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# Issue 43: Turning old issues into evergreen guides
- URL: https://letterharbor-demo.synaps.media/issues/issue-43-turning-old-issues-into-guides/
- Published: 2026-09-15T13:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-26T22:27:35.000Z
- Description: Your back catalogue is full of material that new readers will never scroll to. Here is how to reuse it.
- Author: Avery Lin
- Tags: Newsletter, #issue

New readers rarely scroll back through two years of issues. But your archive probably contains your best, most practical writing.

## Find the candidates

Look for issues that people still click on months later, or that you find yourself linking to in replies. These are your future guides.

## Rewrite, do not repost

A guide is not an old issue with a new title. Remove the week-specific parts, combine related issues, update the facts, and add a clear structure with headings.

## Give it a home

Put guides somewhere readers can browse by topic, with clear labels for what is free. That is exactly why we built our [library](https://letterharbor-demo.synaps.media/library/).

## Keep a list

Our [archive clean-up checklist](https://letterharbor-demo.synaps.media/library/archive-cleanup-checklist/) includes a step for spotting issues that are ready to become guides.