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Q&A How to release a heavy revision to a series without upsetting readers?

I am writing a course book series with 4-5 workbooks. Each subsequent chapter is highly dependent on material in previous sections. Few readers using the workbooks will be able to skip sections. A...

2 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by Village‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:48:46Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/14122
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Village‭ · 2019-12-08T03:48:46Z (almost 5 years ago)
I am writing a course book series with 4-5 workbooks. Each subsequent chapter is highly dependent on material in previous sections. Few readers using the workbooks will be able to skip sections.

At a later date, it is likely that I'll release a revision. Since this would involve both reorganizing the material and expanding the series to include new workbooks, readers couldn't really skip from the old series to the new, e.g. starting with books 1-2 of the old, then switching to 3-10 of the new.

Due to the heavy interconnectivity of the chapters, I'd release it as a single book, if it weren't for the limitation of page count.

How can I release future revisions of this series without angering my readers?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2014-10-15T23:24:27Z (about 10 years ago)
Original score: 4