subscription edition

American  

noun

1. an edition of one or more volumes for which a number of prospective purchasers place orders, usually in advance of publication.

2. a specially designed edition offered to subscribers, usually on an installment or deferred payment plan, or on an installment or deferred delivery plan, or both.

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Example Sentences

Consumers, on the other hand, still spend more on Office licenses than the subscription edition.

From Seattle Times

There is a handsome subscription edition.

From Project Gutenberg

Over 100 Illustrations. 12mo 3.50 Half calf 6.50 Morocco, or tree calf 8.00 Illustrated Subscription Edition.

From Project Gutenberg

But “piddling Theobald,” branded in the forehead by the immortal “Dunciad,” was the first who popularised the neglected writings of Shakespeare.27 His editions dispersed thirteen thousand copies, while nearly a third of Pope’s original subscription edition, of seven hundred and fifty copies, were left unvendible.28 It is an evidence of the spread of Shakespeare’s celebrity, that a fashionable circle had formed themselves into a society under the title of “The Shakespeare Club.”

From Project Gutenberg

Looking to increase the number of developers, Adobe is also offering CS 5.5 in a subscription edition for the first time, with monthly costs between $35 and $95.

From Forbes