Updating my first published novel didn't look like it was going to a big deal. After all, the process is pretty straightforward according to Kindlepreneur & other sites:

1. Go to your Amazon KDP dashboard.
2. Find your book, hover over the three dots, &...
3. Make any metadata changes you would like...
4. If you have direct changes to the manuscript or...
5. If you have changes you want to make to the pricing...
6. Hit publish!

When I followed those steps a couple days ago, everything appeared in good order, but I soon realized only half the links in my Author's Note worked on my Kindle. After sorting out what I thought were the issues with Scrivener, everything looked copacetic again till I checked the epub version on my iPhone Kindle app. Two links led to error messages, even though both worked just fine in the KDP Previewer & on my Kindle (go figure).

I decided the chances were good the glitch was on my end of the equation, so I went back through & verified them once & for all. Now I'll just wait a few days to see how things go with my latest attempt (KDP says give the update 72 hours).

To celebrate this whole updating process, I'm lowering the price to $0.99 for a couple weeks since that's the closest I can get to giving it away without using my one Free Book Promotion this cycle (saving that for down the road).

Strangely enough—even though there might be more loose ends to tie up in a few days—I feel completely free right now, like Jon Batiste singing & dancing in "Freedom."
 
I don't know why, but I feel like freedom
I hear a song that takes me back
And I let go with so much freedom
Free to live (how I wanna live)

Keep you posted.

Drew
Drew Faraday
Pearl Fields and the Oregon Meltdown