Serious book collectors generally avoid cheaper-produced book club editions

Learn how to identify Book of the Month Club and other book club editions of titles you may be shopping for.

The basic definition: A book club edition (BCE) or book of the month club edition (BOMC) refers to a book printed by a “book club” with cheaper materials than the original publishing house, and is generally not worth much to the serious collector.

 (https://www.biblio.com/blog/2010/11/can-you-identify-a-book-club-edition/)