print run
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3.7
- noun
- Literature
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tirada
- That journal was founded in 1802 and rose rapidly to a print run of around ten thousand.
- a small print run
The Ukrainian textbooks are printed in far lower print runs.
- The Ukrainian textbooks are printed in far lower print runs.
- They they bought the entire print run.
- As a matter of fact, I will have my publisher remove the entire print run with that chapter in it, thousands and thousands of books.
Examples
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According to Massaro, the JCAHO increased its newsletter print run by about 2,000 copies and made the entire issue available on its website.
Academic text (2002) -
Furthermore, there's an upside to a small advance and print run -- it's much easier to sell.
Academic text (2009) -
Here we are doing a test print run and as you can see it's on white paper.
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It's a total failure, we're selling less than half our print run.
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The length of the first print run is not known, but it sold out in six months.
Academic text (1992) -
As a matter of fact, I will have my publisher remove the entire print run with that chapter in it, thousands and thousands of books.
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Over the years, smaller print runs pushed up costs and therefore prices in an ongoing spiral.
Academic text (1997) -
At the moment, I am specializing in short print runs and digital editions.
Blog text (20) -
Despite modest budgets and small print runs, there are distinct advantages to university presses.
Academic text (2009) -
The novel will have an initial print run of 55,000 copies.
Synonyms
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1.1
A set of copies of a book produced at the same time
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5.6
A period when a printing press makes one set of newspapers or magazines
A set of newspaper or magazine copies with some pages changed for different areas
How Many
- Literature
3
3.7
22
3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense can be partially inferred from 'print' (in printed form) combined with a production sense of 'run' (a series or batch), so a learner could guess it relates to a period or batch of printing. However, 'run' in this technical publishing sense is somewhat specialized and not the most frequent sense learners know, so the relation is not fully predictable without exposure.
Etymology
Print run comes from printing presses and joins print, meaning making copies on a press, with run, meaning one working period when the machine makes many copies. So a print run is the batch of copies made then, and today it means the 'number of copies' printed for an 'edition'.