printed editions

Books and newspapers

Printed editions are versions of a text produced on paper through printing, as opposed to digital or electronic formats.

The phrase distinguishes physical books, newspapers, or documents from their online counterparts: The printed edition includes photographs not available on the website.

Publishers sometimes offer content in the printed edition that differs from digital versions.

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paper stock · newspaper · folio · quarto · cardstock · pamphlet · back issue · lithography · vellum · journal · colophon · parchment · limited run · catalog · paperback · mass market · hardcover · atlas

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medium/format

printed editionse-books

Electronic publications

digital editions · PDFs · online editions · audiobooks · digital publications

production method

printed editionshandwritten manuscripts

Texts inscribed personally, not printed

manuscripts · illuminated manuscripts · holographs · original manuscripts

permanence/fixity

printed editionsoral traditions

Culture transmitted through speech

spoken word · live broadcasts

Family

print, printed, printing, prints, printer, printers, printable, reprint, reprints

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G