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publisher

publisher

511 3.0
A person or company that prepares and sells books and magazines
  • noun
  • /ˈpʌblɪʃər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : editorial
  • She signed a contract with a renowned publisher to distribute her first book internationally.
  • book publisher
  • authors and publishers
  • editors and publishers

Again, I doubt that publishers formally agreed to do that.

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Examples

  • I've been talking to some publishers, and there's a lot of interest since you made the local section.

  • Pete Tucker is the founder and publisher of The Fight back.org.

  • So how do you as a publisher provide your consistent view?

  • But really what publishers want is a unique and strong idea.

  • The major awards title table included fields for author, title, publisher, publication year, and award.

    Academic text (2015)
  • His name is Brian London, editor and publisher of Gold Newsletter.

  • They're gonna set me up with a publisher and get the book rolling.

  • So here you are with this esteemed publisher, FSG.

  • So, Adam, well, you're awaiting a response from publishers on your novel.

  • Access to published literature has improved dramatically as publishers have opened their catalogs to online searching.

    Academic text (2013)

Synonyms

publishing house
vspublisher
18 3.2

A company that makes and sells books, magazines or journals

is broader because it can mean a person or company that issues works
publishing company
vspublisher
16 2.6

A business that makes books, magazines, or newspapers and sells them

is a person or a company involved in preparing and issuing works
publishing firm
vspublisher
1 3.0

A company that makes and sells books or magazines

also applies to a person or company that prepares and issues works

Compounds

A company that makes and sells magazines for many readers

newspaper publisher
  • Literature
3 3.6

A person or company that makes and gives out newspapers

How Big

publisher
  • Specialized
511 3.0
vanity press
  • Jargon
1 8.2

Surface Forms

publisher singular
publishers plural

Morphology

publisher = publish (transparent) = publish + er

Standard agentive nominalization from the verb 'publish' yields a person or organization that publishes; meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Publisher comes from the verb publish, which is based on the root public meaning 'open to everyone' or 'for the people'. So a publisher is a person or company that 'makes books or magazines open to the public' by preparing and selling them.