book club edition

Japanese: book club edition（英語表記）bookclubedition

...A membership-based organization that distributes books on a regular basis and promotes the popularity of quality books. Generally, book clubs obtain permission from the original publishers of selected books to create inexpensive book club editions and distribute them to members, but they may also purchase large quantities of the original publisher's stock at low prices, or ask the original publisher to publish a book club edition at the same time. This method is also attractive from a business perspective for book clubs, as they can expect stable demand as long as they have enough members.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "book club edition" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…定期的に書籍を頒布し優良図書の普及をはかる会員制組織。一般にはブッククラブが，選定した書物の原出版社から許可を得て廉価なブッククラブ版book club editionを作り，会員に配布するシステムを取るが，原出版社の大量在庫を安く買い取ったり，あるいはブッククラブ版の刊行を同時に原出版社に依頼する場合もある。この方式は，会員さえ集まれば安定した需要が望めることなど，ブッククラブ側にも経営面の魅力がある。…

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