I work in the publishing industry. Two books from different print runs can both be titled "First Edition" and have still changes. If a misspelling or incorrect page number or a similar error is discovered after a print run it can be fixed in a subsequent print run without incrementing the edition. However if there are changes to the content it becomes "Second Edition".God Ginrai said:Tripmonkey_uk said:When it comes to books; the later editions normally contain either corrections for spelling mistakes or updated informationGod Ginrai said:
EDIT: Street Fighter II Championship edition contained extra playable characters
For the Publisher yes, for the book collector no. The Publisher has a broader definition of First edition, making your statement true. However, the book collector's definition makes a certain number of later editions the same, and then one way later different. (Publishers consider it to be first edition as long as nothing is changed, where as Book collectors call it first edition only for the first print run)
-God Ginrai
The collectors I've met don't call corrected print runs "Second Edition". Most collectors have worked in or around the publishing industry and know the difference between the terminology.
First Batch is roughly equivalent to "first print".
First Edition implies that subsequent editions will contain changes. (At least from the publishing perspective.)
No, even outside of publishing. Let's look at the gaming world.
Wizards of the Coast has a popular Trading Card Game (TCG) called Magic: The Gathering (Magic or MTG). The first three standard sets were named Alpha, Beta, and Revised, but subsequent sets up to the tenth set were called 4th Edition through 10th Edition. (What would have been 11th Edition they switch to using the year, Magic 2010 aka M10.)
Each edition contained cards from the previous edition along with some new cards. Changes to the basic rules historically happen as part of an Edition release. Often the card art and flavor text changed from one edition to the next, even the rules text is often change to be clearer or reflect rule changes.
To anyone who plays Magic "Edition" clearly implies major differences, not merely different print runs.
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