Publishing House

Definition: Publishing House

Publishing House

Noun

1. A firm in the publishing business.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Publishing House

Bridget works in a publishing house and she used to play around naked in my paddling pool. (Bridget Jones's Diary; writing credit: Helen Fielding)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Engraving, dated 22 February 1864, published Bufford's Print Publishing House, 313 Washington St., Boston, Massachusetts. Credit: NAVY.

People posed on porch of and in the Planet newspaper publishing house, Richmond, Virginia. Credit: Library of Congress.

Typesetters working in room in publishing house in Budapest(?)] / J. Löwy, Wien. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Civil Liberties

China

A Party member at each publishing house monitors the content of the house's publications and uses the allocation of promotions, cars, travel, and other perks to encourage editors to exercise "proper" judgment about publications. (references)

Romania

The Minister of Justice called for an investigation, the publishing house sent a letter of apology to the Israeli Ambassador, and the PRM leader apologized to the Jewish community. (references)

Belarus

The authorities continued to act against the Magic publishing house, which is the printing press for most of the country's leading nongovernmental newspapers. (references)

Economic History

Lithuania

On January 10, 1991, U.S.S.R. authorities seized the central publishing house and other premises in Vilnius and unsuccessfully attempted to overthrow the elected government by sponsoring a local "National Salvation Committee." Three days later the Soviets forcibly took over the TV tower, killing 14 civilians and injuring 700. During the national plebiscite on February 9, 91% of those who took part in the voting (76% of all eligible voters) voted in favor of an independent, democratic Lithuania. (references)

Latvia

In January 1991, Soviet political and military forces tried unsuccessfully to overthrow the legitimate Latvian authorities by occupying the central publishing house in Riga and establishing a "Committee of National Salvation" to usurp governmental functions. (references)

The Holy See

It has its own post office, commissary, bank, railway station, electrical generating plant, and publishing house The Vatican also issues its own coins, stamps, and passports. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Albanian

shtëpi botuese (publisher). (various references)

Arabic 

‏دار نشر. (various references)

Bulgarian 

издателство (press, publishers). (various references)

Chinese 

出版社 . (various references)

Czech

nakladatelství. (various references)

Dutch

uitgeverij (publisher), uitgeverý (publisher). (various references)

Esperanto

eldonejo (publisher). (various references)

Faeroese

forlag (publisher). (various references)

Finnish

kustantamo. (various references)

French

maison d'édition (publisher's imprint). (various references)

Frisian

útjouwerij (publisher). (various references)

German

Verlag (edition, press, publisher, publisher's, publishing, publishing company). (various references)

Hebrew 

�"וצאת ספרים, �"וצא�" לאור (edition, publication, publishing). (various references)

Hungarian

kiadóvállalat, kiadó (publisher, publishing office). (various references)

Italian

casa editrice (publisher's imprint). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

発行所 (publishing office), 書院 (drawing room, study, writing alcove), 出版屋 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

しゅっぱ�"や, しょい�" (drawing room, official, staff member, station employee, study, writing alcove), はっ�"うしょ (publishing office), はっ�"うじょ (publishing office). (various references)

Pig Latin

ublishingpay ousehay

Polish

wydawnictwo (publisher). (various references)

Portuguese

editora (publisher). (various references)

Russian 

издательство (a publishing outfit, publishing office, the publishers). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

izdavačka kuća (printing house). (various references)

Spanish

editorial (editorial, leader, leading, leading article), casa editorial (editorial office). (various references)

Swedish

förlag, bokförlag (publishing company, publishing office). (various references)

Turkish

yayınevi. (various references)

Turkmen 

neюirяat. (various references)

Vietnamese 

nh� xuất bản (book house). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-4 letters: publishings.

-5 letters: bespousing, publishing, subsoiling.