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Publishing

Publishing is the process of producing literature, music or information and making it available to the general public.

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Publishing

Quick printing

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Printing using small sheet-fed presses and cut sizes of bond or offset paper. See duplicator, demand printing, reprography, short run, press.

Front-page / frontpage

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The first and outermost page of a newspaper, therefore the place where the most important storeys or features begin; corresponds to the cover of a magazine, with headlines equal to cover lines. Also, ...

Read

Printing & publishing; Publishing

To apprehend or translate signs and symbols so as to recognise their significance or understand their meaning, especially in written or printed form. Also , a processing skill of symbolic reasoning, ...

Suite

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A number of connected or related things forming a series or set, as an ensemble of integrated programmes (v: Acrobat) or compatible software (v: MIME); derived as a metathetic variation of suit ...

Teaser

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A highlight or excerpt used to engage the audience's attention, such as call-outs or film clips; see trailer, snippet, contents. Also, an advertisement that lures customers by offering a promotional ...

Reply coupon

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A reply device for direct response promotions. This convenient mechanism provides a summary of the offer ("4 issues for $24"), allows respondent to fill in name and address information, and lists ...

Ideogram

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A written symbol that represents an idea or object directly, rather than a particular word or speech sound; also called "ideograph". See lexigram, logogram, pictography, rebus, hieroglyphics, ...

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