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reissue

reissue

8 4.0
A book or music album released again, usually without changes
  • noun
  • /ˌriːˈɪʃuː/
translation icon : reedición
  • Francesco Cordasco, editor of a 1968 reissue of selections from Riis's works, noted that he "suffered all the prejudices of his day."

Examples

  • Well, mostly archival research, cataloguing old records, and writing liner notes for their CD reissues.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • When doing reissues, Porter works hard at creating strong relationships with the original artists or their estates.

    Blog text (25)
  • I know the guy who owns the original and lent it for use on this reissue.

  • The reissue of The World of David Bowie with a different cover.

  • But he is planning an expanded reissue of the Mechanics album 'The Living Years' from 1988.

    Blog text (9)
  • Main wrote only ten new pages of material for the reissue, including these lines from a new foreword:

    Academic text (2004)
  • "An elegant reissue of old favorites."

  • Currently out of print but slated for reissue by Savoy Books later this year.

    Blog text (3)
  • Stay on the lookout for revised versions and reissues of older books.

    Academic text (2014)
  • The special edition of the book includes a reissue of the original text with no changes.

Synonyms

reprint
vsreissue
5 3.7

A book or article printed again without changes

is used for releases across different media, not only printed works
republication
vsreissue
1 6.2

Making a book or article available to readers again as a new edition

is limited to releases that keep original content unchanged
rerelease
vsreissue
1 3.6

A film, album or book made available again with new content

keeps the same original content when released again rather than adding changes
reprinting
vsreissue
1 3.2

A book or other work made again in the same form and sold

is broader, applying to various media not only printed copies

Antonyms

194 3.5

The first version of something from which copies are made

How Revised

new edition
11 3.0
reissue
8 4.0
reprint
5 3.7

Surface Forms

reissue singular
reissues plural

Morphology

reissue = reissue (transparent) = re + issue

The noun is a standard zero-derived form from the verb 'reissue', referring to the thing reissued.

Etymology

Reissue is made from re- 'again' and issue 'a published release', so a reissue is a book, album, or card that is 'released again' after its first appearance.