When is it time to call it a new edition?

[pmmg]

At what point do you feel you've made enough changes to a story, after its been published, that you ought to uptick the edition number? What is your threshold?

 

[ThinkerX]

The first time around, the edits were so severe - several per page, plus plot fixes - that I deleted the old books and released new ones. (Twice.)

This last time around, as it was mostly trivial grammar bugs (1-2 per 8-10 pages), I just updated the interior. (No new edition.)

 

[Adam Scribentis]

On my first novel, I published the e-book too quickly and noticed some formatting issues and a small but embarrassing continuity howler in the published text. I re-published it and made sure that the paperback was correct. The corrected e-book and paperback were marked as edition 1.1. A year later (last year) I made two very small textual changes to the story (one being a typo correction) and some modifications/additions to the editorial matter (especially the insertion of a guide to the characters, which several reviewers/readers had demanded. So that was the "second edition."

 

[pmmg]

I have made a number of small corrections along the way, but I have stayed with Edition one. But...I recently used Text to Speech to listen to it, and fixed all the missing word errors. I think its enough to call it a newer editions, but I dont want to do it. I like it being a first.

I solved problem I think. I purchased 3 more copies to hand out if it should ever come up, and when I get them, I will move the edition up. If I ever become rich and famous, those ones with the errors will be the valuable ones

 

[Adam Scribentis]

I have made a number of small corrections along the way, but I have stayed with Edition one. But...I recently used Text to Speech to listen to it, and fixed all the missing word errors. I think its enough to call it a newer editions, but I dont want to do it. I like it being a first.

I solved problem I think. I purchased 3 more copies to hand out if it should ever come up, and when I get them, I will move the edition up. If I ever become rich and famous, those ones with the errors will be the valuable ones

I also keep every proof copy. The uncorrected ones would indeed be worth a fortune if the books were sufficiently well known!

 

[pmmg]

Yeah, I wonder about that. There is a part of me that wants to keep the things they may become valuable, but...I also dont want clutter in my house. There is a reasons these things become rare


I suppose the thing is, if someone close to me was to ask for a copy, I dont want to hand them a second edition. I'd like to give them one that may be a treasure.