<P> Each batch of copies printed is termed a print run , printing run , printing , impression , or press run . This is all of the copies produced by a single set - up of the production equipment . One edition can have any number of print runs ( i.e. , first edition , first impression ; first edition , second impression ; second edition , first impression , etc . ) . Poor - selling books may have only one . Very successful books may have 50 or more . Older books ( before about 1970 ) often noted the impression number among the publishing details . However , in printmaking each individual copy of a print is described as an impression . </P>
<P> Each batch of copies printed is termed a print run , printing run , printing , impression , or press run . This is all of the copies produced by a single set - up of the production equipment . One edition can have any number of print runs ( i.e. , first edition , first impression ; first edition , second impression ; second edition , first impression , etc . ) . Poor - selling books may have only one . Very successful books may have 50 or more . Older books ( before about 1970 ) often noted the impression number among the publishing details . However , in printmaking each individual copy of a print is described as an impression . </P>
what does second impression mean in a book
what does second impression mean in a book
Each batch of copies printed
Each batch of copies printed