Can you Edit After Publishing?

oiver55 · 05-19-2015, 09:11 AM

Lets say I publish my book via KDP and I realize I made a grammatical error, can I go back fix the error and replace it with the one that is online?

HarryT · 05-19-2015, 09:19 AM

Moved to the "Writers' Corner" forum.

HarryT · 05-19-2015, 09:24 AM

Yes, you can upload corrected versions of books to Amazon. Authors (and publishers) frequently do. I have several thousand books in my Amazon library, and generally get two or three updated books every week.

crich70 · 05-19-2015, 08:32 PM

Smahwords also has edited versions I've got several books from there in the past that have been edited later.

oiver55 · 05-20-2015, 07:20 AM

Okay that's good to hear

HarryT · 05-20-2015, 07:21 AM

You are presumably having your book edited before you publish it, though? You can't edit your own work - it really is essential to have it professionally edited.

crossi · 05-25-2015, 11:50 AM

"Professional" editing from the BPHs is no guarantee. I've got ebooks from them that they obviously didn't even run through spell check. Like 1's instead of i's or l's midword. And this for a $10 ebook.

oiver55 · 05-28-2015, 04:14 PM

Yeah I made it and edited it best I could. But if something does come up it's good to know that I can fix it and re-upload it

KileJ · 05-30-2015, 09:32 PM

My book was edited professionally over the course of two years and six complete revisions. My agent/editor and I collaborated on composition and even content. When it was finally complete, my agent abruptly retired for personal reasons and, though he offered to help me place my novel with someone else, I decided to self-publish this one.

With some help from my wife -- a great deal of help -- I performed the banal tasks attached to formatting and publishing my book and I rushed out to show it to my friends and family. They received it well, and within a few hours a close friend had posted a photo of her Kindle with my book opened to the title page.

The title page -- the one page in the whole damn book which had never suffered the calculating gaze of my editor -- and there, where it was supposed to say "Copyright", it instead read, "Copywright".

Long story short: yes, you can edit your book after you publish it.

John Paul Cater · 05-31-2015, 01:08 AM

On KDP, Kindle Direct Publishing you can edit your book and cover and re-upload it as many times as you want, before or after publishing but each reload takes 12-48 hours to go live on the Amazon sales page. Not a biggie, but rather irritating at times.

AnemicOak · 05-31-2015, 01:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crossi

"Professional" editing from the BPHs is no guarantee. I've got ebooks from them that they obviously didn't even run through spell check. Like 1's instead of i's or l's midword. And this for a $10 ebook.

That would be proofreading (sounds like conversion/ocr errors) not editing. I agree they should do a better job, but it's a different thing.

ApK · 05-31-2015, 08:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

That would be proofreading (sounds like conversion/ocr errors) not editing. I agree they should do a better job, but it's a different thing.

Proofreading is still an editorial function.
http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-...-proofreading/

05-19-2015, 09:11 AM	#1
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05-19-2015, 09:19 AM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Moved to the "Writers' Corner" forum.

05-19-2015, 09:24 AM	#3
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Yes, you can upload corrected versions of books to Amazon. Authors (and publishers) frequently do. I have several thousand books in my Amazon library, and generally get two or three updated books every week.

05-19-2015, 08:32 PM	#4
crich70 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,310 Karma: 43993832 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Monroe Wisconsin Device: K3, Kindle Paperwhite, Calibre, and Mobipocket for Pc (netbook)	Smahwords also has edited versions I've got several books from there in the past that have been edited later.

05-20-2015, 07:20 AM	#5
oiver55 Enthusiast Posts: 43 Karma: 120648 Join Date: Feb 2015 Device: kindle	Okay that's good to hear

05-20-2015, 07:21 AM	#6
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	You are presumably having your book edited before you publish it, though? You can't edit your own work - it really is essential to have it professionally edited.

05-25-2015, 11:50 AM	#7
crossi Guru Posts: 997 Karma: 12000001 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Seattle Wahington U.S. Device: kindle	"Professional" editing from the BPHs is no guarantee. I've got ebooks from them that they obviously didn't even run through spell check. Like 1's instead of i's or l's midword. And this for a $10 ebook.

05-28-2015, 04:14 PM	#8
oiver55 Enthusiast Posts: 43 Karma: 120648 Join Date: Feb 2015 Device: kindle	Yeah I made it and edited it best I could. But if something does come up it's good to know that I can fix it and re-upload it

05-30-2015, 09:32 PM	#9
KileJ Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Colorado Springs, CO Device: Kindle	My book was edited professionally over the course of two years and six complete revisions. My agent/editor and I collaborated on composition and even content. When it was finally complete, my agent abruptly retired for personal reasons and, though he offered to help me place my novel with someone else, I decided to self-publish this one. With some help from my wife -- a great deal of help -- I performed the banal tasks attached to formatting and publishing my book and I rushed out to show it to my friends and family. They received it well, and within a few hours a close friend had posted a photo of her Kindle with my book opened to the title page. The title page -- the one page in the whole damn book which had never suffered the calculating gaze of my editor -- and there, where it was supposed to say "Copyright", it instead read, "Copywright". Long story short: yes, you can edit your book after you publish it.

05-31-2015, 01:08 AM	#10
John Paul Cater Major Kong Posts: 10 Karma: 12 Join Date: May 2015 Location: Texas, USA Device: Kindle Fire	On KDP, Kindle Direct Publishing you can edit your book and cover and re-upload it as many times as you want, before or after publishing but each reload takes 12-48 hours to go live on the Amazon sales page. Not a biggie, but rather irritating at times.

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