revised edition
Amended published version
A revised edition is a new version of a published work that has been updated, corrected, or substantially modified from earlier printings.
Publishers issue revised editions to incorporate new information, fix errors, or refresh outdated material: The textbook's revised edition includes recent case studies.
The term distinguishes meaningful changes from simple reprints.
- errataPublished list of corrections
- updated versionRevised, more recent iteration
- editingRefining content for clarity
- author's noteWriter's direct address to readers
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
correction · emendation · red pen · proofreading · page proofs · update · copyright law · ISBN · publisher · refinement · typesetting · print run · expansion · printing · abridged · footnotes · paperback · back cover
- booksnovel, textbooks, study guides, book, paperback
- book termsfolio, quarto, octavo, duodecimo, page
- correctionscorrection, corrections, fix, fixing, rectification
- Book publishingprinting, reprinting, typesetting, binding, print run
- editionsreprint, first pressing, unabridged, remastered, re-release
- reprintsreissue, facsimile, reproduction, trade paperback, mass market
version chronology
revised editionfirst edition
Original published version
first printing · editio princeps · first impression · prototype · draft