Edition notice

{{Short description|Page in a book containing information}}

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The edition notice (or copyright page) is the page in a book containing information about the current edition, usually on the back of the title page. It often contains a copyright notice, legal notices, publication information, printing history, cataloguing information from a national library, and an ISBN that uniquely identifies the work.{{Cite web |url=http://www.editorialservice.com/faq_copyrightpage.html |title=Editorialservice.com |access-date=2009-01-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209161903/http://editorialservice.com/faq_copyrightpage.html |archive-date=2009-02-09 |url-status=dead }}

At the bottom of the edition notice one often finds a line of numbers, some of which may appear to be missing, called the printer's key. These indicate the book's print run.

Sometimes, there will also be a warning indicating that the book sold without a cover is a stripped book.