The terms special edition , limited edition , and variants such as deluxe edition , or collector's edition , are used as a marketing incentive for various kinds of products, originally published products related to the arts, such as books, prints, recorded music and films, and video games, but now including clothing, cars, fine wine , and whisky , among other products. A limited edition is restricted in the number of copies produced, although in fact the number may be very low or very high. Suzuki (2008) defines limited edition products as those “sold in a state that makes them difficult to obtain because of companies limiting their availability to a certain period, quantity, region, or channel". A special edition implies there is extra material of some kind included. The term is frequently used on DVD film releases, often when the so-called "special" edition is actually the only version released.
42-611: Collector's edition may just be another term for special edition and limited edition products that include additional features or items that regular versions do not have. When referring to books, collector's edition products may refer to books in special limited and numbered editions, sometimes hand-bound, and signed by the artist and containing one or more original works or prints produced directly from their work and printed under their supervision. Whatever these extra features or items are, they must represent additional value to collectors of these products. Limited-edition books are released in
84-772: A base with additional color cartridges for smoother gradient transitions (such as light magenta , light cyan , light and very light gray), up to 12 different inks in top model printers (orange, green, violet (Epson); red, green, blue (HP); 11+ Chroma Optimizer [a clearcoat] (Canon)) to achieve larger color gamut . A wide variety of substrates on which an image can be printed with such inks are available, including various textures and finishes such as matte photo paper , watercolor paper, cotton canvas , pre-coated canvas, or textured vinyl. Artists generally use inkjet printing to make reproductions of their original two-dimensional artwork, photographs, or computer-generated art . Professionally produced inkjet prints are much more expensive on
126-591: A copy of a limited-edition book is stated as being "out of series": this is an unnumbered copy, often a review copy. In some instances, the limited-edition version contains additional material not found in the mass-market (or trade ) version of the book, such as tipped-in pages . Likewise, they are sometimes housed in slipcases . Popular culture widely employs Special, Deluxe, Expanded and Limited Edition in marketing, releasing subsequent, improved versions of film DVDs, music, and video games. Companies widely use special editions and incremental improvements to sell
168-491: A given newspaper does reach the number of people claimed by the publisher. There are international open access directories such as Mondo Times , but these generally rely on numbers reported by newspapers themselves. The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) publishes a list of newspapers with the largest circulation. In 2011, India led the world in terms of newspaper circulation with nearly 330 million newspapers circulated daily. In 2010, China topped
210-406: A hardback book. Generally, the special package is only produced for the first pressing or a set number of copies - some are limited to only being sold at one chain of retailers. It is important to distinguish this from an expanded re-release, since those are generally available widely and for a long period of time. Milking, or double-dipping , refers to the practice of releasing multiple editions of
252-410: A limited-quantity print run , usually fewer than 1000 copies (much smaller than publishing-industry standards). Limited-edition books were introduced by publishers in the late 19th century. The term also implies that no further additional printings of the book with the same design treatment will take place, unlike open-ended trade editions wherein further copies may be released in more print runs as
294-461: A mass edition. With inkjet printing the artist does not have to pay for the expensive printing plate setup or the marketing and storage needed for large four-color offset print runs. This allows the artist to follow a just-in-time business model in which inkjet printing can be an economical option, since art can be printed and sold individually in accordance with demand. Inkjet printing has the added advantage of allowing artists to take total control of
336-415: A per-print basis than the four-color offset lithography process traditionally used for such reproductions. A large-format inkjet print can cost more than ten times that of a four-color offset litho print of the same image in a run of 1,000, not including scanning and color correction . Four-color offset lithographic presses have the disadvantage of the full job having to be set up and produced all at once in
378-713: A readership of over 2.370 million (with a circulation base of over 2.4 million copies) has the most circulation in other languages. The 2022 circulation figures for the morning and evening editions of Japan's newspapers: Yomiuri Shimbun , 6,870,000; The Asahi Shimbun , 5,890,000; Mainichi Shimbun , 2,572,000; Nihon Keizai Shimbun , 1,731,000; Chunichi Shimbun / Tokyo Shimbun ,2,871 ,000; Sankei Shimbun , 1,330 ,000; Nikkan Sports , 1,661 ,828; Hokkaido Shimbun , 1,896,594; Shizuoka Shimbun , 1,479,000; . The Norwegian Media Businesses' Association publishes national circulation figures for every newspaper in Norway every year. In 2011
420-649: Is Le Journal de Montréal , which averaged 319,899 copies on Saturday, 267,404 Monday to Friday, and 264,733 on Sunday. Unlike in the United States, newspapers in Canada published their biggest and mostly widely read editions on Saturdays. The Audit Bureau of Circulations shows that the largest read local language newspapers to be Dainik Bhaskar (with 4.320 million readers) and Dainik Jagran (with 3.410 million readers), both published in Hindi . The Times of India
462-487: Is a neologism , ultimately derived from the French word gicleur, coined in 1991 by printmaker Jack Duganne. The name was originally applied to fine art prints created on a modified Iris printer in a process invented in the late 1980s. It has since been used widely to mean any fine-art printing, usually archival, printed by inkjet. It is often used by artists, galleries, and print shops for their high quality printing, but
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#1732794104062504-428: Is also common to have such items packaged with unique designs. With the success of DVDs, special editions of films themselves (instead of just special editions of film DVDs) have also become fairly common. Sharing similarities with the concept of a director's cut (another long-suffering inflation-by-marketing term). These generally feature additional in-movie material. The material may be footage originally deleted from
546-424: Is also used generically for art printing of any quality. The word giclée was adopted by Jack Duganne around 1990. He was a printmaker working at Nash Editions . He wanted a name for the new type of prints they were producing on a modified Iris printer , a large-format , high-resolution industrial prepress proofing inkjet printer on which the paper receiving the ink is attached to a rotating drum. The printer
588-476: Is the most widely read English language newspaper ( 3.029 million), followed by Malayala Manorama (2.370 million), Amar Ujala (2.067 million), Hindustan Times (1.132 million), Eenadu (1.732 million), Daily Thanthi is a Tamil daily (1.498 million), Anandabazar Patrika is Bengali language newspaper(1.075 million). Malayala Manorama newspaper which is published in Malayalam from Kerala, currently has
630-492: Is the number of overall prints the artist will print of that image. The lower the second number is, the more valuable and collectible the limited editions are likely to be, within whatever their price range is. A small number of "artists' proofs" may also be produced as well, signed and with "AP", "proof", etc. Prints that are given to someone or are for some reason unsuitable for sale are marked "H. C." or "H/C", meaning "hors de commerce", not for sale. In terms of musical albums,
672-564: The Wall Street Journal with 2,378,827 in circulation; The New York Times at 1,865,318; and USA Today with 1,674,306. Overall, for the 593 reporting newspapers, daily circulation declined 0.7 percent year-over-year between March 2012 and March 2013. Sunday circulation was down 1.4 percent over the same period. Giclee Giclée ( / ʒ iː ˈ k l eɪ / zhee- KLAY ) describes digital prints intended as fine art and produced by inkjet printers . The term
714-598: The largest circulated newspapers in the world. The Times of India is the largest circulated English-language daily newspaper in the world, across all formats (Broadsheet, Compact, Berliner and Online). Reference News ( 《参考消息》 ) is the most popular paper in China. According to the Guinness Book of Records , the daily circulation of the Soviet newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda exceeded 21,500,000 in 1990, while
756-499: The noun giclée . In addition to its original association with Iris prints, the word giclée has come to be loosely associated with other types of inkjet printing including processes that use dyes or fade-resistant, archival inks ( pigment -based), and archival substrates primarily produced on Canon , Epson , HP and other large-format printers. These printers use the CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black) color process as
798-610: The "California Print Law" of 1971. The state of Illinois later expanded on the California statute. However, it was not until 1986 that more comprehensive provisions, still in place today, were enacted with the passage of the "Georgia Print Law". That law became the template for statutes subsequently enacted by other states. The Georgia Print Law written by (former) State Representative Chesley V. Morton , became effective July 1, 1986. The law requires art dealers, artists, or auctioneers to supply information to prospective purchasers about
840-432: The "Special Edition" in 1999 for the first DVD release of the episode. Limited edition prints, also known as LEs, have been standard in printmaking from the nineteenth century onwards. A limit to the print run is crucial, as many traditional printmaking techniques can only produce a limited number of best quality impressions. This can be as few as ten or twenty for a technique like drypoint , but more commonly would be in
882-426: The Soviet weekly Argumenty i Fakty boasted a circulation of 33,500,000 in 1991. In many developed countries, print circulation is falling due to social and technological changes such as the availability of news on the internet. On the other hand, in some developing countries circulation is increasing as these factors are more than cancelled out by rising incomes, population, and literacy. The Herald Sun has
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#1732794104062924-407: The album; DVD content, including music videos. These editions are commonly repackaged, with the new content on a second disc and many feature additional liner notes . Also, some albums are initially released in two editions, a regular retail version and a "special" or "limited" version in distinctive packaging and often including extras such as a second disc, a video DVD, or liner notes expanded into
966-569: The artist's supervision. In UK and New Zealand the Fine Art Trade Guild ensures the quality and verification of limited edition prints by employing a number of strictly administered regulations for all processes and aspects related to them. In the United States limited editions are regulated under state consumer protections laws. California became the first state to regulate the sale of limited edition art prints with
1008-465: The belief that the additional features or content will be worth paying for a product that is largely equivalent to one already owned. Print run Print circulation is the average number of copies of a publication . The number of copies of a non-periodical publication (such as a book) are usually called print run . Circulation is not always the same as copies sold, often called paid circulation , since some issues are distributed without cost to
1050-410: The best DVD edition possible of a film with special items in a box set , sometimes containing items available only in the limited edition. Items marked thus are often (but not always) released for a shorter time and in lower quantity than common editions, often with a running number (e.g. "13055 of 20000") printed on the products to boost the rarity feel, as the company implies not to manufacture more. It
1092-462: The country is the Toronto Star , which, as of the six-month period ending on March 31, 2007, averaged 634,886 copies sold on Saturday, 436,694 Monday to Friday, and 442,265 on Sunday. The second most widely read paper is Toronto-based national newspaper The Globe and Mail , which averaged 374,000 copies on Saturdays, and 303,000 Monday to Friday. The most widely read French-language newspaper
1134-489: The final cut, or new digitally-created, interpolated content. Unlike true director's cuts, the directors may not have had part in such projects, such as in Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut , in which Richard Donner did not help create the new version, just supply the material. The Doctor Who television movie " The Five Doctors " was edited, recut, amongst various other changes, to make
1176-413: The first and subsequent printings sell out. Limited-edition books may also be numbered or lettered to distinguish in that set each book. For example, a numbered, limited book could have a marking such as "Copy 1 of a limited edition of 250 copies" or "1/250". Much less common is the lettered limited-edition book that could have denotations such as "1 of 26" or "1/26" or "A of 26" or "Copy A", etc. Sometimes
1218-909: The highest circulation in Australia. Based in one of the country's two major cities, Melbourne , it is the result of the amalgamation of the original Sun and Herald newspapers. The Belgian institution CIM (Centre for Information about Media) publishes national circulation figures for all written, audiovisual and web-based media in Belgium. The top ten best-selling papers according to their website [1] are Het Laatste Nieuws , 317,715; Het Nieuwsblad , 245,209; SUD Presse (group of papers focused on community specific content), 147,749; Het Belang van Limburg , 121,428; Le Soir , 113,780; Vers l'avenir, 109,287 (group of papers focused on community specific content); La Dernière Heure , 107,583; De Standaard , 104,758. The most widely read paper in
1260-631: The increased competition from radio, television and, more recently, the Internet. A growing population helped the absolute circulation numbers continue to increase until the 1970s, where it remained stable until the 1990s, when absolute circulation numbers began declining. Newspaper circulation numbers are reported to the Alliance for Audited Media . The best-selling papers in America, measured by combined daily average circulation as of March 31, 2013, are
1302-424: The list in term of total newspaper circulation with 110.78 million a day, ahead of India in second with 100.993 million, followed by Japan, with 50.4 million; the United States, with 48.5 million; and Germany, with 19.7 million. In the 2019 survey, among the top 10 newspapers, all were Asian newspapers and four were Japanese newspapers. The Japanese Yomiuri Shimbun ( 読売新聞 ), Asahi Shimbun ( 朝日新聞 ) are still
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1344-486: The low hundreds - print runs of over a thousand are regarded as dubious by the serious art market for original prints, even though with many techniques there is no loss of quality. Edition sizes higher than about 500 are likely to be of print reproductions of paintings, of much less value, though some modern techniques blur this traditional distinction. As in other fields, the use of the concept has become largely driven by marketing imperatives, and has been misused in parts of
1386-410: The market. In particular, lithographic, photogravure, rotogravure, and giclee reproductions of prints, derived from photographs of an original print, which are most unlikely to have any investment value, are often issued in limited editions implying that they will have such value. These need to be distinguished from the original artist's print, carefully produced directly from his work, and printed under
1428-599: The most read newspaper was the Oslo -based national newspaper Aftenposten , with a circulation of 235,795 followed by the tabloid Verdens Gang with 211,588. The local evening newspaper Aften averages 101,574 and the tabloid Dagbladet had 98,989 readers. The financial newspaper Dagens Næringsliv averaged 82,595. In the top ten list it is followed by five local newspapers: Bergens Tidende , 79,467; Adresseavisen , 71,657; Stavanger Aftenblad , 63,283; Fædrelandsvennen , 36,604 and Drammens Tidende , 33,352. As of August 2016,
1470-531: The nature of the print, the number of prints and editions (including HC editions) produced, and the involvement (if any) of the artist in the creation of the print. The penalty for violation of the law ranges from simple reimbursement to treble damages, in the case of a willful violation. Those found to be in violation of the law are also liable for court costs, expenses, and attorney fees. The law applies to works of art valued at more than $ 100.00 (not including frame). Charitable organizations are specifically exempt from
1512-402: The provision of the law. The statute of limitations is one year after discovery, and, if discovery of the violation is not made within three years of the sale, then the purchaser's remedies are extinguished. A limited edition is normally hand signed and numbered by the artist, typically in pencil, in the form (e.g.): 14/100. The first number is the number of the print itself. The second number
1554-508: The reader. Readership figures are usually higher than circulation figures because of the assumption that a typical copy is read by more than one person. Print circulation is a good proxy measure of print readership and is thus one of the principal factors used to set print advertising rates (prices). In many countries, circulations are audited by independent bodies such as the Audit Bureau of Circulations to assure advertisers that
1596-412: The same product (usually a CD , DVD , or Blu-ray ), simultaneously or at different times, with the purpose of enticing consumers to buy more than one edition. This can be done with, for example, a special edition, a director's cut, an ultimate edition, and a collector's edition, sometimes with different features or supplementary material. The consumer may be persuaded to purchase multiple editions, with
1638-514: The same products to consumers multiple times. This has been seen in the 10th Anniversary edition of Titanic , which simply consists of the first two discs of the previous Special Collector's edition , only with new packaging, and on CD with the 30 Year Anniversary Edition of Bob Marley 's Exodus , which has exactly the same content as the original album, but in new packaging. In many cases, successful film releases have had items made in limited numbers. These "limited editions" usually contain
1680-531: The term "deluxe edition" refers to a re-release of an album, generally a sufficient period after the initial release, featuring extra content related to the album. From the 2000s it has become commonplace for a deluxe edition to be released at the same time as the standard edition. The deluxe edition often includes some or all of the following: extra tracks; demo recordings of album tracks; live recordings of album tracks; alternate takes, mixes, or edits of album tracks; B-sides from album singles that did not appear on
1722-558: The top 6 best-selling papers are respectively: Hürriyet , 340,898; Sözcü , 322,829; Sabah , 313,989; Posta , 302,919; Habertürk , 253,256 and Milliyet , 143,577. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations the newspaper with the UK's highest paid circulation is the Daily Mail at 800,110 as of November 2022. The heyday of the newspaper industry was the 1940s, but the percentage of Americans reading newspapers began to decline with
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1764-531: Was adapted for fine-art printing. Duganne wanted a word that would differentiate such prints from regular commercial Iris prints then used as proofs in the commercial printing industry. Giclée is based on the French word gicleur , the French technical term for a jet or a nozzle, and the associated verb gicler (to squirt out). Une giclée (noun) means a spurt of some liquid. The French verb form gicler means to spray, spout, or squirt. Duganne settled on
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