Book Printing Edition Numbers

If you find that the date on the copyright page matches the date on the title page then.

Book printing edition numbers. The idea here is an elimination game. Here is a quick run down of how to identify book club editions. In most cases the first number on that number line indicates what printing that copy was a part of.

No price inside front flap and or no ten digit isbn number on the back of the dust jacket and or there is a small indented spot on the back of the book. Sometimes the number row is accompanied by a first edition statement often it is not. The lowest number on that line often indicates that book s printing number.

The next 7 500 copies was the second printing. Determine if the isbn is for a limited edition. The international standard book number or isbn is a unique 10 or 13 digit number to notate an edition or variation of a book.

Those two printings are in the same edition. So if you ask the printer to print 10 000 copies of a book and then you sell them all and go back and ask for another 7 500 copies the first 10 000 copies was the first printing. 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.

If your book has one or more of these clues you can be fairly certain you have a book club edition. While different publishers use different conventions for these number lines generally speaking the smallest number in the line indicates a books printing. Also known as a printer s key or publisher s code the number line is a string of numbers printed on the copyright page and it is used to indicate the print run for the book.

Remember that even if the lowest number is 2 3 or whatever if the publisher is still using the original typeset then the copyright page may still say first edition. A variation on that theme is the letter row. 75 76 77 78 79 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2.