Publisher Definition–noun | 1. | a person or company whose business is the publishing of books, periodicals, engravings, computer software, etc. | | 2. | the business head of a newspaper organization or publishing house, commonly the owner or the representative of the owner. | |
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British publishing house that is one of the largest in the world, producing textbooks, works of science and literature, and high-quality periodicals. It was founded in 1843 as a bookstore by Daniel ...
publishing, history of
A publisher's agreement with an author normally specifies that in consideration of certain payments the former shall, during the legal term of copyright, have the exclusive right to produce or ...
publishing, history of
Printing has been called the great German contribution to civilization; in its early days it was known as the German art. After its invention (about 1440-50) by a goldsmith of Mainz, Johannes ...
Ballantine, Ian Keith
U.S. pioneer paperback book publisher (b. Feb. 15, 1916--d. March 9, 1995).Harris, Maxwell Henley
Australian avant-garde poet, editor, and publisher (b. April 13, 1921--d. Jan. 13, 1995).Taylor, Kenneth
American publisher (b. May 8, 1917, Portland, Ore.-d. June 10, 2005, Wheaton, Ill.), founded (1962) Tyndale House Publishers, a prominent Christian publisher, but was best known as the creator of The ...
Scribner, Charles, Jr.
U.S. publisher who was head, 1952-84, of the Charles Scribner's Sons book publishing company, which had been founded by his great-grandfather, and personal editor of Ernest Hemingway's works (b. ...
Ornes, German Emilio
Dominican journalist who served as publisher of the newspaper El Caribe and was a longtime campaigner for press freedom in Latin America (b. 1919?, Puerto Plata, Dom.Rep.--d. April 14, 1998, Santo ...
publishing, history of
A new factor at this time, which was to change the financial climate for fiction publishers in particular, was the advent of the literary agent. The first agent began business in 1875, and between ...
Chandler, Otis
American publisher (b. Nov. 23, 1927, Los Angeles, Calif.-d. Feb. 27, 2006, Ojai, Calif.), inherited the stewardship of the Los Angeles Times from his parents and served as its publisher (1960-80). ...
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