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Message:: [QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 1129544, member: 56"] "in some cases the publisher may get a large amount of book orders up front, and run a second, third, or even forth printing before the publication date. Some publishers will simply call these the second, third, and forth printings. But other publishers might want to point out that these additional printings were made before the publication date as a way to impress us - it's like saying: look, this book is so great that we had to print more before the official publication date" That answers a question I've had about a copy of "The Spy Who came in from the Cold" that is marked as fourth impression, prepublication.[/QUOTE]