Publishing

Publishing

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

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Scroll

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A roll of parchment, papyrus, paper, or other writing material, especially for ancient documents or scriptures. See banderole, volume, protocol, codex, incunabula, artifact.

Repeatability

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Ability of a device, such as an Imagesetter, to produce film or plates which yield images in register.

Category of paper used in writing, printing, and photocopying on which the text or main part of a publication is produced, as compared to cover stock. Also called "communication paper" and writing ...

Reflective copy

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Products, such as illustrations and photographic prints (including fabrics), viewed by light reflected from them. See illustration.

Half-title page

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The first printed page of certain books, appearing after the endpapers but before the title page, and containing only the title of the book; also called "fly title" or "bastard title". Beginning in ...

Compilation

Printing & publishing; Publishing

To assemble or combine materials into a single work, as to collect selections into an assemblage, or aggregation; derived from "to steal from another writer". See anthology, miscellany, garland, news ...

Toner

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A highly concentrated organic pigment (qv); compare dye, ink. Also, either a dry powder, or a powder dispersed in an organic liquid, used in xerography (qv) to produce the final image.