Edition vs. Printing

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 11182

Hi --

msmacgoo at one.net.au wrote:

> ok, so a really OT question. - what's the difference between a
> 'edition' and a 'printing'? I thought that the former was changed
> everytime changes were made to the text and the later merely related
> to any given print run. .... If that is the case I think I'm finally
> getting what you were all talking about a few weeks ago about this
> ....

I don't think this is all that topic -- it bears on collecting HP books
after all.  Anyway, Lori or someone a bit more familiar may have more
details than I do, but here goes.  I believe that a book goes into a 2nd
edition when truly major substantive changes are made (or if it's been
out-of-print & goes back to press, I believe it becomes a later
edition).  Minor corrections, revisions, etc. can be made without the
necessity of going to a new "edition."  So, the 1st print run may be
reasonably different than the 32nd print run, but they are both "first
editions."

Penny



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