publishing
Getting works distributed
Publishing is the business of producing and distributing written or visual content to the public—books, magazines, newspapers, or digital media.
The term covers everything from editorial selection to printing to marketing: She works in publishing.
Self-publishing bypasses traditional gatekeepers, letting authors produce and sell their own work directly.
High-volume publication
- royaltiesOngoing payments to creators
- advanceMove or progress forward
- bookstoreShop selling printed works
- imprintMark from applied pressure
blockbuster · franchise · agent · rights · contract · marketing · sales · mass-market
Original text before publication
- novelNew and unusual
- poetryMetrical literary composition
- essayShort argumentative prose work
- biographyWritten life account
fiction · nonfiction · author · genre · narrative · prose · anthology · memoir
Printed periodical of current events
- magazineBound periodical with articles
- journalismNews gathering and dissemination
- reporterOne who gathers news
- editorialPublication's official viewpoint article
column · article · newsroom · headline · byline · correspondent · press · tabloid
Reproducing text mechanically
- typesettingArranging text for print
- bindingLegally or morally required
- prepressPrint preparation stage
- layoutSpatial arrangement of elements
design · illustration · cover · galley · proof · offset · letterpress · signature
Record of daily events
- citationMention of a source
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- monographSingle-topic scholarly work
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
dissertation · abstract · bibliography · tenure · conference · symposium · manuscript · plagiarism
Checking text for mistakes
- copyeditingCorrecting written material
- revisionAltering to improve
- correctionFixing of mistakes
- stylesheetFile governing visual formatting
fact-checking · markup · redline · stet · query · consistency · accuracy · grammar
Coordination of complex activities
- warehousingStoring goods commercially
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
- booksellersLiterature retail professionals
- retailersBusinesses selling to public
shipping · wholesalers · fulfillment · circulation · bookstores · libraries · newsstands · subscriptions
bestseller
High-volume publication
- royaltiesOngoing payments to creators
- advanceMove or progress forward
- bookstoreShop selling printed works
imprint · blockbuster · franchise · agent · rights · contract · marketing · sales · mass-market · trade
manuscript
Original text before publication
biography · fiction · nonfiction · author · genre · narrative · prose · anthology · memoir · collection
newspaper
Printed periodical of current events
- magazineBound periodical with articles
- journalismNews gathering and dissemination
- reporterOne who gathers news
editorial · column · article · newsroom · headline · byline · correspondent · press · tabloid · broadsheet
printing
Reproducing text mechanically
- typesettingArranging text for print
- bindingLegally or morally required
- prepressPrint preparation stage
layout · design · illustration · cover · galley · proof · offset · letterpress · signature · bleed
journal
Record of daily events
- citationMention of a source
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- monographSingle-topic scholarly work
thesis · dissertation · abstract · bibliography · tenure · conference · symposium · manuscript · plagiarism · scholarly
proofreading
Checking text for mistakes
- copyeditingCorrecting written material
- revisionAltering to improve
- correctionFixing of mistakes
stylesheet · fact-checking · markup · redline · stet · query · consistency · accuracy · grammar · syntax
logistics
Coordination of complex activities
- warehousingStoring goods commercially
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
- booksellersLiterature retail professionals
retailers · shipping · wholesalers · fulfillment · circulation · bookstores · libraries · newsstands · subscriptions · returns
ebook
Downloadable text file
platform · Wattpad · DRM · Nook · Kobo · metadata · audiobook · print-on-demand · Amazon · algorithm
- creative industriesadvertising, animation, broadcasting, design, entertainment
- industriesbusiness, factories, education, health, supply chain
- publishingeditors, editor, books, booksellers, novels
- business activitiesmeetings, meeting, hiring, firing, training
- Information Industriesbroadcasting, journalism, news media, television, radio
- game developmentgame engine, game design, game engines, game designer, rendering
publishingsuppressing
Forcibly restraining or inhibiting
withholding · concealing · hiding · concealment · shelving
publishingcensorship
Official content restriction
suppression · censoring · banning · book burning · redacting
publishingunpublishing
Removing released content
retracting · withdrawing · pulling · recalling · taking down
- desktop publishingComputer-based document creation
- publishing housesFirms producing books
- online publishingReleasing content digitally online
- publishing companyFirm producing printed works
- publishing rightsPermission to reproduce content
- book publishingReleasing written works commercially
republishing, self-publishing, publishing house, publishing houses