In the broadest sense, the publishing industry would include newspaper publishing, magazine publishing, music publishing, map publishing, government information publishing, comic book publishing, and book publishing. This entry, however, will be...

Publishing is the activity of commercially producing, distributing, and selling literature or information. It is both a business and cultural-intellectual enterprise that makes the work challenging, exciting, and rewarding. Associated with and crucial...

After the founding of the PRC in 1949, the book-publishing (chuban) sector was economically and institutionally re-organized within the framework of a planned economy and a socialist public administration. The state’s monopoly and the task of the...

Traditionally, the selection, preparation, and distribution of printed matter—including books, newspapers, magazines, and pamphlets. Contemporary publishing includes the production of materials in digital formats such as CD-ROMs, as well as...

Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of literature or information – the activity of making information available for public view. In some cases, authors may be their own publishers. Traditionally, the term refers to the...