agasfer
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Post by agasfer on Nov 26, 2017 3:53:44 GMT -8
I am a new author, and a couple of years ago I published a book on Smashwords, more for the fun of it than any ideas about marketing it. (I made it free.) Recently I took a look at the book and decided that it sucked (thankfully no one but a couple of friends downloaded it), so I am in the process of rewriting it. That is, much of the text, plot and characters remain the same, but a lot in all categories is changing (for the better, IMHO) under my rewrite. When I get through with the rewrite, I am not sure whether or not I just just download it as a new edition of the same book, or whether I need to go through the process of publishing it as a new book. So, the question is: how do I tell? I know, it's up to me in the end, but advice as to where to draw the line between new edition and new book would be appreciated.
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Ria Stone
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Post by Ria Stone on Nov 27, 2017 4:40:20 GMT -8
I am a new author, and a couple of years ago I published a book on Smashwords, more for the fun of it than any ideas about marketing it. (I made it free.) Recently I took a look at the book and decided that it sucked (thankfully no one but a couple of friends downloaded it), so I am in the process of rewriting it. That is, much of the text, plot and characters remain the same, but a lot in all categories is changing (for the better, IMHO) under my rewrite. When I get through with the rewrite, I am not sure whether or not I just just download it as a new edition of the same book, or whether I need to go through the process of publishing it as a new book. So, the question is: how do I tell? I know, it's up to me in the end, but advice as to where to draw the line between new edition and new book would be appreciated. Hola Agasfer: My response is not a professional assessment of your question. I revised my cookbook and called it an update. Made the update free to previous purchasers. But, in general, significant changes to a work is a new edition. So you may want to revise the cover to include Ed 2 or new edition or something similar to note that it is a new edition of a previous work. Also, you will need to copyright the new edition and get a new ISBN number, so on Smashwords that means you need to publish as a new work. In the end, it will be up to you to decide if the changes are significant enough to call it a new work. Then, you may want to create a new title and cover etc. |
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Post by jjmainor on Nov 28, 2017 4:24:56 GMT -8
If relatively few people picked it up so far, then you can probably get away with labeling it as volume 2 and moving on. However, pushing it as a new edition or an entirely new work could give you that "new book" boost and might be worth considering it as completely new.
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chelsfield
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Post by chelsfield on Dec 3, 2017 0:53:19 GMT -8
Judging from the post, I wonder if "vol 2" would be appropriate? Probably "revised" or "new" edition would be better. But as previously stated, it's hard to say without knowing the nature of the changes. I do think some reference has to be made about the original work to avoid confusion...
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Post by garyweston on Dec 16, 2017 13:00:01 GMT -8
agasfer
I like you and I tell you why.
You wrote for FUN!!!
To you and anyone else, ONLY write for fun. The second you write with $ in mind, you have lost the plot. Fun first, ambition later.
Also, you realized your book wasn't right. What you probably had was a first draft, bursting with fantastic ideas an pytos. You hit the end and thought it was. I know this because I'm guilty of doing this. Give it a serious rewrite, have a few people read it who won't just flatter you but ones who will tell you crap is still crap and WHY!
Don't be offended but don't just blindly accept their opinions. You are still writing for you at this point. Finally you have a polished item to be proud of. So what would be the point of making it a new edition if nobody has read it?? Remove all trace of it and put it out with a better cover if possible and let it go. I should take my own advice but I'd rather just write a new book. Good luck.
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