Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person or business that produces and distributes something, such as a book or magazine, in printed or electronic form.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who publishes.
- noun One who, as the first source of supply, issues books and other literary works, maps, engravings, musical compositions, or the like for sale; one who prints and offers a book, pamphlet, engraving, etc., for sale to dealers or to the public.
- noun One who utters or passes counterfeit paper, or puts it in circulation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who publishes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
publishes , especially books.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a firm in the publishing business
- noun a person engaged in publishing periodicals or books or music
- noun the proprietor of a newspaper
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Examples
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Okay, in all honesty, I didn't receive a free copy of this book anyway because the publisher is a BIG MEANIE!!!
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Okay, in all honesty, I didn't receive a free copy of this book anyway because the publisher is a BIG MEANIE!!!
Archive 2010-04-01 2010
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And. If this big name publisher is going to expect me to pay $27.00 for a book, I'd like to know its been properly edited, which is NOT always the case.
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Self-published authors receive a lot of negative feedback (primarily from critics and reviewers - you know who you are), but not having the financial backing of a publisher is actually a blessing in disguise .... in that it teaches a writer very quickly what he/she needs to do to break even on a book.
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They rely on publishers to do the sorting, and the better a publisher is at sorting, the more likely that publisher is to be profitable.
April « 2007 « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2007
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They rely on publishers to do the sorting, and the better a publisher is at sorting, the more likely that publisher is to be profitable.
Those Awful Secrets « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2007
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My favorite dismissive comment by a publisher is the one that sunk Charlotte Perkins Gilman's only mystery novel, _Unpunished_ (written in 1929):
Ah, Rejection Bill Crider 2007
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Apparently, a publisher is arguing that a reviewer needs permission to review a book.
Archive 2006-04-01 2006
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Apparently, a publisher is arguing that a reviewer needs permission to review a book.
I Need Permission? 2006
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For most authors, finding a publisher is a Tolkienian adventure.
June 2006 2006
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