Words / B2

PUBL-ish-uh/ˈpʌblɪʃə/

A publisher issues books, journals, or software: name the publisher; a major publisher. Author writes; printer manufactures copies (already elsewhere). Name the publisher on the bibliography line. Mix-up: publican runs a pub. Do not list Amazon as publisher unless it is the imprint.

Meaning

A person or company that prepares and issues books, journals, or software.

Examples

• “Name the publisher, not only the author, on the bibliography line.”
• “The software publisher patched the portal, which is the computing sense.”

Good to know

a book / academic publisher; published by. Contrast: author / printer. Trap: publican. Harvard references. The company that issues the work.

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