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imprint

imprint

10 7.5
The name, address, and edition details of a book's publisher printed inside
  • noun
  • /ˈɪmprɪnt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : colofón
  • You can find the publisher's imprint printed on the title page of the book, which includes the name and location.
  • imprint on a book
  • imprint of a publisher
  • published under an imprint

Then about, I don't know, about four months ago, I got put into a new imprint, not a new imprint, new to me imprint called Paradigm Press.

Examples

  • Reprinted by arrangement with Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

    Academic text (2011)

  • The False Years under the imprint of the Latin American Literary Review Press.

    Academic text (1993)

  • A few years ago, in partnership with Penguin Books, I started my own imprint called Optimism Press.

  • Published by license under the Harwood Academic Publishers imprint, part of The Gordon and Breach Publishing Group.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • The book is being published by Ren and Rook, which is an imprint of Hush.

  • It's her very own imprint at Amazon Publishing, full of great reads handpicked by Mindy herself.

  • Reprinted by permission of Scribner, An Imprint of Simon & Schuster Inc.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • I saw that Harlequin has an ebook-only imprint, and they are pricing them at $4.99.

    Blog text (20)

  • Some enterprising writers have also joined together to create their own exclusive e-book imprints.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Reprinted with permission of Brooks/Cole, an imprint of the Wadsworth Group, a division of Thomson Learning.

    Academic text (2002)

Synonyms

colophon
vsimprint
  • Specialized
9.9

A small picture or mark that a publisher prints in a book

gives full publisher name address and edition details usually at bottom of title page

Antonyms

anonymity
106 6.5

Being unknown so other people do not know who you are

How Detailed

colophon
  • Specialized
9.9
imprint
  • Specialized
10 7.5

Surface Forms

imprint singular
imprints plural

Morphology

imprint = imprint (opaque) = im + print

The noun is converted from the verb, but the sense 'publisher's details on the title page' is a specialized publishing term that learners would not normally predict.

Etymology

Imprint is used for the publisher details printed in a book because printers once left a physical mark on the page, so the book's imprint shows who made and published it.