Publish

To publish something is to make it available to the public via some medium. Traditionally, this has meant some form of print medium, such as newspapers, magazines, or books, but with the advent of the internet it can simply mean placing material on a web site.^[1]

The word is not usually associated with disseminating information on television or radio, due the ephemeral nature of a broadcast; however, recordings of sound or video material are considered to be published.

In the United States, publishers tend to lean left, but

Every major publishing house has a conservative imprint — Penguin Random House has two, Sentinel and Crown Forum — and maintains a stable of right-wing authors who may not attend literary festivals or mingle at the National Book Awards but command a sizable audience in red state America.^[2]

Top Ten Trade Publishers[edit]

Rank, Publisher, Market Share

1. Random House, 17.2%
2. HarperCollins, 13.3% - part of News Corp
3. Simon & Schuster, 9.2%
4. Penguin Group 8.7% (see also Plume)
5. Hachette, 5.9%
6. Thomas Nelson, 4.8%
7. St. Martin's, 3.2%
8. Tyndale, 1.9%
9. John Wiley & Sons, 1.7%
10. Scholastic, 1.6%

Total Top Ten, 67.5%

Top Ten Christian Publishers[edit]

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1. Thomas Nelson, 25.7%
2. Zondervan, 24.7%
3. Tyndale, 10.3%
4. Baker, 4.5%
5. Broadman & Holman, 4.0%
6. Multnomah, 3.0%
7. Harvest House, 2.4%
8. NavPress, 2.1%
9. Barbour, 1.8%
10. Moody, 1.8%

Total Top Ten 80.3%

See also[edit]

• Macmillan
• Oxford University Press

External links[edit]

• The Global 50: The World's Largest Book Publishers, 2012
• http://mediacareers.about.com/od/thebigsixpublishers/

References[edit]

1. ↑ http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/publish?view=uk
2. ↑ Publishers Encounter Political Storms in Turn to Right - NY Times, Jan. 10, 2017
3. ↑ The Top Ten Publishers in America, Accessed December 30, 2014