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pub·lish

(pŭb′lĭsh)

v. pub·lished, pub·lish·ing, pub·lish·es

v.tr.

a. To prepare and issue (a book, music, or other material) for public distribution, especially for sale.

b. To prepare and issue a work or works by (an author).

2. To bring to the public attention; announce. See Synonyms at announce.

v.intr.

1. To issue a publication.

2. To be the writer of works that are published.

[Middle English publicen, publishen, to make known publicly, from alteration of Old French publier, from Latin pūblicāre; see publication.]

pub′lish·a·ble adj.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

pub•lish•ing

(ˈpʌb lɪ ʃɪŋ)

n.

the business of a publisher.

[1700–10]

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Noun

publishing - the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution

publication

business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business"

desktop publishing - (computer science) the use of microcomputers with graphics capacity to produce printed materials

republishing, republication - the act of publishing again

contribution - a writing for publication especially one of a collection of writings as an article or story

serialisation, serialization - publication in serial form

headline - provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headline

index - provide with an index; "index the book"

publishing

noun

The act or process of publishing printed matter:

issue, printing, publication.

Translations

نَشْر

nakladatelské podnikání

forlagsvirksomhed

Herausgabe

edición editorial

édition publication

könyvkiadás

útgáfa

editoria pubblicazione

forlagsvirksomhet

издательский

nakladateľské podnikanie

yayıncılık

出版出版业

publishing

[ˈpʌblɪʃɪŋ]

A. N (= trade) → industria f editorial
he's in publishing → publica libros, está con una casa editorial

B. CPD publishing company, publishing house N → (casa f) editorial f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

publishing

[ˈpʌblɪʃɪŋ] n

(= industry) → édition f
She works in publishing → Elle travaille dans l'édition.

[book] → publication fpublishing company n → maison f d'éditionpublishing house n → maison f d'éditionpub lunch n → repas m de bistrot
to go for a pub lunch → aller manger au bistrotpub quiz n quiz, jeu-questionnaire, auquel on joue certains soirs de la semaine au pub

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

publishing

n (= trade) → das Verlagswesen; publishing company or house → Verlagshaus nt; the decline of children’s book publishing → der Rückgang bei den Kinderbüchern

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

publishing

[ˈpʌblɪʃɪŋ] n (industry) → editoria, industria editoriale; (of book) → pubblicazione f

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

publish

(ˈpabliʃ) verb

1. to prepare, print and produce for sale (a book etc). His new novel is being published this month.

2. to make known. They published their engagement.

ˈpublisher noun

a person or a company that publishes books, newspapers etc.

ˈpublishing noun

the business of a publisher.

References in classic literature ?

Fac-simile copies of this piece had been in possession of the present editor some time previous to its publication in "Scribner's Magazine" for September, 1875; but as proofs of the authorship claimed for it were not forthcoming, he refrained from publishing it as requested.

Ide," and whoever wrote them was also the author of the lines "To Isadore." In order, doubtless, to give a show of variety, Poe was then publishing some of his known works in his journal over noms de plume, and as no other writings whatever can be traced to any person bearing the name of "A.

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No one can feel more sensible than I do of the necessity of hereafter publishing in detail all the facts, with references, on which my conclusions have been grounded; and I hope in a future work to do this.

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This has been sufficient to make me alter my purpose of publishing them; for although the reasons by which I had been induced to take this resolution were very strong, yet my inclination, which has always been hostile to writing books, enabled me immediately to discover other considerations sufficient to excuse me for not undertaking the task.

In this they seem to me to be like a blind man, who, in order to fight on equal terms with a person that sees, should have made him descend to the bottom of an intensely dark cave: and I may say that such persons have an interest in my refraining from publishing the principles of the philosophy of which I make use; for, since these are of a kind the simplest and most evident, I should, by publishing them, do much the same as if I were to throw open the windows, and allow the light of day to enter the cave into which the combatants had descended.

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At the end of three working years, two of which were spent in high school and the university and one spent at writing, and all three in studying immensely and intensely, I was publishing stories in magazines such as the "Atlantic Monthly," was correcting proofs of my first book (issued by Houghton, Mifflin Co.), was selling sociological articles to "Cosmopolitan" and "McClure's," had declined an associate editorship proffered me by telegraph from New York City, and was getting ready to marry.

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"And you won't find another publishing house in the country to touch it," Ernest said.

So he patiently went the round of the publishing houses.

Next, the "Appeal to Reason," a big socialist publishing house, arranged with father to bring out the book.

Watch out next for the suppression of the socialist press and socialist publishing houses.

It prepared to go on with its book publishing. Twenty thousand copies of father's book were in the bindery, and the presses were turning off more.

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Rudy Shur began his work in publishing as a field representative for Charles E.

How To Publish Your Nonfiction Book, second edition

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