Publishing

Publishing

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

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Copy desk

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The desk at which copy (qv) is edited and prepared for printing, especially in a newspaper or magazine office. See slot, rim, fishbowl, deskman, copyedit, copywriter.

Setoff

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The undesirable transfer of wet ink from the top of one sheet to the underside of another as they lay in the delivery stack of a press; also called "offset". Compare scum, ghosting, slur, hickey, ...

Island ad

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A display ad set in a text well, or positioned like a call-out or image box, such that it is surrounded by editorial or feature material; often conspicuously positioned in a related article. See ...

A pointing device that enables the user to select menu items or command options on a display screen for input or output; examples include mouse, trackball, joystick, touchpad, puck, stylus, and light ...

Cartridge

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A thick general-purpose paper used for printing, drawing, and wrapping. See paper.

Morpheme

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Any of the minimal grammatical units of a language, each constituting a phrase, a word, or a meaningful part of a word (eg: prefix, infix, suffix, affix), that cannot be divided into smaller ...

Camera-ready copy

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Mechanicals, photographs, and artworks that are fully prepared for reproduction according to the technical requirements of the printing process being used; also called "photo-ready copy" and "final ...