Synonyms and antonyms of Relating to the business of publishing in British Thesaurus

asset (noun)

computing an item of text or media that has been put into a digital form that includes the right to use it

backlist (noun)

a list of all the books that a company has published in the past that are still available

bibliography (noun)

a list of books, articles etc that have been published on a particular subject

compilation (noun)

the process of compiling a book using different pieces of information or facts

copyright (noun)

the legal right to have control over the work of a writer, artist, musician etc. If you own the copyright on something, it is your intellectual property, and other people must pay you to broadcast, publish, or perform it

copyright (verb)

to obtain or claim the copyright of the work of a writer, artist, musician etc

copyright (adjective)

controlled or protected by copyright

digital rights management (noun)

a way of controlling access to copyrighted material for content in digital formats

DRM (noun)

digital rights management: control over the ways in which material used in digital formats can be used, for example making sure that people cannot copy or change it

edit (verb)

to make a book or document ready to be published by correcting the mistakes and making other changes

edition (noun)

a set of copies of a book that are published at the same time. A new edition of a book is different in some way from the edition before. A set of copies that are exactly the same as the set before is called a reprint

in print ()

a book, magazine etc that is in print is still available to buy from its publisher

in print ()

printed in a book, magazine or newspaper

in the public domain ()

something such as a book, play, or piece of software that is in the public domain can be used by anyone and is not protected by copyright (=a law that gives only one person the right to produce, sell, or use something)

ISBN (noun)

International Standard Book Number: an individual number given to every book that is published

manuscript (noun)

a writer’s original pages of a book, article, or document before it is published

out of print ()

a book, magazine etc that is out of print is no longer being published

posthumous (adjective)

published after a writer’s death

press (noun)

a machine used for printing newspapers, books, or magazines

the printed word ()

anything that you read in a book, magazine, newspaper etc

printing (noun)

the number of copies of something such as a book or newspaper that are printed at one time

printing press (noun)

a machine that is used for printing newspapers, books, magazines etc

print run (noun)

the number of copies of a book or magazine that are printed and published at one time

publication (noun)

the process of producing a book, magazine etc for people to buy

reprint (noun)

an occasion when a book is reprinted

rights (noun)

the legal authority to publish a book, play, film, piece of music etc or to use it for a performance or production

series (noun)

a set of books, documents etc that are published with the same design in order to show that they belong to the same group