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Post by marissascott on Aug 29, 2018 13:00:35 GMT
So, I have been thinking about revisiting some of my older titles that don;t perform well and giving them a face lift per se. Any thoughts on simply updating vs. completely redoing it? By redoing it I mean new cover, blurb, keywords, and revamping the content then publishing as a new book while removing the old one. Updating to me is simply a new cover, blurb, and keywords.
Not sure which course is going to give me the best results. Anyone done something like this?
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Post by K'Sennia Visitor on Aug 29, 2018 15:45:51 GMT
This isn't exactly the same thing, but I had unpublished a book which only ever got 2 sales, and I republished it. The only change I made was accidental. I left off the sub-title. So amazon thinks it's a new book, and I got 3 new sales on it. I think most of this was new-book-algo-juice, and leaving off the subtitle may have increased my sales by 1. I bet if I'd bothered to do a better cover I could have gotten even more sales.
I have switched the cover without republishing as a new book and that didn't do anything. Now, I had this little lesbian book, that I gave a really atrocious cover, and it didn't sell anything on amazon. Someone on DD, actually, made me a cover, for free. This didn't do anything for a while, but then eventually I got 2 sales. Now I did get sales on D2D on the old cover. So while I know covers are important they haven't made that huge of an impact on my personal sales.
Of course, I don't do paid advertising, either. I would only do that with pro-looking covers. Paid advertising seems to be the only other way too boost a book's visibility.
Now I did have one non-fiction book that I immediately unpublished because I realized it wasn't ready for prime time. That one I did substantially rewrite before republishing. And it got a couple sales. And I forgot, I had another non-fiction book where I did change the cover, title, and blurb, but not the content, and it did sell better for a while before sinking down into the depths of book oblivion.
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Post by marissascott on Aug 29, 2018 16:58:24 GMT
Maybe the better approach is to just put those into a bundle and see if the bundle will get any more attention. Be a lot less work!
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Post by DD on Aug 29, 2018 17:22:48 GMT
Do you think you're a better writer now? When you read through them, do you see things you wish you'd written differently? If the answer is yes, and it wouldn't be a big time sink, I think I'd update them. If not, bundling might be just what they need to get the love they deserve.
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Post by kateelizabeth on Aug 29, 2018 19:51:49 GMT
I'd probably go with bundling the titles, but I'm old-ish, and tired.
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Post by possiblyderanged on Sept 1, 2018 12:16:39 GMT
Are they hitting a kink successfully? Are the covers outdated for that kink? The blurb? If so, you may just need to refresh, maybe put on sale or free (if in KU).
If the writing isn't all that great, they don't have a good kink and the presentation isn't working, it might be better to just let it go and move on to new work that is focused. You might even consider unpublishing the stories.
Bundling might work, but if they aren't on point for what's selling, it might be a waste of time and effort, not to mention any money you have to put into them.
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