Revision Uploading Questions

[ahpellett]

I've prepared a revision to my novel that fixes minor spelling errors, etc. I see that SW has an obvious system for submitting revisions and plan to upload the revision soon. Anything I should be aware or careful about?

Also, does anyone know how revision uploading works for KDP? (I don't use the Amazon channel in SW and go direct).

[Ted]

Apr 24, 2012 7:59:20 GMT -8 ahpellett said:

... Anything I should be aware or careful about?

No. Click on the "Upload new version" link and follow the guide. Pretty simple.

Uploading a revised book on Amazon is a bit more complicated. Go to your KDP page, to select the book you want to revise click in the box next to the book, click on the down arrow on the Actions button, click "Edit book details", follow the guide.

[ahpellett]

Thanks Ted. Your advice is always terrific. - AHP

[ahpellett]

OK, I checked Amazon as suggested and this is where they lose me (regarding re-uploading the edited or revised file).

"1. Copy your edited HTML file back into the .zip file you downloaded above. Make sure all the images and HTML files are in a single folder, without any content in sub-folders. "

Regarding the above:
Must I keep the same file name and zip folder name (for the UP-load) which Amazon has assigned (which I first down-loaded from Amazon before editing revisions)?

I see another option is to just upload a revision of my original file I sent them. This seems easier, but some forums says this slows down the process getting the file OK'd by Amazon.

Thoughts on all this?

[Ted]

I've never found any significant delay when I've had to upload a revised a book on Amazon. Personally, I'd just upload a revision. I've never uploaded all the HTML and zippy stuff.