dead-tree edition

dead-tree edition

A copy of a written work printed on paper (i.e., the product of "dead" trees), especially that which is also available in a digital format. With everything available online these days, it's a wonder anyone would pay for the dead-tree edition.
See also: edition
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • dead-tree format
  • hold the phone
  • Hold the phone!
  • please hold
  • on hire
  • for hire
  • hire
  • at (one's) service
  • at your service
  • hold the wire
References in periodicals archive
The prospect that the printed Blue Book may one day be supplanted by the boundless, continually updated and lower-cost electronic version makes the new dead-tree edition all the more welcome.
An evolving Blue Book
But as long as we're here -- in the dead-tree edition -- why don't you step inside my house, as Lyle Lovett sang not long ago (covering a Guy Clark tune)?
Pressing Issues: STEP INSIDE, TAKE A GOOD LOOK AROUND
On the bright side, barriers to online-coupon use by consumers and manufacturers alike suggest papers needn't worry that grocers will stop buying inserts anytime soon in their dead-tree editions. Said Tamara Oliverio, a spokeswoman for coupon giant Valassis, "Right now, everyone's looking at ROI [return on investment], and they're kind of staying with things they know will work."
Gaining at a good clip