Sara Reyes | New, Updated, Reissue...or a Cheat?

April 24, 2010

On Sara's bookshelf: Mary Balogh's classics and Jacqueline Winspear's latest

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32 comments posted.

Re: Sara Reyes | New, Updated, Reissue...or a Cheat?

I will admit it really erks me when they do that... I won't even watch a movie made from a book... I am kinda anal that way, lol :D
(Brandy Blake 3:30pm April 24, 2010)

That would irritate me if it
was something I already read
and they tried to pass it off
as new. However, if they
clearly stated - on the front
cover - that it was a reissue
and had extended scenes, more
material than the original,
that's different. I'd probably
buy it then to learn more. In
the first case, I think it's
kind of deceitful to hide the
fact that it was published
before.
(Margay Roberge 5:22pm April 24, 2010)

It's rather irriating to pay for a new book, then find I already read it. This has happen a few times. I then give the book to the Library.
(Pat Wilson 8:16pm April 24, 2010)

I would like it to be made clear if a book is an updated reissue. I have read and enjoyed them. However, the situation feels strange to me, as if I had paid full cover price for a WIP instead of a final product with the original book...does that make sense? Perhaps it is just me.
(G. Bisbjerg 8:17pm April 24, 2010)

I like to know if a book is a republish or update. Then I can make an informed decision and I don't feel like I have been cheated.
(Jeanine Lesperance 9:26pm April 24, 2010)

I enjoy the bookes so much more than the movie...the imagination gives you what YOU want to see :)
(Darci Paice 9:51pm April 24, 2010)

Wow, this is a HUGE complaint of mine too. When they update and change the name I think there should be warnings somewhere!! I haven't been caught yet, but I had very close calls a couple times. I use the Fantastic Fiction Uk
site to check on authors and their lists and new releases and they do a pretty good job. Also some authors, like D. Macomber make sure you know if reads are reissues and renamed. Yes, I do care and would not like wasting money on the same book. Sue
(Susan Hussein 10:38pm April 24, 2010)

I want to be kept in the loop when a
book gets an update or republished, I
hate getting blindsided and finding out
after the fact that it's not new and a book
I've already read an/or own!
(Sue Ahn 2:59am April 25, 2010)

I think there should be some sort of warning on the book itself. An extra sentence or two on the back cover with the blurb would be good. I have seen it done when an author has changed epublishers. I have ran across several books at an epublishers site that have a warning at the bottom of the blurb about the book having been previously published elsewhere(sometimes with the title or pen name different) and whether it was revised for the reissue. Why can't they do that for print books? Takes a minute or so to write the words.
The ones that irritate me more are the ones that are reissues with no changes(other that the cover picture)from years ago. I get more duplication that way than with the revised reissues. At least with the revised issues there is material that is new to me.
I've only been caught once. I bought a book that had the first two stories of a series in it. About 18 months later I bought another book by that author thinking it was the next book in the series. Turns out that it was the first book being released by itself by her new publisher that she had to move to after the first publisher went out of business. Luckily I discovered this within a couple days of buying the book, took both versions back to the book store(as proof) and they let me return the book with no problems.
(Carol Cobun 3:14am April 25, 2010)

I have to admit I got "caught" with a few re-issues retitled and it made me a bit angry. I did give them to a friend but...after the second time of this happening I go the the copyright page to see if the book is an original or a re-issue. This way I only buy duplicates of what I want and not what the publisher wants me to buy.
(Cindy Olp 5:49am April 25, 2010)

Yes there should be some kind of notice, right on the front cover stating: this book is a re issue; many of us are fooled by the new covers of older books and don't think to look inside to see the original date. Giving away a book is not the issue but with the quantities of books being reissued now, you would be forever giving away.
(Diane Sadler 10:31am April 25, 2010)

If a book is updated it should say so on the front of the book. Even the back of the book would be better than not telling you. Also, the author's website/blog should tell you this.
(Leni Kaye 11:12am April 25, 2010)

The first few times that I bought a book that was a reissue, I was not very happy to say the least. So after that happening a few times, I've been a lot more careful when purchasing "new" books by my favorite authors. I keep a list of books that I've purchased and/or read and I check it before buying those "new" books. When I purchase a book, I want it to be because I want it and not because I've felt tricked into purchasing it.
(Phyllis Crabtree 11:37am April 25, 2010)

I also feel as if I have been tricked when I read a book that was also published outside the USA with another title and I think it is a new book.
(Karin Tillotson 12:23pm April 25, 2010)

It bugs me when a book is rewritten and they change the title... I think it is new and it is just revised...
(Colleen Conklin 1:54pm April 25, 2010)

So far, this hasn't happened to me. But I think if I paid good money for a book and found out that it was one I had already read....only changed a little....I would be mad as heck!!! It is only fair that the publishers let the readers know if a shorter version of the same story was published before!!!
(Mitzi Hinkey 3:46pm April 25, 2010)

Previously, I would bother me, and I would piss and moan, and give the book to my reading partner, telling her to either keep it or pass it on when she was done. Now after moving about 5 or 6 times in the last 3 years, I've lost a lot of my books, so it doesn't bother me as much, because, in a sense, I'm replacing those I lost.

The one time Ireally got pissed buying what I though was a new book in a series, was one of Anne McCaffery's Pern books, which I had originally bought in a bookstore in England, read and thoroughly enjoyed. About 6 - 8 months later, I'm cruising her area in my local Border's, and find what seems to be a new book in the Pern series. I buy it, get it home, start reading, STOP reading, get up go to the bookcase, and find the copy I had bought in England, and THEN I see the (VERY) fine print at the bottom of the front cover, saying "Published as "Such and such" in the UK." My Border's is a very nice Border's. They let me exchange it for another book I KNEW I didn't have!

Later,

Lynn
(Lynn Rettig 4:52pm April 25, 2010)

I'm with you! Let me know either on the web site or book that it's a re-issue! It really irks me to buy a book, get it home and then find out I've already read it!
(JoAnn White 6:11pm April 25, 2010)

I appreciate when publishers clearly mark somewhere on the front or back cover if the book is a re-issue. There's nothing more frustrating to think you have a new story in hand when you've read it previously.
(Armenia Fox 6:45pm April 25, 2010)

Don't ever try to pas it off as NEW. I need to know it is a re-issue. Seriously ticked off otherwise.
(Mary Preston 6:54pm April 25, 2010)

The very first page I look at when buying an author that I didn't know had a new book out is the title page. It gives all the necessary info such as when originally published. With just so many dollars to spend on miscellaneous items, this sure helps the budget especially since the Barnes and Nobel will only give you back the lowest price on Amazon even with a receipt. Then of course, there's a restocking fee. Haven't been caught in a long time, but last July I had bought a hardcover for my birthday gift to me and one of my daughters gave me a duplicate. Tried to take mine back which I had bought less than a week before and that was (the above) I was told. I'll never buy from them again! Sure miss the good old WaldenBooks that were more reader friendly.
(Betty Cox 7:06pm April 25, 2010)

I would want to know very clearly on the cover and in the book description and on copyright page that it is a reissued and expanded version of a previously released title, especially if they change the title of the book. Selling an expanded version with a new title as a "new" book without the disclosure is deceitful and manipulative.
(Michelle K 9:20pm April 25, 2010)

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(Cecilia Dunbar Hernandez 9:58pm April 25, 2010)

checking when the book was published the first time helps. Though sometimes i get in a hurry and pick up a book that is re-issued and they change the cover and i get home and start reading and relize that i have in fact read it before and have wasted good money. They need to cleary mark a book a re-issue. they do it for the first time in paper back most of the time.
(Leanne Jacobson 10:10pm April 25, 2010)

I don't mind if books are rewritten
and/or reissued. I just think as a
courtesy to the readers, that should
be plainly stated on the cover of the
book or in the ads for it.
In all honesty, if it has been a while, I
will probably need to read it again if I
am working on the series.
(Patricia Barraclough 10:21pm April 25, 2010)

I don't mind if it is reissued
or rewritten, but it better
say so on the cover or in the
blurb on the back. I think it
is very unfair to trick a
reader with a "new" story if
it is in fact a reissue. This
could be what makes me decide
to pass on the next new book
they put out for a different
author.
(Lisa Richards 11:05pm April 25, 2010)

I just retired and am starting to get in the groove of reading more and I certainly hope they would mark it on the cover.
(Barbara Studer 11:18pm April 25, 2010)

I want to know on the front cover if a book has been updated or retitled.
(Cheryl Stillwell 11:20pm April 25, 2010)

My purse is weighted down with sheets of paper that contain my favorite authors and all books of theirs crossed off. Because YES I do not like buying a supposedly new book only to find out its a re-print.
(Pam Alderson 11:45pm April 25, 2010)

My purse is weighted down with sheets of paper that contain my favorite authors and all books of theirs crossed off. Because YES I do not like buying a supposedly new book only to find out its a re-print.
(Pam Alderson 11:45pm April 25, 2010)

I too have learned to check the copywrite page of every book to make sure that I'm not buying a reprint of a book I've already read and own so that I can spend my slim book budget wisely. It's a dirty rotten trick to rename them and republish them with new cover images WITHOUT listing that in the copywrite page, but I've seen that happen before too.
(Donna Holmberg 11:57pm April 25, 2010)

I would check the copyrite page, if I thought about it, but I don't always. I do get upset if I think it's a new book by an author, and it turns out to be a re-issue. If I knew it beforehand, it might be different.
(Sherry Moran 2:21pm April 27, 2010)

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