Questions about re-posting a novel

Hi, Tom. I have the same issue. I chose to create two books, Into the Mind of God (for v2) and Into the Mind of God v3 (for v3+). I will be deleting some chapters and adding new ones as I proceed with v3, which will throw off the chapter count, creating a discontinuity between old and new chapters, if someone were to read based on chapter numbers alone. Naturally, you could make it work if you hide all of the old chapters and then proceed to publish your new chapters as you write/finish them. Republishing will cause the new chapters to show up in the list of new books available to everyone on their homes pages, so they can see the new content and go read it for points. Simply editing the old chapters to overwrite the existing content will not require points, but then your new material won't show up under new books.

Also, in my case, I want to leave the old version up (for stragglers to finish) and concurrently publish new chapters for new readers, without confusing both groups of readers. Therefore I used two books. Once everyone is done reading v2, I plan to take it down (make them inactive). That way, I can keep the old reviews for reference as I write v3. Two books also means I don't have to deal with a confusing list of new and old chapters intermingled in the same list under the site's publish feature.

Hope that helps.
Dirk

Look forward to reading the revised story, Tom!

Hi Tom,

I agree with the advice you've been given. I'd republish it as a new book. I think that's the cleanest way to go.

Sol

This is helpful to me as well.  Do you think being a beginner, I should do the second book idea? I have received a lot of helpful reviews.  How do I keep the in-line edits up and edit my book at the same time?  Another question: Should I write my whole book. then re-write or re-write as I go with each chapter.  My book has a lot of gaps. My first version seems to be just an outline or ideas. Much to do. Thank you, Nita

Cobber's suggestion is a good one, Nita. Even when I write short stories, I create a whole outline and then go back and fill it in. For a novel, I might put a short paragraph on what I want to accomplish in a given chapter and move on the the next one. Once I get most of the novel in shape, then I flesh out chapters and being posting the first draft.

~Tom

Nita, I tried to keep my chapters up to date, but found I kept editing the same old stuff over and over as new ideas crept in, some of which I subsequently abandoned. I gave up at the end of act 1 (1/4 of the way into the book) and just started writing. If someone's feedback gave me a great idea, I would usually incorporate it from then on, and I would use the chapter summaries to note what changes I was introducing going forward (i.e., here's what's different, pretend it was always there). If a new idea was particularly complex, I deferred it entirely to the next draft.

Thanks for asking this Tom. I've been beating some sense into Prunella and she'll return in all her inept android glory in a new iteration. If I recall correctly, the old site had versioning... Or was it virgining? Can't wait to roll Aphrodite's Rainbow again. And, I can't wait to read a revised version of  U O L 2x.

Today I started re-publishing my novel: Changed to Book I Francisco and White Dove.  This may have been asked before, but I didn't get it.  Should I delete or Hide chapters on the first version as I complete them?  Nita