publishers

Houses releasing books

Publishers are companies or individuals that produce and distribute written works—books, newspapers, magazines, or digital content.

A publisher typically handles editing, design, printing, and marketing: She submitted her manuscript to several publishers.

The term extends to anyone who makes content publicly available: The blog's publisher posted daily updates.

books

imprint

Mark from applied pressure

editor · bestseller · genre · fiction · nonfiction · royalties · literary · hardcover · paperback · blurb

news

reporting

Conveying documented information

columnist · correspondent · byline · dateline · scoop · exclusive · lede · press · wire · syndicate

print

press

Apply force downward

pagination · proofreading · galley · folio · quarto · octavo · signature · recto · verso · frontispiece

digital

ebook

Downloadable text file

EPUB · PDF · online · download · platform · Wattpad · DRM · metadata · Amazon · Kobo

media

broadcasting

Mass signal transmission

streaming · multimedia · content · production · programming · channels · syndication · cable · satellite · networks

Categories
Opposites
content creation role

publishersauthors

Creators of written works

writers · creators · novelists · content creators · originators

information flow direction

publishersreaders

Those who peruse text

subscribers · consumers · audiences · viewers · the public

content gatekeeping

publisherscensors

Those who suppress content

suppressors · self-publishers · banners · censorship boards · redactors

Phrases
Family

published, publisher, publishes, unpublished, republished, publisher's, copublished, copublishers, self-published

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