Publishing

The Edition (Latin editio, publication ') or copy of a publication called the preparation for publication or this publication itself, the then editing texts, music and other works is usually done by publishers and editors. If not, or only slightly different from the presentation and the content of a publication of the previous editions, we speak rather of the edition of a publication.

Highly valued are regularly the first editions of works that have achieved a certain notoriety. Even early editions of printed works such as incunabula are much sought after because of their rarity.

Tasks of the editor

The aim of the edition is to provide the reader with a trusted text. To this end, the editor has to make a number of editorial decisions, which consist to determine the ratio of edited text from him to its respective template. Template in this sense, for example, the manuscript or typescript of the author or an already present in printed form older version of the text. The publisher can update, for example, the spelling of his presentation, modernize the language or he can - vice versa - opt for a text- faithful reproduction of his original, maybe even for a facsimile edition. Especially in older texts that exist in multiple versions or variants, this can be especially complicated.

Professional editors justify their decisions in the so-called editorial note (also " to editorial Report" ); in scientific publications is this duty. Documented historical- critical editions and evaluate in addition, all variants and precursors text of a work.

Besides the organization of the pressure or the publication as an electronic publication of such works include other activities to work a ( publishing ) Editors:

• Contact with the edited writers and artists and the search for other authors or artists that fit the publisher profile.
• The editing ( the editing of written works by a lecturer ).
• The organization of distribution and in some cases ( eg for large quantities or for exhibitions and conferences ) and the sale.

Editions in the humanities

In philological and scientific sense is an edition of the test, either the original text or the manner intended by the original author of the text through the critical comparison of prints and manuscripts, as well as, where appropriate, of materials left by the author to restore, ( textual criticism, therefore " critical edition "); or a historically effective text that can vary under circumstances far from the intention of the author, in its context, with references to the front desk to represent. There is, for example, Leithandschriften that represent a version of the text and which were most effective, although they may differ from the "original " wide. In general, a scholarly edition contains evidence from sources that the author has used. In addition, a kind comment is often added to the respective plant.

In the history of science be developed and made it so that a larger group of researchers accessible through source editions archival sources. Depending on the present material differs to documents, records or letter editions. But also texts of different kinds of sources are often combined into one topic in one edition. The source texts can be published in full text, in part or as a calendar entry.

When playing texts can be based on editorial guidelines, as the recommendations of the edition of early modern texts of 1980.

Comments on the term

The designation Edition also lead some publishers in the name.

The designation Edition is sometimes also chosen for unusually equipped expenditure or special editions of works, notably in the reproduction of demanding music and art.

The then editing works is different from the editing, as anglicism ( engl. to edit) only come up with the EDP is (data terminal on a data processing system to enter, modify, delete).

When publishing software one does not speak of individual issues, but of versions.