how do you name a bundle?

[guest78]

I'm thinking of bundling two old cozy mysteries I have under a pen name, but I'm curious. How do you name the bundle? Do you use the series name or come up with a new title? You in this case is actually you specifically.

[Bill Hiatt]

I'm thinking of bundling two old cozy mysteries I have under a pen name, but I'm curious. How do you name the bundle? Do you use the series name or come up with a new title? You in this case is actually you specifically.

I haven't done a bundle yet, but when I do, I intend to use the series name if it's a series bundle. I think titling it in a completely new way is more likely to confuse readers. Some who already have the series may purchase by accident otherwise.

[PermaStudent]

When I do a bundle that isn't the whole series (i.e. just the first three in a longer series) I come up with a name for it. I also make sure the title of each book contained in the bundle is prominently displayed on the cover as a subtitle to reduce the chances of confusion: Bundle Title: Series Title, Book 1 Title, Book 2 Title, Book 3 Title.

[cecilia_writer]

I've got a series called Adventurous Quests and because it has never sold all that well I decided to make a bundle of the first three novels to try and encourage people to read the next three (in a way they are really two trilogies but with characters from the same family). I called the bundled version 'A Collection of Quests' but I couldn't find room on the cover for the individual titles so I just started the blurb by saying something like 'This is a collection of three novels and a short story, all of which have been published before...'
For what it's worth, I haven't yet had any complaints from people who didn't know what they were getting, not that this is a good seller anyway - in fact the most popular book in the series seems to be book 6. Maybe I was just getting into my stride by then!