Meaning of print run | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The total number of copies (of a book edition) printed as one batch on the printing press (that is, from one setup on the press).
2. The total number of copies (of a book edition or a newspaper edition) ever printed.

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Examples

“If the first print run sells out, a second print run will be ordered. Some books even have dozens of print runs.”

“In the meantime, I have an opportunity of extolling the virtues of his Liverpool & Manchester Railway Atlas, which appeared last year and has already had its second print-run.”

“The first edition had a print run of 1000 copies and sold for 36 shillings.”

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