Publishing
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| Traditionally, the term refers to the distribution of printed works such as [[book]]s and [[newspaper]]s. With the advent of digital information systems and the [[internet]], the scope of publishing has expanded to include [[website]]s, [[blog]]s, and the like. | Traditionally, the term refers to the distribution of printed works such as [[book]]s and [[newspaper]]s. With the advent of digital information systems and the [[internet]], the scope of publishing has expanded to include [[website]]s, [[blog]]s, and the like. | ||
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| - | Publication is also important as a [[law|legal concept]]: (1) as the process of giving formal notice to the world of a significant intention, for example, to marry or enter bankruptcy; (2) as the essential precondition of being able to claim [[defamation]]; that is, the alleged [[libel]] must have been published, and (3) for [[copyright]] purposes, where there is a difference in the protection of published and unpublished works. | ||
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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 digital information systems and the internet, the scope of publishing has expanded to include websites, blogs, and the like.
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By medium
book - magazine - music - newspaper - novel - web site
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
Notable publishers
