by Sybil Johnson
Fellow author Marla Cooper recently wrote a blog post about relaunching her Destination Wedding mystery series with the publication of Terror in Taffeta. (It's a good book.)
In the post, she mused a bit about how much to edit the book. One of these days I plan on getting the rights back for my first 5 books and re-releasing them with new covers. I’ve thought about how much I should edit them or whether I should edit them at all.
Certainly, I would correct any typos, though I don’t think there are any. My editor and were good at catching those things, but who knows, something might have slipped through.
The covers definitely have to be changed. I love the ones I have now. When I self-published the 6th book, I had the same artist who created the other covers create the new one so it would fit in with the look of the series. When I republish, though, I think I’ll have to change the look so the new editions are distinguishable from the old. I’ll be sad to see those old covers go, though.
There is at least one continuity error between the books to do with a description of one of the buildings. I noticed it awhile back. I’ll go through all the books and correct the descriptions so they are consistent.
Other than that, I don’t know if I should edit anything else. A part of me itches to “improve” my writing. But, I really think I should generally let them be. They are good stories and reflect my writing style at that time.
What do you all think? If you republish a book, what kind of edits would you make? Or would you let it stand as is?
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