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Post by K'Sennia Visitor on Jul 4, 2018 8:20:08 GMT
Indie publishing is wonderful because there are no gatekeepers to hold us back from publishing our stories. However, sometimes, our stories aren't ready and we would have done well to have had a gatekeeper to stop us. It's hard though when you're new to writing to always know when your work is ready for the general public. You may publish and think it's wonderful, but then the negative reviews start pouring in. Or perhaps you don't get any reviews cos no one bought your book. Low sales is usually a matter of little to no advertising.
In my case, my lack of funds to afford advertising was a blessing since it meant that very few people ever read the original version of TUOK, which made it much easier to unpublish so that I could try again and make it better. If you have ever wanted a fresh start for any of your published books, you absolutely can grab that fresh start whenever you desire.
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Post by possiblyderanged on Jul 8, 2018 13:39:55 GMT
Yes, you can. I see nothing wrong with this, so long as it's not done to game the system, like getting back on the new releases list. Amazon was supposed to have put a stop to that, but I don't think it works. I think we all have the urge to "fix" our older works, because we've learned some stuff and are more skilled.  |
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Post by dave on Jul 9, 2018 3:33:34 GMT
I did and it seems to have worked for me. The revised version is about 20% longer than its predecessor.
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Post by sasoule on Jul 12, 2018 18:07:16 GMT
I am currently rewriting, and then republishing my UF series. I'm not republishing them as new releases because I don't want to lose all my reviews. I just drafted all the books and then republish as I finish each one. I did add to the blurb that it was a "2018 updated and expanded edition."
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Post by downtown on Jul 25, 2018 17:41:42 GMT
I have heard that unpublishing and republishing can get you banned from Amazon. Any truth to that?
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Post by DD on Jul 25, 2018 19:24:15 GMT
I have heard that unpublishing and republishing can get you banned from Amazon. Any truth to that? From what I gather, if it's a substantial revision that would make it more of a second or expanded edition, it's ok. Amazon doesn't want to see essentially the same content presented as a new book. Think the uncut version of The Stand or Stranger In a Strange Land versus the originals that were picked to the lean by editors on the first run.
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Post by flayotters on Jul 26, 2018 2:13:43 GMT
Snip... I think we all have the urge to "fix" our older works, because we've learned some stuff and are more skilled. To be honest, I am so over a book by the time I've finished it I can't hardly bear to see it again. |
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Post by sasoule on Aug 5, 2018 2:09:57 GMT
I have heard that unpublishing and republishing can get you banned from Amazon. Any truth to that? Nope, not true. You can unpublish and republish a book as many times as you like under the same ASIN number. I have republished some of my own books at least a dozen times. :-)
Now if you unpublish and republish an eBook with a new ASIN, I'm not sure if that is against KDP's ToS or not...
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Post by K'Sennia Visitor on Aug 5, 2018 4:32:14 GMT
I have heard that unpublishing and republishing can get you banned from Amazon. Any truth to that? Nope, not true. You can unpublish and republish a book as many times as you like under the same ASIN number. I have republished some of my own books at least a dozen times. :-) Now if you unpublish and republish an eBook with a new ASIN, I'm not sure if that is against KDP's ToS or not...
I hope not because I did that once. I wrote a book, published it, and then almost immediately realized how horrible it was and that I hadn't edited properly. So I unpublished it, rewrote, edited it, gave it a better title and then republished it as a new book. I had both versions on my dashboard for a long time until that short time period when amazon let you delete drafts, and I was finally able to get rid of it. Every other book I've unpubbed/repubbed I did as the same book with no changes. It was just me being terminally indecisive. I've never ever gotten a nastrygram for either thing. The only warning I've gotten so far was when I had an unacceptable keyword. I think I was using Kindle Unlimited on one of my books, so I had to take that out. But so far *knock on wood* I've been good. |
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