An excerpt of a larger publication that has been printed and bound separately for promotional purposes. For example, publishers will print and bound a chapter of a book to send to booksellers or for the author to give away before the entire book is published. Scholarly excerpts are another example; a portion of a large journal piece printed for a p... Found on http://www.alibris.com/glossary/glossary-books
Off`print' transitive verb [ Off + print .] To reprint (as an excerpt); as, the articles of some magazines are offprinted from other magazines. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/14
A separately issued article, chapter, or other portion of a larger work, printed from the type or plates of the original, usually at the same time as the original
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