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Writer's Haven => Publisher's Office [Public] => Topic started by: OfficialEthanJ on February 19, 2019, 04:19:30 AM
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Sorry if this has been addressed elsewhere, but I didn't find it, so here goes: CROSSED OUT arguably needs a cover makeover. When I get that done, does that make the spruced up version (strictly cover change, nothing else to the book/eBook itself) version 2? Or can I "just" change covers and walk away whistling with my hands in my pockets?
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When I get that done, does that make the spruced up version (strictly cover change, nothing else to the book/eBook itself) version 2?
Only if the cover somehow changes the book. Typically, changing a cover for marketing purposes doesn't constitute a new edition. But if you did something like add a cover (print edition) which added VR elements when viewing the book cover through a smartphone or tablet, then you would want to call it a new edition because otherwise you'd have customer confusion. For example, if Joe buys a copy of your book with the new cover and tells John about that cool bookworm leaping from the cover when he looks at it with his smartphone and John has the old cover and tries to see the same thing and ends up concluding Joe is on drugs and stages an intervention and Joe denies using drugs but his friends and family insist he get help, and Joe insists he's fine, and everyone thinks he's in denial and it ends up with Joe restraining in a straight-jacket and held in a rubber room and ends up questioning reality and it's all your fault for not marking such a significant cover change as a new edition.
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I have no answer for you, but Dan's reply is gold :icon_rofl:
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I think new cover only would not be a second edition. Changing any of the text could be (though I wouldn't count such things as minor typo correction or the odd sentence rewrite myself). I'm sure the rules on what makes a second or third or whatever edition is out there somewhere, probably connected to when you need to get a new ISBN.
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I changed the covers on my series e-books after publishing about four volumes. No edition change was required.