any customers and their data. This was a breach that occurred due to a supply company with whom we do business and has zero bearings to our customers’ data safety.
Additionally, if you placed a non-monthly box order please allow 2-3 weeks for shipment. As of right now, our Houston office is officially closed. Our office manager is in the process of finishing up packing the office. All inventory are in boxes. Our WV office only has access to June’s box inventory and nothing else. Inventory in Houston is currently stuck in boxes until they can be transported to WV.
-the Fox & Wit team
May 19th Your May boxes are shipping soon!
Your boxes will begin shipping from May 23rd through June 3rd.
Please update your shipping address if you have since moved. We have updated our website coding so that you can now easily update addresses yourself. Please follow the instructions below for a step by step guide to ensure your order as well as all future orders go to the correct address.
May 6th: Your orders of A Promise of Fire is shipping soon!
Your orders will begin shipping May 12th through May 18th
If you have moved, please note that the address has to be changed in two different places. Please make sure that your address on your account is up to date for future orders. Also, please delete your old address from your account to ensure that orders do not default to your old one by mistake for future orders.
Secondly, please email if you have moved because we'll need to manually update the address on orders already placed into the system.
Please email us by May 9th so that we have sufficient time to update your shipping addresses.
We are very excited for you to receive your orders soon!
April 21st: Part 2 Update on December Adult Boxes
Thank you everyone for your infinite patience.
We got an email today noting that the December books have finally shipped from the publishing warehouse. We predict to receive those on Monday. We'll require a few days to pack these and will begin shipment on April 27th through May 6th.
If you have moved, please note that the address has to be changed in two different places. Please make sure that your address on your account is up to date for future orders. Also, please delete your old address from your account to ensure that orders do not default to your old one by mistake for future orders. Secondly, please email if you have moved because we'll need to manually update the address on orders already placed into the system.
We're so incredibly excited for you to receive your boxes!
As always please don't hesitate to reach out to us if you have questions or concerns.
The Fox & Wit team
April 21st: April box update
A small change regarding the collectable items inside the April boxes. In short, COVID cases have been on the rise in Shanghai and as a result, the city had issued a city wide lockdown. Our manufacturers could not go to work nor could shipping companies come to collect parcels on a regular basis. We were told the items have been delayed and set to arrive late May
By a stroke of luck, May’s YA collectable item made it to our offices and the adult item is set to arrive within a week. This means we are swapping the collectable items between the April and May boxes.
We made this decision because if we waited for April’s items to arrive,the boxes would be delayed until late May. Addition to the April boxes being delayed, the May boxes would also be delayed because our packing team would be forced to pack 2 months worth of boxes in a single go.
We appreciate your understanding as we sought the most logical solution to a potentially severe issue that would cause a cascade of delays.
We’re excited for you to receive these boxes! Despite the item swaps we know that you will love the book and the beautiful covers we’ve commissioned.
The YA April boxes will begin shipping from April 27th through May 6th.
The adult April boxes will begin shipping from May 2nd through May 13th
April 6th: Part 1 update on December adult boxes
We thank you for your patience as we have been waiting on updates from the publishing company.
We received an email from our publishing rep that the books will be arriving in their warehouse this week. However, this does not indicate when the books will arrive to us. This is a three part shipping process. First books will arrive to the publishing warehouse. From there the publishing company will pack and ship your books to us. Once it gets to us then we can begin packing and shipping.
While we don't have an exact date for shipping we can confidently say the books will begin shipping in April and possibly through the first week of May.
This first update is simply to notify everyone the books will be in the publishing warehouses this week. The second update will let you know the exact time frame we plan to ship these as we do not want to provide a false estimate until we have the books in our hands. Until they arrive to us, we have no control.
In the meantime, this is the best estimate we can give everyone: shipment beginning in April. We are hoping to send a second update within a week but we'll know more once the publishers tells us "we are shipping your order."
We know this has been a very long wait but unfortunately there was simply nothing we could do with the worldwide paper shortage and simply wait. We truly appreciate your patience.
FAQ:
Can I still cancel my order?
At this point it is too late to cancel as we notified everyone the first week of December regarding delays and gave everyone a a month to cancel. Your book has been paid for and secured at this time.
What if I've recently moved?
This is a two part answer. If you have moved then please email us and we'll update your shipping address for your existing order. If you have an active subscription, please make sure that you update the default shipping address within the system so that future orders go to the correct address.
As always please do not hesitate to reach out to our customer service team who are more than happy to assist as best as we can!
ever grateful for your support,
The Fox & Wit Team
February 28th update: December adult boxes
Hey all! We know our last update on our December adult boxes was the first week of December. At that time we were given a projected ship date of March by the publishers. We don’t want to give anyone false updates so we are waiting on the publishers to confirm before we send out an official update again. This is our update to say we don’t have an official update since we don’t wanna keep anyone in the dark but also can’t give any false promise. Thanks so much for your patience! We’ll continue updating as we know more.
January 14th update: A Promise of Fire
We hope you had a pleasant holiday season. We are reaching out regarding your Promise of Fire order. Long story short, we have been planning these boxes since March and at that time, the world supply chain was not as backed up as it is now.
Our publishing rep emailed us letting us know that because of how devastated the world supply chain is—EU/UK has officially run out of printing paper for books until early 2022 and the US is also experiencing shortages—our rep says that they won’t be able to produce our hardback books. Instead we have been offered paperbacks with sprayed edges. To better explain this: the hardbacks would eat into depleted resources (not just physical resources but the resources of the overwhelmed and overworked publishing team who would need to do a massive redesign for us) whereas the paperbacks would simply delve into the existing stock that is already being produced. Then we can have them sprayed for us.
Our best solution is this: because there is of course a price difference between hardbacks and paperbacks, our mini editions will now be priced $35. Everything about the book will remain the same (new covers, bonus content, exclusive sprayed edges) but in trade paperback along with an enamel pin and woodmark.
Please let us know if you would like to cancel for a full refund, or if you would prefer to keep your order, with a partial refund for the price difference.
We are working with Amanda Bouchet on this so she will approve the woodmark and enamel pin. While I’m sure many of us are disappointed about the hardbacks, we hope that you continue to support a wonderfully talented author and an amazing story. Plus we all get to add Greek inspired pins to our collection!
If you would like a refund please email us and we'll cancel and refund your order. If you are okay keeping your order as is, we will automatically refund everyone the difference within the next few weeks as we work through the backlog.
Thank you for your patience and understanding.
— The Fox & Wit team
December 3rd: An early update on December adult boxes!
Hello folks,
We are sad to announce that our December adult books will be delayed.
We placed our order with our publishing rep back in September. We have just received an email from our rep noting that they never processed our order into the system to hold the stock and they are now completely sold out of books. If you’ve been with us you’ll remember this exact same thing happened to us earlier this year where the rep didn’t secure and hold our stock despite 3-4 months advanced notice.
Currently, it looks like it will be in late February, but that is only an estimate and they cannot guarantee a particular window of time in which we might receive the books. We are hoping by March but the publishing house has no solid answer for us.
We completely understand that this is very disappointing and frustrating for all of our buyers. It is frustrating for us as well, as you might imagine. We will work our very hardest to get these books to you as soon as we are possibly able. However, because of the long delay, and because we do not have an exact date for shipping, we are willing to cancel your order for a full refund if you wish.
If you would like to wait and still receive your order when it becomes available, you do not need to do anything. Your order will still be in our queue. If, however, you would like to request a refund, please email us and we will get it taken care of. Please keep in mind that Amanda and her assistant are currently hard at work on November boxes and Black Friday orders, so please be patient as it may take some time to process all refund requests.
Apologies again for the continued delays. And thank you so much for all your patience and understanding.
note: if you've ordered both the YA and adult boxes this will NOT impact your YA order. We will ship your YA order our as estimated and will hold your adult order for when the books arrive.
Sincerely,
Mary and Amanda
November 3rd: Update on Lore Olympus mini editions
October 25th: Update YA mini book parcels
All adult lit & tunes and YA lit & tunes have shipped unless your adult lit & tunes is being shipped together with your YA mini book parcels.
The large item for our YA book parcels are set to arrive on October 28th. So we are looking at a ship date of October 29th through November 5th. However, our packing team is prepared to work overtime so while we have set the ship date through November 5th it's very possible they will finish getting these out much earlier.
We're aiming to get them all out the door by November 1st. But we wanted to give ourselves the buffer through November 5th.
October 18th: Update on Adult and Young Adult October boxes
The October book-only orders (YA lit & tunes, and Adult lit & tunes) are being prepped and packed for shipping. You should receive tracking emails shortly.
There is a possibility of a delay on the YA Mini Parcels, as one of the merch items for the box has been held up. The items were ordered several months ago specifically to account for shipping delays, but unfortunately, the items have been sitting in a port in Los Angeles port for a month with no movement just waiting to be unloaded from the ships. There are ships sitting out in the sea due to the traffic jam at the docks.
At this point, we are technically not delayed yet. October boxes are schedule to ship out between October 18th through October 29th.
The tracking this morning is that they have finally been unloaded from the ships and are waiting for UPS to schedule a pick up. Assuming UPS picks them up sometime this week and then begins the delivery process from California to Texas, we *estimate* that they’ll arrive sometime next week.
If this is the case then we can work overtime to prep and ship out mini boxes in time. However, our current wait is all dependent upon UPS.
We are hopeful that the items will make their way to us shortly, but we are uncertain of the schedule at this point, and wanted to give you all a warning of possible delays out of an abundance of caution.
We thank you for your patience and understanding.
September 30th: Update on Adult and Young Adult September boxes
We needed to give you an update about the September subscription boxes, which are unfortunately delayed.
As you may well be aware, the publishing industry (and frankly most industries) are experiencing unprecedented supply chain issues because of the continuing pandemic. One of the supplies most in demand and most delayed is paper -- for printing books, for making our custom dust jackets, and even for making the cardboard boxes used in shipping. We are currently experiencing delays on all fronts for September: we have the adult books on hand but the custom dust jackets have been delayed because our printers have not recieved their needed paper re-supply; and we have neither the books nor the custom dust jackets for the YA book as of yet.
Our printers are hopeful they will have their re-supply soon and will be able to start printing the custom jackets for the adult book. So it is our HOPE that we will be able to begin shipping those early next week. However, we do not currently have any exact estimates on wait time, nor do we know how much longer the YA boxes will be delayed.
We apologize for the string of delays in recent months, and thank you for your patience and understanding. We are all having to adjust to a new normal since the pandemic hit, and it is a steep learning curve for all involved.
Thank you all and have a good week!
-Amanda, office manager
September 14th: Update on EOTV shipping.
Just a small update from Amanda and David. As many of you may know, our offices are located in Houston, TX and they’ve been getting hit with rain from a tropical storm that’s now upgraded to a hurricane.
It flooded yesterday (Monday) in Amanda’s area and the city is shut down on Tuesday. Because of this our EOTV orders will begin shipping a few days late as neither team members are able to get into the offices. (Aside from dangerous flooding conditions I am unsure what power outages across the city is like.)
I know you’re all very excited to receive your orders. However, our team’s safety will always come first.
We’re hoping by Thursday or Friday you’ll start receiving your tracking. This also means those at the end of the queue might possibly be delayed outside our sipping queue. It depends on how losing 2-3 days puts our members behind.
Thanks so much for your patience! If you’re in the path of Nicholas I hope you’re all staying safe.
September 7th: Update about Lore Olympus orders.
We just wanted to keep everyone updated regarding your Lore Olympus orders. As I am sure you've all heard by now, the publishers had to push back the publication release date of Lore Olympus volume 1.
Our mini editions you've ordered from us will now ship November 8th through November 22nd in the order which they were received.
We understand many of you did a double order of EOTV and LO in order to save on shipping. If you would rather these items ship separately, we can 100% accommodate this request.
Please send an email to hello@foxandwit.com and we can invoice you the difference in shipping costs to split your package into two shipments.
September 6th: Update on August YA mini parcels:
These have begun shipping. You will receive a tracking notification by September 14th
August 6th. Update for August YA mini parcels:
In short, one of the larger items in our boxes were misprinted by the manufacturing vendors. Instead of shades of creams and browns (aka dark academia colors) they sent us items that are LIME GREEN. We found out 2 weeks ago and urged them to rush reprint. But they just sent us an email today saying the EARLIEST they can get these finished and shipped to us is August 31st (items are being made in China and takes time to ship.)
So unfortunately, our YA August mini boxes are delayed. Hopefully we can get these packed and shipped out first or second week of Sept.
We built in plenty of buffers but alas, we didn’t expect 6 weeks of delays because of a severe color misprint (they sent us samples and it looked perfect. Then they showed us the final product they sent us and thus we had to act fast to get these corrected).