.the business or profession of the commercial production and issuance of literature, information, musical scores or sometimes recordings, or art
Pub·lish
(pŭb′lĭsh)
v. pub·lished, pub·lish·ing, pub·lish·es
v.tr.
1.
a. To prepare and issue (a book, music, or other material) for public distribution, especially for sale.
b. To prepare and issue a work or works by (an author).
2. To bring to the public attention; announce. See Synonyms at announce.
v.intr.
1. To issue a publication.
2. To be the writer of works that are published.
[Middle English publicen, publishen, to make known publicly, from alteration of Old French publier, from Latin pūblicāre; see publication.]
Publication
publishing – the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution publication business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business – the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; “computers are now widely used in business “desktop publishing – (computer science) the use of microcomputers with graphics capacity to produce printed materials republishing, republication – the act of publishing again contribution – a writing for publication especially one of a collection of writings as an article or storyserialisation, serialization – publication in serial form headline – provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headline index – provide with an index; “index the book”
