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Printing & publishing

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

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camera-ready copy

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Mechanicals, photographs, and artworks that are fully prepared for reproduction according to the technical requirements of the printing process being used; also called ...

aesthetics / esthetics

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The branch of philosophy analyzing the theories of taste, and the study of beauty in nature and art; derived from "sensory or intuitive perception" (aisthetiks). See tour de ...

point of view

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The specified manner of presentation, or the perspective of appraisal for a literary or dramatic work; the position of the character or standpoint of the narrator in relation to ...

mass market / mass-market

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A general or varied product intended for distribution to a relatively high proportion of the population. See audience, reader profile, universe, circulation; compare crossover ...

drama

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A prose or verse composition, presenting a story in dialogue (qv) and action that involves circumstantial conflict (qv) or contrast of characters, intended to be performed in ...

stave

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A verse or stanza of a poem or song, especially the alliterative sound in a line of verse. Also, the set of spaced horizontal lines on which music is written; staff, score.

to be announced (TBA)

Printing & publishing; Publishing

As a schedule or proposal notation; also represented as "To Be Determined" (TBD).