trade edition
- noun
- /treɪd ɪˈdɪʃən/
- Jargon
:
edición comercial
- Then, I assume Humanoids got punished in the marketplace for publishing books in large format and so adopted the limited edition/trade edition procedure.
Examples
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In mid-October, Buz called to say he would like to publish the book in a hardcover trade edition.
Academic text (2009) -
The size of the trade edition of this book (Mickey Mouse in Color) was more in line with the Fantagraphics editions of the daily strips.
Blog text (4) -
Given the poor critical and public reception that greeted trade editions of Outram's work, the poet was faced with finding other ways to reach an audience.
Academic text (2013) -
In the next decade, 1970 to 1980, a period that saw major works from the Gauntlet Press as well as several trade editions of Outram's work, the situation improved only marginally with two published reviews.
Academic text (2013) -
The trade edition of Mickey Mouse in Color (Pantheon, $39.95) is on my shelf next to Volume 1 of the current Fantagraphics Pogo series.
Blog text (4) -
The trade edition of the novel was available at all major bookstores.
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She decided to buy the trade edition because it was more affordable than the limited release.
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The publisher announced that the trade edition would include new illustrations and a foreword.
Synonyms
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3.8
A book written and sold for the general public to read
Antonyms
How Special
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3.7
- Jargon
Surface Forms
Morphology
The parts 'trade' (commercial/activity of buying and selling) and 'edition' (a version of a book) together plausibly yield the idea of an edition intended for commercial sale, so a learner who knows both words can partly infer the meaning. However, the phrase is a publishing-specific label with nuances (contrast with special/limited or mass-market formats) that are not fully predictable at B1, so it is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Trade edition comes from bookselling. Trade here means selling to shops and regular readers, and edition means a version of a book, so a trade edition is the version made 'for sale to the public' rather than a 'special' or limited release.