When You Update a Book
While I've worked in publishing
for decades, I have only updated an existing book twice.
From my experience
in working in publishing, it is rare to update a book. Of course, you will be
updating a book every year if it an annual reference book. But I've not worked
with those types of books. While in publishing, I've worked with hundreds of
authors and written over 60 books.
In 2009, I self-published my only
book, Jumpstart Your Publishing Dreams. The content
for this book started in my blog articles, The Writing Life. While a
blog has a target audience, the articles are written about random topics for the
audience. I took those random topics and organized them into a series of
chapters which became Jumpstart Your Publishing Dreams. In
the book business, it is called a blook when you take random blog entries and
organize them into a book. While you may have some of your basic content, I
learned such an effort was detailed and time-consuming. I worked hard to create
an attractive and professional self-published book.
Book Proposals That Sell, 21
Secrets to Speed Your Success is the second book that I've
updated and revised. Originally I wrote Book Proposals That
Sell in 2004 as a frustrated editor who wanted to help
writers. This book has over 130 Five Star reviews on Amazon and has helped many
writers through the years. Yet much has changed in publishing during the last
15+ years. In recent weeks, I've gone through my book in detail and updated
everything. In a few more months, the updated edition will be available. I'm
working on new endorsements and a foreword. The original book didn't have a
foreword.
Have you updated a book? What
process did you go through to make the changes and get the updated edition into
the market? Let me know in the comments below.
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