Author's Edition: What is the meaning of that phrase?

Can someone tell me the meaning of the phrase "Author's edition?" How
does an author's edition differ from any other? Any help will be
greatly appreciated. Thank you.

On 27 Apr 2004 17:41:02 -0700, (buck) declared:

Can someone tell me the meaning of the phrase "Author's edition?" How
does an author's edition differ from any other? Any help will be
greatly appreciated. Thank you.

sometimes when an author is less known the editors will "urge" him to
cut parts of a book. later when he is better known, they might
republish it as an "author's edition". stephen king's the stand and
raymond feist's magician come to mind.


Robert

--

The sound of gunfire, off in the distance, I'm getting used to it now
Lived in a brownstone, lived in the ghetto, I've lived all over this town
This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no fooling around

MindElec wrote in message . ..
On 27 Apr 2004 17:41:02 -0700, (buck) declared:

Can someone tell me the meaning of the phrase "Author's edition?" How
does an author's edition differ from any other? Any help will be
greatly appreciated. Thank you.

sometimes when an author is less known the editors will "urge" him to
cut parts of a book. later when he is better known, they might
republish it as an "author's edition". stephen king's the stand and
raymond feist's magician come to mind.


Robert

Thank you for the prompt answer and please forgive my ignorance. Does
that mean that the "author's edition" is the same as the one AFTER the
author made the cuts, or is it an edition with the cut portions placed
back in, since author is now better known?

On 28 Apr 2004 18:26:34 -0700, (buck) declared:

MindElec wrote in message . ..
On 27 Apr 2004 17:41:02 -0700, (buck) declared:

Can someone tell me the meaning of the phrase "Author's edition?" How
does an author's edition differ from any other? Any help will be
greatly appreciated. Thank you.

sometimes when an author is less known the editors will "urge" him to
cut parts of a book. later when he is better known, they might
republish it as an "author's edition". stephen king's the stand and
raymond feist's magician come to mind.


Robert

Thank you for the prompt answer and please forgive my ignorance. Does
that mean that the "author's edition" is the same as the one AFTER the
author made the cuts, or is it an edition with the cut portions placed
back in, since author is now better known?

the author's edition would be the one with the text cuts added back
in, "his" prefered edition as opposed to the "editors" prefered
edition ;-)


Robert

--

The sound of gunfire, off in the distance, I'm getting used to it now
Lived in a brownstone, lived in the ghetto, I've lived all over this town
This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no fooling around

There's another meaning of the term "author's edition": it can refer to
specially bound copies that the author commissions from the publisher at the
time of the books' printing, to give as presentation copies to friends and
perhaps to keep for himself. E.R. Eddison, for example, had his publishers
issue specially bound "author's editions" of his novels, printed on
highher-quality paper; usually he limited these to 12 and they are all quite
scarce.

Mike

wrote:

There's another meaning of the term "author's edition": it can refer to
specially bound copies that the author commissions from the publisher at the
time of the books' printing, to give as presentation copies to friends and
perhaps to keep for himself.

In our house these were known as "Christmas copies." I don't know if that term
is an invention of my mother's, or if it is a term that someone at her
publisher (Little, Brown) tended to use.

--Helen

There's another meaning of the term "author's edition": it can refer to
specially bound copies that the author commissions from the publisher at the
time of the books' printing, to give as presentation copies to friends and
perhaps to keep for himself. E.R. Eddison, for example, had his publishers
issue specially bound "author's editions" of his novels, printed on
highher-quality paper; usually he limited these to 12 and they are all quite
scarce.

Mike

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