Penguin and others

Usage examples of publishers.

Are content brokers - publishers, distributors, and record companies - a thing of the past?

But distributors, publishers, and record companies are not going to vanish.

Though driven by crass commercial considerations, most publishers and record companies do apply certain quality standards routinely and thus are positioned to provide these rating services reliably.

Distributors, publishers and record companies also provide logistical support: warehousing, consolidated sales reporting and transaction auditing, and a single, periodic payment.

A host of independent publishers make good use of the negligible-cost distribution channel that the Internet is.

It is backed by a few major publishers, such as McGraw-Hill, Random House, Pearson, and Wiley.

Magazine and Newspaper Publishers will now have the ability to distribute their online content more widely and to offer a richer experience to their readers.

All the more reason for publishers to adopt this service and make it their own.

This tendency - by both publishers and libraries - to inadequately and inappropriately pour old wine into new vessels is what caused the recent furor over e-books.

Moreover, as in the not so distant past, authors are yet again the publishers and sellers of their work.

They were accompanied by the rise of trade associations, publishers organizations, literary agents, author contracts, royalties agreements, mass marketing, and standardized copyrights.

Existing contracts between authors and publishers may not cover e-books.

It is no surprise, therefore, that publishers were hesitant to adopt the Internet, POD, and e-publishing technologies.

The revolutionary Copyright Act of 1709 in England established the rights of authors and publishers to reap the commercial fruits of their endeavours exclusively, though only for a prescribed period of time.

As early as the 18th century, publishers and booksellers expressed the fear that libraries will cannibalize their trade.