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Heh. Long story short. Shocking, eh? *smirks* I totally published my book because online readers asked me to. All DIY. Editing, cover, *gulps* googled how to format and create an ebook because I had absolutely zero clue how haha. Oh, I also did everything in 3 weeks because I'm a masochist and make stupid promises, which I refuse to break :P Annnnd...I still have readers emailing/texting me as they find errors (last one was a couple days ago). Yeah, terrible example. But whatevs.
Oh! And I did whip up a 2nd edition, which flows much better, imho, thanks to the constructive criticism of one very generous author, Miss Nicole R. Locker (I owe this girl big time!)
FYI I'm on my phone, so excuse any typos. Hugs all. Ann
Ha ha! Annie is like the Kramer of gr!Thank goodness we can go back and edit after the fact. When I log onto my dashboard a pop-up appears that says 'What is it now, Tara?'
In order for me to keep moving forward, I can't afford to tinker, I just don't have the time. So it's not a beta or draft, it's done! :-) I'm on to the next one.
M.L. wrote: "In order for me to keep moving forward, I can't afford to tinker, I just don't have the time. So it's not a beta or draft, it's done! :-) I'm on to the next one."Have nothing against your approach too -:)
I think it's kind of advantage that if you see something that deserves amendment, the book is easily accessible.Yeah, minor mistakes. I'd be really ashamed to have major ones, but even minor cause me to eliminate them immediately.
One of the fellow authors mentioned that one of my books contained too much reference in the beginning to the previous book in the series and I thought it was a justified remark, especially since I've noticed some sample downloads on Smash that didn't translate into sales, so I've changed the beginning slightly.
Doesn't interfere with further writing-:)
My view in general is, when its done it is done, although if someone pointed out typos, I would try to correct them. Having said that, I am putting out a second edition of "Planetary Formation and Biogenesis". That is because in the five years since it was prepared, there has been lot of additional information. The book is a review of pertinent information (over 600 references) followed by my interpretation of what the information means, then it is followed by my theoretical work on how planets form and where life might be. The interesting point is the new information remains fully in accord with the theory, so I am happy. However, I may also rewrite or rearrange some of it, because in retrospect, it could eb better organised.As for my novels, yep, I am happy to correct typos, etc, but apart from that, they are finished.
Interestingly, Walt Whitman continually revised and republished Leaves of Grass.
Many things have been tried on the past to varying degrees of success. Our task is to learn from them.
I have updated three rather poor covers. Up to a point two were forced on me, because when I started, the permitted sizes were too small and they expired. This is a little odd since they are only presented as postage stamp sizes, but the idea seemed to be to get more pixels to take advantage of better scree resolution. I shall eventually update my "Planetary Science and Biogenesis" because it contains a review of the scientific literature, and adding references following 2012 will become useful, but for my novels I leave the text alone, other than to correct spelling/typo errors, and to change the blurb
I maybe updated a single book 7-10 times during a year. Nothing drastic - I didn't kill the main hero (yet), neither revived anyone, but still... If I'd compare what I'd initially published and what I have now, it won't be quite the same book.
Is it only mine or do your books also have life after death, ahem - rejuvination after publishing?