publishing house
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈpʌblɪʃɪŋ haʊs/
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editorial
- The publishing house released several new titles this month, attracting attention from avid readers.
- a prestigious publishing house
- a major publishing house
- an own publishing house
The, the, the, the, the restrictions on Ukrainian newspapers and publishing houses are, are released.
- The, the, the, the, the restrictions on Ukrainian newspapers and publishing houses are, are released.
- That's why he likes owning newspapers, television stations, movie companies, publishing houses.
- What I find interesting though, is that in most of the major publishing houses, there is a rights division.
- And he tweeted again, Twitter, he tweeted that the small publishing house and the University of Strathclyde had organised the conference.
- But then eventually gets traction with this publishing house where a lot of her books would come out over the years.
- He sat down with Dugan at one point, and he's interested in Evola, Julius Evola and other authors that are published by my publishing house.
- One guy, I, I won't say the publishing house, but it's well known.
- Well, there used to be a, a like, an act like a publishing house for like academic or science books.
- But before he does that, he founds A publishing house, Carcosa House, with with two of his buddies, David Drake and Jim Gross.
Examples
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We're not that far from Fields, the publishing house where I work.
Fiction book (2001) -
My father asked about the publishing house where she and Henry worked.
Fiction book (1999) -
What I find interesting though, is that in most of the major publishing houses, there is a rights division.
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It's just the publishing houses I deal with would never take it on.
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I have a contract for a year with a publishing house.
Fiction book (2001) -
I research for one of the biggest publishing houses in Chicago... but where I really belong is in Creative.
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O'Reilly runs a publishing house about an hour north of San Francisco.
Academic text (2005) -
A week after the book was reviewed, Greta had an offer from another publishing house.
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It is the second best publishing house in the world, it is my dream job and I'm perfect for it.
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Several publishing houses, including behemoths Simon & Schuster and Random House, have begun laying off staff.
Academic text (2009)
Synonyms
511
3.0
A person or company that prepares and sells books and magazines
235
3.9
A company that does a particular kind of business
16
2.6
A business that makes books, magazines, or newspapers and sells them
1
3.0
A company that makes and sells books or magazines
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a company that publishes books or journals' is directly derivable from 'publishing' (the business of preparing printed materials) combined with 'house' used as 'firm' or 'company'. The compound follows a common, compositional N+N pattern and has clear cross-linguistic parallels (e.g. maison d'édition, casa editorial), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Publishing house may come from old book shops where printers worked together in one house to do publishing, that is, to make and sell books. Because that place did the work of 'publishing', the phrase came to mean a 'company' that produces and sells books today.