: Book Series - Is using 'Volume #' OK (with no book name) I've written a book (the first in a series) and am getting read to Kindle Direct Publish the book. While I do have a good name

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I personally would not find a title appealing if it was written as Lord of the rings: Fellowship of the ring - Book #1 . If books have multiple parts, usually this is put on the spin or made known in front/back matters. Also as readers, they will usually chop off the Book #1 or Volume #1 part anyways when they talk about it. It's easier to do your main title ---> Subtitle and then in the front matters say... this is the first of three books in the epic tale of.... If you are worried about people knowing which goes first, a lot of that also has to do with marketing it right as well. Just my 2 cents but I believe leaving the volume/Book number off of the title has a better flow to it. Put the book # on the side if you must have it on the cover.

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If you already have the second and third books at least in outline form, it should be possible, but you'll want to stick to a reasonable schedule in releasing subsequent books in a way that's tighter than the way you may have been able to get away with things if books had been named. If you miss your schedule, readers may feel cheated and abandon the series.

The potential problem with this approach is that some readers will put off buying any of the books until they're all available (I'm a bugger for this with things like Netflix or equivalent : Star Trek Discovery? Looks interesting. I'll wait until all the episodes are there...).

Without a title for each book, it might be best to think of it as one book you're releasing in three parts - though there will still need to be a logical beginning, middle and end for each.

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