Publishing

Publishing

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

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Retail display allowance (RDA)

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A sum paid to dealers who agree to display the entire cover or full face of a magazine. See newsstand, kiosk, BBS, banner, distributor.

Well

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Any container or receptacle, as a layout area framed to receive a stream of copy or other input. See editorial well, feature well, double pyramid, poster make-up; compare frame.

Large publishers often distinguish between their leading titles (those current titles that receive the bulk of the publishers' promotional efforts) and current or new titles for which the publishers ...

Calligraphy

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The art of beautiful penmanship or fancy writing; a script of high aesthetic value produced chiefly by brush, as prized in Arabic, Indian, Chinese, and Japanese writing. See swash, paraph, stress ...

Publication date

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The scheduled circulation date for a publication, usually a series issue of a periodical, intended to reach subscribers and newsstands before the cover date. Dating a publication is important for ...

Simile

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A figure of speech which explicitly compares two distinct objects or concepts by the direct use of "like" or "as" (eg: "She is like a rose." and "Now the chimney was all of the house that stood, Like ...

Halftone

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A printing process in which gradation of tone is obtained by a system of minute dots; also called "monotone". Also, either the metal printing plate or the final image obtained from this process of ...