Publishing
Publishing is the industry concerned with the 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 distribution of printed
works such as books and newspapers. With the advent of digital
information systems and the Internet, the scope of publishing
has expanded to include electronic resources, such as the
electronic versions of books and periodicals, as well as
websites, blogs, and the like.
Publishing includes the stages of the development, acquisition,
marketing, production – printing and distribution
of newspapers, magazines, books, literary works, musical
works, software and other works dealing with information,
including the electronic media .
