What does the term "publisher's edition" mean in relation to books?

Hi dalqe,

Most often, "Publisher's Edition" is used to indicate that a book
isn't a "Book Club Edition" (a copy of the original, printed and bound
after the publisher's edition), but rather an original bound by the
publisher. That is *not* to say that it is a "First Edition" (it could
be a later printing of the publisher's edition).

Google Group: rec.collecting.books:
"I would say "publisher's edition" to distinguish from the BCE [book
club edition], and reserve the term "trade edition" to distinguish
from limited, privately-printed or other special editions not
distributed to the trade."
http://groups.google.ca/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=sogdcasldbm73%40corp.supernews.com

TomFolio: Identifying Book Club Editions:
http://www.tomfolio.com/PublisherInfo/BookClubID.asp

More discussions for browsing on rec.collecting.books:
http://groups.google.ca/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22publisher%27s+edition%22&btnG=Search&meta=group%3Drec.collecting.books

I hope that is clear. If you have any questions, please post a
clarification request before closing/rating my answer and I will be
happy to respond.

Thank you,
hummer

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Thank you, dalqe, that's lovely. Welcome to GA. Sincerely, hummer