An imprint is the printed identification of a publisher, press, or publishing division, often accompanied by a place and date of publication. It may appear on the title page, copyright page, or both, and it can also refer to the publishing name itself. In small-press poetry, an imprint records the material circumstances of a book's making and connects the volume to a particular editorial community. Readers, collectors, and bibliographers use it to distinguish issues and trace editions.

An "imprint" refers to the publishing information printed on a book's title page or copyright page, detailing the publisher's name, location, and date of publication. For textual scholars, bibliographers, and poetry historians, examining imprints provides vital historical context: it reveals the press networks, geographical origins, and regulatory environments under which a poetry collection was produced. Teaching students how to read an imprint helps them trace the dissemination of poetic movements, small-press revolutions, and clandestine samizdat literature. Related terms include colophon, copyright page, publisher, and pressmark.