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The edition notice (or copyright page) is the page in a
The edition notice (or copyright page) is the page in a book
A book is a structured presentation of recorded information, primarily verbal and graphical, through a medium. Originally physical, electronic books and audiobooks are now existent. Physical books are objects that contain printed material, ...
containing information about the current edition, usually on the back of the title page. It often contains a copyright notice
In the copyright law of the United States, United States copyright law, a copyright notice is a notice of statutorily prescribed form that informs users of the underlying claim to copyright ownership in a published work.
Copyright is a form ...
, legal notices, publication
To publish is to make content available to the general public.Berne Convention, articl ...
information, printing history, cataloguing information from a national library
A national library is a library established by a government as a country's preeminent repository of information. Unlike public library, public libraries, these rarely allow citizens to borrow books. Often, they include numerous rare, valuable, ...
, and an ISBN
The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a numeric commercial book identifier that is intended to be unique. Publishers purchase or receive ISBNs from an affiliate of the International ISBN Agency.
A different ISBN is assigned to e ...
that uniquely identifies the work.
At the bottom of the edition notice one often finds a line of numbers, some of which may appear to be missing, called the printer's key. These indicate the book's print run
Print circulation is the average number of copies of a publication. The number of copies of a non-periodical publication (such as a book) are usually called print run. Circulation is not always the same as copies sold, often called paid circulat ...
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Sometimes, there will also be a warning indicating that the book sold without a cover is a stripped book
A stripped book is a mass market paperback that has been stripped of its cover in order to be Paper recycling, recycled. The covers are returned to the publisher as evidence that the books have been destroyed and to obtain a credit on the purchase ...
.
See also
*Colophon (publishing)
In publishing, a colophon () is a brief statement containing information about the publication of a book such as an "imprint" (the place of publication, the publisher, and the date of publication).
A colophon may include the device (logo) of a ...
*Impressum
An ''Impressum'' (from Latin , 'the impressed, engraved, pressed in, impression') is a legally mandated statement of the ownership and authorship of a document, which must be included in books, newspapers, magazines, websites, and business corres ...
References
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