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noun

publishing

the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution

In a sentence

Six example sentences with publishing, each labelled with its topic.

  • Her second novel moved to a smaller publishing house, which printed fewer copies but kept the book in stores for years.

    Literature

  • Publishing turned profitable for them only after they added a catalog of workbooks that schools reorder every August.

    Business

  • Digital tools changed publishing less than expected: the presses are quieter, but a book still needs editors, proofs, and warehouses.

    Technology

  • Publishing in Venice boomed after 1470, when dozens of presses turned out cheap editions of the classics.

    History

  • Art publishing depends on costly colour plates, so a monograph rarely appears until a museum agrees to buy copies.

    Art

  • Publishing runs on thin margins, since a bookshop can return every unsold copy for a full refund months later.

    Economics

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