Edition vs. Issue: Know the Difference
By Shumaila Saeed || Updated on December 27, 2023
An edition refers to a particular form or version of a published text, while an issue is a single release within a series, often of a magazine or newspaper.
Key Differences
Edition refers to the version of a published work, often revised or updated, while Issue typically denotes a particular installment of a periodical or magazine. Editions represent changes or updates in content, design, or format, whereas issues are part of a regular sequence, each with unique content.
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In publishing, an Edition is a specific version of a book or work, which may have modifications, updates, or corrections from previous editions. An Issue, on the other hand, is a specific publication in a sequence, like a magazine or journal, with each issue having a unique date and content set.
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Editions are often associated with books and refer to a particular version or printing, which may have different features like annotations, illustrations, or cover design. Issues are more related to serial publications like newspapers or journals, where each issue is a distinct entity released at regular intervals.
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The term Edition is used to denote different forms of the same work, for example, paperback edition, hardcover edition, or digital edition. Issue, in contrast, refers to a single publication from a series, like the July issue of a monthly magazine or the daily issue of a newspaper.
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Editions can be categorized into types like first edition, revised edition, or special edition, highlighting their uniqueness or collectibility. Issues are categorized chronologically or numerically, indicating their place in a continuous series.
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Comparison Chart
Definition
Version of a published work, often updated.
A single release in a series, often periodic.
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Frequency
Updated as needed, not periodic.
Regular intervals, e.g., daily, monthly.
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Collectibility
First editions, special editions are valued.
Specific issues may be significant.
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Example
"The second edition of the novel."
"The April issue of the magazine."
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Edition and Issue Definitions
Edition
A particular form or version of a published text.
The library acquired a rare first edition of the classic novel.
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Issue
A single release in a series of publications.
I eagerly await the next issue of my favorite comic book series.
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Edition
A version of a software or application with specific features.
The professional edition of the software offers advanced tools.
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Issue
A specific edition of a newspaper or magazine.
The latest issue of the magazine features an exclusive interview.
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Edition
A particular form or instance of something released or broadcasted.
The special edition of the news covered the breaking event extensively.
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Issue
A point or matter of discussion, debate, or dispute
What legal and moral issues should we consider?.
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Edition
A specific print run of a book or publication.
The second print edition quickly sold out due to high demand.
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Edition
A version of a book or other work, revised or updated.
She prefers reading the latest edition of the textbook for updated information.
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Issue
A misgiving, objection, or complaint
Had issues with the plan to change the curriculum.
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Edition
The entire number of copies of a publication issued at one time or from a single set of type.
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Edition
The form in which a publication is issued
A paperback edition of a novel.
An annotated edition of Shakespeare.
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Issue
The act of circulating, distributing, or publishing by a business, government, or organization
Government issue of new bonds.
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Edition
A version of an earlier publication having substantial changes or additions
A newly revised edition of a standard reference work.
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Issue
An item or set of items, as stamps or coins, made available at one time by a business, government, or organization.
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Edition
All the copies of a specified issue of a newspaper
The morning edition.
The Sunday edition.
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Edition
A broadcast of a radio or television news program
Thursday's edition of the six o'clock news.
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Issue
A distinct set of copies of an edition of a book distinguished from others of that edition by variations in the printed matter.
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Edition
The entire number of like or identical items issued or produced as a set
A limited edition of early jazz recordings.
A signed edition of a group of lithographs.
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Edition
Any of the various or successive forms in which something is offered or presented
This year's edition of fall fashions from Paris.
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Issue
Something proceeding from a specified source
Suspicions that were the issue of a deranged mind.
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Edition
One that closely resembles an original; a version
The boy was a smaller edition of his father.
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Edition
(publishing) A written work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner, or at a certain time.
She wanted a copy of the Clericotes edition, but had to settle for the 1921 edition. She had never liked abridged editions.
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Edition
The whole number of copies of a work printed and published at one time.
The first edition was soon sold.
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Issue
The act or an instance of flowing, passing, or giving out
Where the lake gives issue to its waters.
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Edition
An instance of [1] or [2]:
What he had found was a particularly valuable first edition.
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Edition
(sport) A particular instance of an event.
The 2014 edition of the Tour de France started in Leeds, Yorkshire.
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Edition
A literary work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner; as, a good edition of Chaucer; Chalmers' edition of Shakespeare.
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Edition
The whole number of copies of a work printed and published at one time; as, the first edition was soon sold.
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Issue
To flow, go, or come out
Water issuing from a spring.
Voices issuing from a room.
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Edition
All of the identical copies of something offered to the public at the same time;
The first edition appeared in 1920
It was too late for the morning edition
They issued a limited edition of Bach recordings
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Issue
To proceed from a source; emerge or come forth
Ideas issuing from a discussion. ].
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Edition
An issue of a newspaper;
He read it in yesterday's edition of the Times
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Issue
The action or an instance of flowing or coming out, an outflow, particularly:
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Edition
Something a little different from others of the same type;
An experimental version of the night fighter
An emery wheel is a modern variant of the grindstone
The boy is a younger edition of his father
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Issue
The outflow of a bodily fluid, particularly in abnormal amounts.
The technique minimizes the issue of blood from the incision.
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Issue
Progeny: all one's lineal descendants.
Although his own kingdom disappeared, his issue went on to rule a quarter of Europe.
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Issue
A race of people considered as the descendants of some common ancestor.
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Issue
The produce or income derived from farmland or rental properties.
3. A conveys to B all right to the real property aforementioned for a term of _____ years, with all said real property's attendant issues, rents, and profits.
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Issue
Income derived from fines levied by a court or law-enforcement officer; the fines themselves.
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Issue
Luck considered as the favor or disfavor of nature, the gods, or God.
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Issue
A single edition of a newspaper or other periodical publication.
Yeah, I just got the June issue of Wombatboy.
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Issue
The entire set of some item printed and disseminated during a certain period, particularly a single printing of a particular edition of a work when contrasted with other print runs.
The May 1918 issue of US 24-cent stamps became famous when a printer's error inverted its depiction of an airmail plane.
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Issue
The entire set of something; all of something.
The bloody sergeant snaffled our whole issue of booze, dammit.
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Issue
(finance) Any financial instrument issued by a company.
The company's issues have included securities.
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Issue
The loan of a book etc. from a library to a patron; all such loans by a given library during a given period.
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Issue
The means or opportunity by which something flows or comes out, particularly:
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The place where something flows or comes out, an outlet, particularly:
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Issue
A confluence: the mouth of a river; the outlet of a lake or other body of water.
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Issue
The action or an instance of sending something out, particularly:
The issue of the directive from the treasury prompted the central bank's most recent issue of currency.
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Issue
A small incision, tear, or artificial ulcer, used to drain fluid and usually held open with a pea or other small object.
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Issue
The production or distribution of something for general use.
Congress delegated the issue of US currency to the Federal Reserve in 1913.
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The distribution of something (particularly rations or standardized provisions) to someone or some group.
The uniform was standard prison issue.
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Issue
(finance) The action or an instance of a company selling bonds, stock, or other securities.
The company's stock issue diluted his ownership.
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Issue
Any question or situation to be resolved, particularly:
Please stand by. We are having technical issues.
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Issue
A point of law or fact in dispute or question in a legal action presented for resolution by the court.
The issue before the court is whether participation in a group blog makes the plaintiff a public figure under the relevant statute.
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Issue
Anything in dispute, an area of disagreement whose resolution is being debated or decided.
For chrissakes, John, don't make an issue out of it. Just sleep on the floor if you want.
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Issue
A psychological or emotional difficulty, any problem or concern considered as a vague and intractable difficulty.
She has daddy issues, mommy issues, drug issues, money issues, trust issues, printer issues... I'm just sayin', girl's got issues.
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Issue
The end result of an event or events, any result or outcome, particularly:
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Issue
To flow out, to proceed from, to come out or from.
The water issued forth from the spring.
The rents issuing from the land permitted him to live as a man of independent means.
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Issue
To rush out, to sally forth.
The men issued from the town and attacked the besiegers.
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Issue
(legal) To come to a point in fact or law on which the parties join issue.
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Issue
To send out; to put into circulation.
The Federal Reserve issues US dollars.
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Issue
The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air from a bellows, of people from a house.
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Issue
The act of sending out, or causing to go forth; delivery; issuance; as, the issue of an order from a commanding officer; the issue of money from a treasury.
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Issue
That which passes, flows, or is sent out; the whole quantity sent forth or emitted at one time; as, an issue of bank notes; the daily issue of a newspaper.
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Issue
Progeny; a child or children; offspring. In law, sometimes, in a general sense, all persons descended from a common ancestor; all lineal descendants.
If the kingShould without issue die.
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Issue
Produce of the earth, or profits of land, tenements, or other property; as, A conveyed to B all his right for a term of years, with all the issues, rents, and profits.
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Issue
An artificial ulcer, usually made in the fleshy part of the arm or leg, to produce the secretion and discharge of pus for the relief of some affected part.
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Issue
The final outcome or result; upshot; conclusion; event; hence, contest; test; trial.
Come forth to viewThe issue of the exploit.
While it is hot, I 'll put it to the issue.
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Issue
A point in debate or controversy on which the parties take affirmative and negative positions; a presentation of alternatives between which to choose or decide; a point of contention; a matter in controversy.
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Issue
In pleading, a single material point of law or fact depending in the suit, which, being affirmed on the one side and denied on the other, is presented for determination. See General issue, under General, and Feigned issue, under Feigned.
As much at issue with the summer dayAs if you brought a candle out of doors.
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Issue
To pass or flow out; to run out, as from any inclosed place.
From it issued forced drops of blood.
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Issue
To go out; to rush out; to sally forth; as, troops issued from the town, and attacked the besiegers.
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Issue
To proceed, as from a source; as, water issues from springs; light issues from the sun.
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To proceed, as progeny; to be derived; to be descended; to spring.
Of thy sons that shall issue from thee.
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To be produced as an effect or result; to grow or accrue; to arise; to proceed; as, rents and profits issuing from land, tenements, or a capital stock.
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Issue
To close; to end; to terminate; to turn out; as, we know not how the cause will issue.
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Issue
In pleading, to come to a point in fact or law, on which the parties join issue.
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Issue
To send out; to put into circulation; as, to issue notes from a bank.
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Issue
To send out officially; to deliver by authority; as, to issue an order; to issue a writ.
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Issue
An important question that is in dispute and must be settled;
The issue could be settled by requiring public education for everyone
Politicians never discuss the real issues
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Issue
One of a series published periodically;
She found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waitingroom
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Issue
The provision of something by issuing it (usually in quantity);
A new issue of stamps
The last issue of penicillin was over a month ago
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Issue
Some situation or event that is thought about;
He kept drifting off the topic
He had been thinking about the subject for several years
It is a matter for the police
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Issue
Supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government
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Issue
The immediate descendants of a person;
She was the mother of many offspring
He died without issue
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Issue
A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon;
The magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise
His decision had depressing consequences for business
He acted very wise after the event
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Issue
The income arising from land or other property;
The average return was about 5%
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Issue
The becoming visible;
Not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins
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Issue
An opening that permits escape or release;
He blocked the way out
The canyon had only one issue
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Issue
Prepare and issue for public distribution or sale;
Publish a magazine or newspaper
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Issue
Circulate or distribute or equip with;
Issue a new uniform to the children
Supply blankets for the beds
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Issue
Come out of;
Water issued from the hole in the wall
The words seemed to come out by themselves
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Issue
Make out and issue;
Write out a check
Cut a ticket
Please make the check out to me
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Issue
A point of debate or a topic for discussion.
The environmental issue was the main focus of the meeting.
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Issue
The act of supplying or distributing something.
The government faced challenges in the issue of new passports.
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Issue
A matter of concern or problem to be addressed.
They discussed the issue of budget cuts at the board meeting.
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Repeatedly Asked Queries
Can a magazine have different editions?
Yes, magazines can have different editions, like regional or international editions.
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What is a first edition?
A first edition is the initial publication of a book or work.
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What is a special issue of a journal?
A special issue of a journal focuses on a specific theme or topic, curated by guest editors.
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How is a revised edition different from the original?
A revised edition includes updates or corrections from the original publication.
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Can software have editions?
Yes, software can have different editions like standard, professional, or enterprise.
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What is an anniversary issue?
An anniversary issue marks a significant milestone of a publication, like its yearly anniversary.
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Does 'edition' imply a change in content?
Yes, editions often imply changes or updates in content.
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What does 'issue number' mean in magazines?
Issue number is a sequential identifier for each release in a magazine series.
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Is a director's cut an edition?
Yes, a director's cut is an edition of a film with the director's chosen edits.
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How do newspapers use the term 'issue'?
Newspapers use 'issue' to refer to each published installment, usually daily or weekly.
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What's a back issue of a magazine?
A back issue is a previously released issue of a magazine.
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How do journals number their issues?
Journals typically number their issues sequentially within a volume.
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Can an issue be part of a series?
Yes, an issue is typically part of a serial publication like a magazine or journal.
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Is a collector's edition valuable?
Collector's editions can be valuable, especially if they include unique features or are limited in quantity.
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What's a limited edition?
A limited edition is a special version of a product released in a restricted quantity.
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Can a single book have multiple editions?
Yes, a book can have multiple editions, like paperback and hardcover.
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What does 'out of edition' mean?
'Out of edition' means that a particular version of a work is no longer being printed.
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Do issues always have a date?
Yes, issues of periodicals like magazines and newspapers typically have a publication date.
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Is an e-book a different edition?
An e-book can be considered a digital edition of a book.
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What's the difference between edition and version?
'Edition' often refers to print or published works, while 'version' can refer to any iteration of a product or work.
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