digital publishing

Electronic content release

Digital publishing is the creation and distribution of content in electronic formats rather than print.

This includes ebooks, online magazines, websites, and apps.

The term covers both converting traditional print materials to digital form and creating content designed specifically for screens: The newspaper shifted to digital publishing to reach younger readers.

It encompasses self-publishing platforms that let authors bypass traditional gatekeepers.

Opposites
medium/format

digital publishingprinted matter

Published text materials

print media · printed books · newspapers · physical media · print journalism

technological era

digital publishingmovable type

Reconfigurable printing components

Gutenberg press · letterpress printing · old media · offset printing

Family

digital, publishing

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G