Meanings
- music industrymediaNot available from the publisher (of a printed work, especially a book, or a music release).
Sometimes a publisher will automatically revert rights back to an author once a book has gone out of print.
1 more example
[I]t was out of print for 28 years, before an edition (now rare) was published in 1960, impoverished by having all citations removed.
2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 488
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseNot available from the publisher (of a printed work, especially a book, or a music release).
More synonyms by meaning
adjective(of books) no longer offered for sale by a publisher
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 絕版 /绝版
- 絕版 /绝版 (juébǎn)not available from the publisher
Finnish loppuunmyyty, ei saatavilla
- loppuunmyytynot available from the publisher
- ei saatavillanot available from the publisher
French épuisé
- épuisénot available from the publisher
Hungarian elfogyott, kifogyott
- elfogyottnot available from the publisher
- kifogyottnot available from the publisher
- nem kaphatónot available from the publisher
Japanese 絶版
- 絶版 (zeppan)not available from the publisher
Polish niedostępny
- niedostępnynot available from the publisher
Russian вышедший из печати
- вышедший из печати (vyšedšij iz pečati)not available from the publisher
Swedish slutsåld
- slutsåldnot available from the publisher
Cite this entry
out of print. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20print
“out of print.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20print. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “out of print,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20print.
Source: out of print on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.