A company that produces books, magazines, brochures and other texts in print or electronic form.

The publication of works in an electronic format.

plural of publishing house

The disreputable practice of producing several academic papers based on a single study, so as to acquire more publication credits.

present participle of co-publish

A vanity press.

(computing) A person involved in desktop publishing. / (computing) A piece of software that performs desktop publishing.

plural of desktop publisher

plural of vanity publisher

(academia) The pressure to frequently publish in academic journals in order to gain tenure or to sustain a career.