An offprint is a separate printing of a work that originally appeared as part of a larger publication, usually one of composite authorship such as an academic journal
An academic or scholarly journal is a periodical publication
Periodical literature (also called a periodical publication or simply a periodical) is a category of serial
Serial may refer to:
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, magazine, or edited book.Carter, John, and Nicolas Barker. (2004) ''ABC for Book Collectors''. 8th edition. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll. p. 153. Collins. Retrieved 11 April 2018. The '' Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science'' states that, according to James Murray's ''
New English Dictionary on Historical Principles
New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created.
New or NEW may refer to:
Music
* New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz
Boyz or The Boyz may refer to:
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'', the word was derived from the German ''separatabdruck'' or the Dutch ''afdruk''.
Offprints are used by authors to promote their work and ensure a wider dissemination and longer life than might have been achieved through the original publication alone. They may be valued by collectors as akin to the first separate edition of a work and, as they are often given away, may bear an inscription from the author. Historically, the exchange of offprints has been a method of correspondence between scholars.
See also
*Preprint
In academic publishing, a preprint is a version of a scholarly or scientific paper that precedes formal peer review and publication in a peer review, peer-reviewed scholarly or scientific journal. The preprint may be available, often as a non-typ ...
* Reprint
A reprint is a re-publication
To publish is to make content
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* Content (media), information or experience provided to audience or end-users by publishers or media producers
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