THE Group for Authors! discussion

If I decided to move the prologue in a book to the back and have it there as background, is that considered a new edition?

i.e. Do I get a new ISBN, etc. and add it to Goodreads as a new edition or is is still considered the same?

I'd consider it a new edition, but I don't think you need to get a new ISBN.

If no cover, wording or physical format/binding changes, I wouldn't consider it needing a new isbn. Technically, that's the isbn agency stance.

If only digital or print-on-demand, I wouldn't necessarily consider it a new edition (but would check with bookseller sites you are listing on with their support staff first to confirm their policies). The reason I say that is that quite a few POD services and ebook formats rearrange shit on you anyway when it comes to notes, prologues, acknowledgments, etc.

If doing traditional print distributed to brick and mortar stores versus or in addition to print on demand and digital, I would get a new isbn and consider it a new edition Partly just because bookstore staff or customers might compare and think one of the print runs was missing its prologue and partly in case customers were interested in collecting "all editions."

I would note in my book synopsis online that this version moved the original prologue to the back of the book (if only to not confuse ebook readers who get a notice that their edition of your book was updated).