serialization
- noun
- /ˌsɪəriəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
- US
- That means we'll see tiny portions of actual serialization creep around the edges of the episode while stand-alone procedural storylines dominate the screen time.
And and then people were vying for my next book, my next serialisation, right?
- And and then people were vying for my next book, my next serialisation, right?
Examples
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This is Babylon 5 experimenting with serialization, pushing the limits of its special effects, and striving to become a great television series.
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Collier's had bought serialization rights to The Last Tycoon, though at an embarrassingly low figure.
Fiction book (1996) -
Again, I sold a serialization to eDiets.com, which ran for many months.
Academic text (2010) -
Brad Silber at Life is reading it right now for serialization rights.
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We will publish Millennial City as an e-book when the serialization is completed.
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While the serialization continues in the Journal, we are hard at work creating not only anthologies of earlier installments in the serialization, but other parts of the story not yet published.
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Furthermore, distinctions between books and periodicals were themselves often blurred by the publishing of books in installments and their serialization in newspapers.
Academic text (1995) -
HiLobrow is pleased to present the sixteenth and final installment of our serialization of Edward Shanks' The People of the Ruins: A Story of the English Revolution and After.
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The serialization of the author's new novel will start in next month's magazine.
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Readers eagerly awaited the serialization of the popular detective story in the weekly publication.
How Serialized
Surface Forms
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Etymology
The word serialization comes from the root series, which means 'a row' or 'one after another'. Think of a TV series or a story released in parts week by week; serialization is publishing a work in parts to keep readers waiting for the next one.