First Editions

[David]

Joanne wrote:
> This discussion has been confusing two publishing 
terms:  "edition" and 
> "printing."  
> 
> If changes are made to the substance of the book (such as 
correcting wand-
> emergence order), then that's a new edition.  BUT the rows of 
numbers in the 
> front of the book don't refer to editions, but rather to printings 
of the same 
> edition.  So a book could be the nineteenth printing of the first 
edition if those 
> numbers in front so indicate.  

Ah, thanks for clearing that up.  Perhaps someone should tell 
Bloomsbury.  This from their FAQ 
( www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter/muggles/faq/faq.asp?pageNo=1 ):

"How can I tell if I have a first edition copy of any of books?
On the copyright page of the book, located in the pages at the 
beginning of the book before the story starts, there will be a row 
of numbers at the bottom of the page.  The numbers run consecutively 
from right to left.  The number at the furthest right hand side 
tells you the edition number.  The row of numbers in a first edition 
looks like this:
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Or if it reads, for example, 20 19 18 17 then this is the 17th 
printing."

They seem to use the words 'edition' and 'printing' interchangeably.

Note also that they have not yet fixed the size of the print run for 
OOP.

David