What does the term 'issue' mean when defining the publication states of an edition?
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Correct answer: A subclass of an edition's copies, altered after printing for a marketing or functional reason
An 'issue' consists of a subset of copies within an edition or impression that feature a deliberate, structural change made after the book was initially prepared for sale. A common example is printing a new title page with a different publisher's name to sell a batch of sheets to a different market. This distinguishes it from a 'state', which involves accidental variants or stop-press changes during production.
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