Printing & publishing

Printing & publishing

The industry concerned with the preparation and distribution of printed material to the general public.

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constituent

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A linguistic element considered as part of a construction. See morpheme, syntax, parts of speech.

renewal series

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A sequence of solicitation letters, with incremental efforts encouraging paid subscribers to renew. Ideally, each series is comprised of four to seven efforts mailed at regular ...

floating accent

Printing & publishing; Publishing

An accent or diacritical mark which is set separately from the affected character, so appears beside or nearby, but is stylistically discontinuous.

kill fee

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Compensation paid a writer, usually less than half the purchase price, for an assignment that's canceled, or for commissioned work that is not published. Because the writer is not ...

drawdown

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Sample of inks specified for a job applied to the substance specified for a job, usually to test the accuracy of spot or fifth color formulation; also called "pulldown" or ...

expire issue

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The last issue of a given subscription term. A fundamental of circulation record-keeping. Tracking expire information allows you to plan timely renewals, formulate accurate ...

blend

Printing & publishing; Publishing

To intermingle smoothly and inseparably, as with colors. Also, a word made by putting together parts of other words (eg: motel, guesstimate, advertorial, insinuendo); compare ...