Republish first in series, yay/nay?
Hey everyone, I'm curious how I should approach relaunching a series that got interrupted for several years by health issues. In 2017 I published my debut (military/spy thriller), which seemed to do great, based on what people were saying were the metrics at the time ($1k royalities, 380 sales, 200% ROI—held off on more advertising until I had more titles).
Cue the health problems, but now I'm ready to prep the second novel for publishing, and have the cover for the third, too (could do a pre-order at the same time to boost interest in the series).
I'm just trying to gauge if I should take the first down and relaunch it at the same time (it has been significantly redrafted/edited), or leave it up for the social proof/reviews (50 total).
Basically, would it really matter to the algorithms that much if #1 had a new pub date, since #2 would be fresh at the same time and the ads would be driving views through to it anyways?
Thanks for your input!