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Publishing

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

Contributors in Publishing

Publishing

Reissue

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A subsequent impression of an earlier edition, with a redesigned cover, jacket, and/or title page, and changes in the front and/or back matter, but body text that is substantially unchanged. See ...

Spot colour

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Any colour created by printing only one ink; also known as "flat color". See fifth color, illustration.

Advertising specialties

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Items emblazoned with advertising, such as calendars, coffee cups, hats, matchbooks, and pencils. See premium; compare collateral.

Interface

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The area shared by or connecting two or more disciplines or fields of study. Also, a common boundary or interconnection between systems, equipment, concepts, or people. Also, something that enables ...

Housekeeping

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The routine management, maintenance, and servicing of any system, especially computers attended by script or utility software; also called "system clean-up".

Novella

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A fictional prose narrative that is longer and more complex than a short story; a short novel. Also called "novelette".

Rotary press

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A printing press in which the type or plates to be printed are fastened upon a rotating cylinder, and impressed on a continuous roll of moving paper (eg: flexography). Compare cylinder press; see ...

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