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Haven't tried publishing an updated version of my book on Createspace, but it's my understanding that several editions of the same book are handled under the same ISBN - but I've never confirmed it, so I may be wrong. :)
I did a second edition of my first novel It was easy on createspace. All the reviews remained associated.Easy.
And to add to what Martin said, this would also be a good opportunity to read your manuscript again. Trust me, you will find something. Make and edit list and send it to Amazon support after you upload the changes. If they find enough significant changes, they will email the purchasers that there is an updated edition and let them update their Kindle. This may go a long way to having the lost star reviewers rethink and update their rating. i know it would for me. Also make sure you update the setting where it says which edition it is when you upload, also, update the blurb about your book, saying, SECOND EDITION PUBLISHED XX/XX/XXXX, so that anyone seeing an old review that stung will note that you've done an update since then.
Thanks all, good advice. It shouldn't take too long.
Martin wrote: "I did a second edition of my first novel It was easy on createspace. All the reviews remained associated.Easy."
Thanks Martin, Did you use a new ISBN?
It really is. There is only one drawback. You can't sell a book for about 12 hours on Amazon, takes about a day to approve any changes on Create Space. I have issued 5 official updates of my novel in 2 years, but probably about twenty "quiet ones." Every time I get a review that says, 'I liked it, but..." I fix the problems and update. Minor ones, nothing official. Major rewrite, add new chapters, etc... An official new addition. I used the whole review process as feedback and a learning tool.
Morris wrote: "It really is. There is only one drawback. You can't sell a book for about 12 hours on Amazon, takes about a day to approve any changes on Create Space. I have issued 5 official updates of my novel ..."I've done things similar to you, but only when I felt it was right to do it. Some things that were said in reviews, I couldn't do anything. Stuff like not liking or feeling the love thing in the book, I couldn't change it. It's not a romance and I wouldn't change it to become one either, but when they were pointing out things I didn't like to begin with, I was too happy to obliged. :P
(edited: Please forgive my typos. Chemo yesterday and my brain is fogged up today. Well... everyday really but seems more today.)
Yeah, you have to face it honestly and see what applies. One reader wanted me to change my setting of the chapter from Vietnam to Afghanistan, and that was impossible.
Anthony wrote: "Martin wrote: "I did a second edition of my first novel It was easy on createspace. All the reviews remained associated.Easy."
Thanks Martin, Did you use a new ISBN?"
No, same ISBN.
I do not consider technical corrections the same as contextual variants. I had to do early repairs, as the software I had to use impaired me, and managed to kill all the format.
I am happy that I didn't shun the manual work and fixing, as no matter what reviews I get, I know that I was, and am, recurrently busy improving my first ebook for the readers.
The only site which troubles me is goodreads. Here I cannot update the ebook info-text at all... x-)
I am happy that I didn't shun the manual work and fixing, as no matter what reviews I get, I know that I was, and am, recurrently busy improving my first ebook for the readers.
The only site which troubles me is goodreads. Here I cannot update the ebook info-text at all... x-)
Check out Guido Henkel's "The Zen of Ebook Formatting" to regain control of your eBook formatting. It tales a Lille work, but it is worth it.
Acch misspelled all to heck and this stupid phone won't show the edit button.
Anthony wrote: "Would this 'second edition' be a 'new' and separate book on Amazon and Goodreads? Would I lose my 27 (Amazon US) reviews and 51 Goodread reviews?Thoughts please..."
Our second book included a massive glossary (138 pages in the print edition). This did not prove popular and for that, and other, reasons, we released a new Kindle edition without the glossary. I contacted KDP support about what would happen if we did this, and the short answer is nothing. We do list the book as a 2nd edition, and all our reviews on Amazon and GR were preserved. Although we initially had some concerns over doing this, it was quite painless.
(NB: We did this a year ago. We did not remove the glossary from the print edition, as it made sense to leave it there. So the print and Kindle editions are now quite different. This has not been an issue.)
There's the usual very good information from experienced authors here. Thank you all for taking the time to do this.
Owen wrote: "Anthony wrote: "Would this 'second edition' be a 'new' and separate book on Amazon and Goodreads? Would I lose my 27 (Amazon US) reviews and 51 Goodread reviews?Thoughts please..."
Our second bo... So the print and Kindle editions are now quite different. This has not been an issue...."
Thanks Owen and all.
134 pages, my Epilogue might only be 2 or 3 pages!
My first book has been getting generally great reviews. However, most of those that are critical have said that I have not tied up everything at the end and left a couple of strands dangling. This has apparently cost me about 1*rating in these cases. I would dearly like to add an epilogue. Probably not more than 500-1000 words. Just to tie up loose ends.
Kindle ebooks are incredibly fluid. I have made numerous small edits and typo fixes on the original publication. So much so that, I have labelled the version that I am selling now as "Kindle Version 1.1" In any case anyone wanting to update a kindle copy can simply contact Amazon and they will receive the latest version.
I am virtually certain that adding a small epilogue would satisfy more and IMPROVE my book.
However, the printed version has an ISBN number and adding an epilogue may constitute a 2nd edition.
So what?
Would this 'second edition' be a 'new' and separate book on Amazon and Goodreads? Would I lose my 27 (Amazon US) reviews and 51 Goodread reviews?
Thoughts please.