by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
I’ve written on rights reversion a couple of times and each time I’ve received emails from traditionally published authors concerned about one aspect or another relating to the process.
The biggest concern appears to be keeping those hard-earned reviews after a rights reversion.
ISBNs do need to be changed in some circumstances, most notably when the content of the book is changed. These changes are due to significant alteration of the book’s content, not fixing typos, etc.
But ISBNs do not need to be changed when changing a book’s cover, for example. Or when changing publishers. With no change, those reviews are not in any danger.
This is fresh on my mind because I’ve just recently received the long-awaited ebook rights to the first Myrtle Clover book from Midnight Ink (as of July 1).
Here is US ISBN agency Bowker on changing ISBNs: Continue reading