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Definition: publishing from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate(R) Dictionary

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(1580) : the business or profession of the commercial production and issuance of literature, information, musical scores or sometimes recordings, or art 〈newspaper ⁓〉 〈software ⁓〉

Publishing

From Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Literature: The Encyclopedia of the Novel
The age of print and publishing begins with the development of the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg (fl. 13901468) in Mainz, Germany in about 1450. Adapting techniques and equipment used in agricultural settings (e.g., the grape press), by 1456 Gutenberg had begun producing multiple copies of texts in printed form, including a 42-line Bible, some grammatical works, a papal indulgence, and at least one broadside astrological calendar. Within a few years of its first use, this new technology for making books had spread throughout Europe (see paper and print ). Printing proved a lucrative business: books became valuable commodities, requiring the development of a sophisticated network of production, sales, and distribution. The late medieval book trade had centered on local markets and needs. The age of humanism, an increase in literacy in the 1600s, and the expansion of literary culture to embrace literature, however, saw printing and publishing expand to become international in…
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Full text Article book publishing

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
The term publishing means, in the broadest sense, making something publicly known. Historically, it came to refer to the issuing of printed materials, such as books, magazines, periodicals, and the like; it now also encompasses issuing such materials in an electronic form. There is, however, great…
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Full text Article Book Publishing Industry

From Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
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The book publishing industry first developed in the American colonies during the seventeenth century. As the middle class in the United States grew, so did the demand for books, and the industry came to play a significant role in the U.S. economy, functioning as a means of both entertainment and…
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Full text Article African-American Book Publishing Authority, The

From Encyclopedia of African-American Writing
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Full text Article PUBLISHING

From The Reader's Companion to American History
As the Gilded Age publisher Henry Holt once observed, a “book is a thing by itself. There is nothing like it, as one shoe is like another, or as one kind of whiskey is like another.” Part commodity and part cultural artifact, often subject to the whims of popular taste, books have variable social…
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Full text Article Books

From African American Almanac
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Since black book publishing began in the United States in 1817, three types of publishers have emerged in this sector of the American book publishing industry: religious publishers, institutional publishers, and trade book publishers. Religious publishing enterprises were established by black…
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Full text Article Simon & Schuster, Inc.

From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
U.S. publishing company. It was founded in 1924 by Richard L. Simon (1899–1960) and M. Lincoln Schuster (1897–1970), whose initial project, the original crossword-puzzle book, was a best seller. Among their other innovations was Pocket Books, the first U.S. paperback line, which was launched in…
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Full text Article Haldeman-Julius, E.

From A Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes
(30 July 1889–31 July 1951; b. Emanuel Julius) By common consent the most influential alternative chapbook publisher ever in America, he established in Girard, Kansas, a unique business that printed miniature vest-pocket books 3½ inches by 5 inches, “Little Blue Books,” with uniform typographic…
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Full text Article Frankfurt Book Fair (Buchmesse)

From Cultural Studies: Holidays Around the World
The world's largest annual trade show for the book publishing industry is held annually for five days in Frankfurt, Germany. It attracts exhibitors from about 110 countries and is attended by more than 250, 000 people, of whom about 7, 000 are publishers, editors, and exhibitors. Trade fairs have…
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Full text Article McGraw-Hill Companies

From Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
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The McGraw-Hill Companies encompass educational, financial, business, governmental, and professional publishing and information services. In 2013 McGraw-Hill completed a split into two separate companies: McGraw Hill Financial Inc., which provides information such as credit ratings to the financial…
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Full text Article Howard University Press 1972-

From Encyclopedia of African-American Writing
Scholarly publisher of literature by, for, and about African Americans Howard University, established in 1867, did not officially establish the current Howard University Press until 1972. By then, various Howard professors and scholars had been stamping the Howard University Press imprint on…
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