publishing

n. process of producing and distributing printed material; business of publishing

v. produce and distribute printed material; make publicly known, advertise

Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of literature or information – the activity of making information available for public view. In some cases, authors may be their own publishers.Traditionally, the term refers to the distribution of printed works such as books (the "book world") and newspapers. With the advent of digital information systems and the Internet, the scope of publishing has expanded to include electronic resources, such as the electronic versions of books and periodicals, as well as  websites, blogs, games and the like.
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Noun
1. the business of publishing
(synonym) publication
(hypernym) commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
(hyponym) desktop publishing
(derivation) publish, bring out, put out, issue, release
(class) headline

Verb
1. put into print; "The newspaper published the news of the royal couple's divorce"; "These news should not be printed"
(synonym) print
(hypernym) produce, make, create
(hyponym) republish
(derivation) publication
2. prepare and issue for public distribution or sale; "publish a magazine or newspaper"
(synonym) bring out, put out, issue, release
(hypernym) publicize, publicise, air, bare
(hyponym) edit
(derivation) publication
3. have (one's written work) issued for publication; "How many books did Georges Simenon write?"; "She published 25 books during her long career"
(synonym) write
(hypernym) create verbally
(verb-group) write, compose, pen, indite
(derivation) publication

(p. pr. & vb. n.)
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Synonyms and related words:
AP, Associated Press, Fleet Street, Reuters, UPI, United Press International, airing, albertype, bandying, book, book printing, book publishing, broadcast, broadcasting, bruiting, bruiting about, chromotypography, chromotypy, chromoxylography, circulation, collotype, color printing, communications, communications industry, diffusion, display, dissemination, electronography, electrostatic printing, evulgation, fourth estate, graphic arts, gravure, halftone engraving, history of printing, issuance, issue, job printing, journalism, letterpress, letterpress photoengraving, line engraving, lithography, lithogravure, lithophotogravure, magazine publishing, mimeograph, offset, offset lithography, onset, palaeotypography, periodical, photo-offset, photochemical process, photoengraving, photogelatin process, photographic reproduction, photography, photolithography, phototypography, phototypy, photozincography, planographic printing, planography, print medium, printing, printmaking, promulgation, propagation, public press, public print, publication, publishing industry, relief printing, rotary photogravure, rotogravure, sheetwork, spread, spreading, spreading abroad, stencil, telecasting, the press, three-color printing, two-color printing, typography, typolithography, ventilation, wood-block printing, xerography, xeroprinting, xylotypography, zincography