What is a Digibook/ Mediabook/ Digipack thread?

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We often have a lot of confusion on the forum about what qualifies as a Digibook/ Mediabook and what is a a Digipack. This thread will hopefully help members distinguish the differences between these different editions. I will put a few basic examples of how we classify them on the forum, if you want to chime in feel free to post in this thread and voice your opinion!

Digibooks: A Digibook usually has a hard book like cover with a spine. Anything that contains pages bounded inside can be classed as a digibook. A lot of confusion lies with the Men In Black and Indiana Jones editions because they only have 3 or 4 pages with discs in them but I believe these should still be classed as Digibooks.


Variations:

This edition looks different but still has a book style packaging and contains bound pages so should be classed as a Digibook.


Mediabook:
Mediabooks are essentially the same as digibooks but are usually taller (DVD sized) and released in Austria, Germany and sometimes Spain.


Digipack:
A Digipack may have a book style packaging but does not contain any bound pages. It can be difficult to determine certain releases as some digipacks do come with pages/ booklets. As a general rule if the book isn't bound or attached to the cover then it is classed as a digipack.


Book like and bound editions:
This edition has a book style packaging but as the booklet isn't attached it should be classed as a Book edition and would go in the book and bound edition section.


This is how we currently classify these editions on the forum to try and keep some consistency. Feel free to chat and post any questions/ opinions!
 

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Hi Simon. There are now many issues, notably from Criterion and Korea, that are a Digipack insert in an outer Slipcover or Slip Box, and often come with a booklet. So the Digipack itself is not the cover. Eg. Criterion's Tess. Are such editions also classified as Digipacks, which BD forum does? :)
 
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Yes, I suppose if the part inside the cover is in digipack format, it makes sense for it to appear in the digipack section. The slipcover section is for those releases where the slipcover is the part that differentiates it from a vanilla release.
 
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