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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ggroy" data-source="post: 5263400" data-attributes="member: 83805">With all this talk of WotC not doing any printings for the 4e core books in various threads, let's look at what the actual printings the 4E D&D books are.Here's a guide to determine what printing a particular book came from.<a href="http://www.travelinlibrarian.info/writing/editions/#prfa" target="_blank">Editions and Printings, How to Tell the Difference: a guide for book collectors</a>One should see a sequence of numbers on the page with the copyright information.In the case of WotC 4E D&D books, this information will be on the second pages of most 4E books, at the bottom left hand corner.  (Page one is usually the title page, while page three is the table of contents).For a first printing, one should see the sequence of numbers9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For a second printing, one should see the sequence of numbers9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2For a third printing, one should see the sequence of numbers9 8 7 6 5 4 3For a fourth printing, one should see the sequence of numbers9 8 7 6 5 4etc ...Looking through all my 4E books, they all have the sequence of numbers "9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" which means they are all first printings.So far over the last year or so of looking through big box bookstores and gaming stores, the only second printings of 4E books I've seen so far have been for the 4E Player's Handbook 2.  (These printings have the sequence of numbers "9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2").The misleading part about many 4E books, is that it will also include a string "First Printing:  **Date**" also right below (or above) the sequence of numbers "9 8 7 6 ...".  For example, the 4E core books PHB1/DMG1/MM1 will have a string "First Printing:  June 2008", regardless of the printing.  This string does NOT tell you what the actual printing is.Using this convention of a sequence of numbers to determine the printings of the 4E books, which printings of 4E books do other people have?</blockquote>

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