publishing

noun

pub·​lish·​ing ˈpə-bli-shiŋ 

: the business or profession of the commercial production and issuance of literature, information, musical scores or sometimes recordings, or art

newspaper publishing

software publishing

Examples of publishing in a Sentence

He was hoping to get a job in publishing after college.

Her sister works for a well-known publishing company.

Recent Examples on the Web

Publishizer’s business model bypasses the traditional route to commercial publishing, in which authors must first win an agent, who then approaches large commercial publishers. —Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025

Collins spent decades in B2B magazine publishing, but has been investing in the stock market all the while—for over 50 years. —Dave Smith, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025

Books about books, or bookstores, or people who work in bookstores, or in publishing, or in libraries, or anything book-adjacent, are not in short supply, perhaps for the obvious reason that writers are by definition people who are drawn to, and often write about, books. —Susan Coll september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025

Enninful had worked in fashion publishing for decades before stepping into the top job at British Vogue. —Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Middle English publisching "act of announcing, public declaration, issuing of copies of a book," from gerund of publisshen "to make known, publish"

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing publishing

• desktop publishing
• electronic publishing