Publishing

Publishing

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

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Macron

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A horizontal line used over a vowel to show that it is long, or to indicate a specific pronunciation; see vowel, accent, diacritic. Also, this same symbol used to indicate a long or stressed syllable ...

Recto / rectos

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A right-hand or odd-numbered page of an open book or manuscript; the front of a leaf. Title and contents pages are always recto, while frontispiece and acknowledgment pages are usually verso. Compare ...

Cc / c.c.

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Abbreviation for copy/copies, as derived from "carbon copy", referring to the former practise of interleaving sheets of carbon paper between blank pages to mechanically reproduce the original, which ...

Book paper

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Category of paper suitable for books, magazines, catalogs, advertising, and general printing needs. Book paper is divided into uncoated paper (also called offset paper) and coated paper (also called ...

Demand printing / on-demand printing

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Producing a specific quantity of documents or books as ordered by the author or publisher. Most printers set minimum runs at 200 - 500 pieces, but the unit price does not diminish with increased ...

Advance copies

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The first pressrun copies of a new book or magazine sent to the preferred clients of the publisher, to production staff, to content contributors, and other select persons before regular distribution. ...

Rule

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A horizontal or vertical line used as a graphic element to separate or organise copy; rule thickness is measured by point or percent, and rule length is measured by pica, percent, inch, or ...