Publishing  

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French publishers, British publishers, American publishers

Publishing is the process of mass production and dissemination of literature or information – the activity of making information available for public view.

Traditionally, the term refers to the distribution of printed works such as books and newspapers.

With the advent of the reading revolution in the mid 19th century, publishing became a mass medium, see Grub Street.

Publishers

Dalkey Archive Press - Atlas Press - Jörg Schröder - John Calder - Sylvia Beach - Creation Books - Edmund Curll - Lawrence Ferlinghetti - Maurice Girodias - Glittering Images - Grove Press - Eric Losfeld - Headpress - New Directions - Obelisk Press - Olympia Press - Jean-Jacques Pauvert - RE/Search publications (V.Vale and A. Juno) - Barney Rosset - Taschen

Anonymous publishing since the 17th century

• Pierre Marteau
• Anonymous publishing

Radical publishers of the 19th and 20th centuries

• Jules Gay
• Auguste Poulet-Malassis
• Eric Losfeld
• John Calder
• William Dugdale
• Edmund Curll

Famous printers

• Johannes Gutenberg
• John Baskerville
• Jodocus Badius
• Henry Estienne
• William Caxton
• Benjamin Franklin
• Colard Mansion
• Aldus Manutius
• Francysk Skaryna
• Christoffel Plantijn
• Johann Froben
• Hieronymus Froben
• Wright Brothers
• Charlotte Guillard

See also

• Press
• Printing
• Public
• Self-publishing
• Concentration of media ownership
• List of publishers
• Mass media
• Publication
• Self-publishing
• Serials, periodicals and journals
• Small press
• Writing
• Zines

Publishing on specific contexts:

• Academic publishing
• Scientific literature
• Books published per country per year
• Writing circles
• Document management system