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Originally Posted by shalym
Ok...this raises more questions, then. How can a textbook create a new listing for new editions, then? Most "new editions" of textbooks are mostly the same as the previous version with maybe one or two new entries.
Shari
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I don't know the answer to this, I'm sorry. I can change the edition without it becoming a "New" listing or new book. In fact, I spent too much time debating whether to change the edition when I do a new cover or fix any other issue. For the most part the edition number is fairly meaningless other than for my own tracking because most consumers/readers are not going to know whether they bought edition 2 or 3 or whathaveyou. People on mobilreads are more likely to notice and to have saved pertinent info in Calibre, but that is not the normal customer.
Let's say I change a book and correct typos and ask AMazon to send the new version to those who have asked to get new versions automatically. There isn't even any requirement that I change the edition number (I do, of course. When I added illustrations to Sage, I changed the edition number and asked Amazon to make the change available to those who had it set to receive.)
I think the code is there and helpful for editions, but right now there are no standards. I'm guessing that for textbooks from the big guys they have different arrangements for producing an edition.
And keep in mind that the rules are always changing. I could probably easily change the title and have essentially the same book behind it--until someone reported it to Amazon. They rarely catch things in the publishing process--things like stolen books EVEN by names as big as Ilona Andrews, slip right through. So when I go to publish the next book, who know what will be on the dashboard. After YEARS AND YEARS Amazon finally added the ability to list series with a series number and series name. YEARS, it took.