publisher

[ puhb-li-sher ]

/ ˈpʌb lɪ ʃər /

a person or company whose business is the publishing of books, periodicals, engravings, computer software, etc.

the business head of a newspaper organization or publishing house, commonly the owner or the representative of the owner.

Origin of publisher

1425–75; late Middle English: one who proclaims publicly; see publish, -er¹

My publisher had asked, “If you wanted to write another book, what would you want to write about?”

Patton Oswalt on Fighting Conservatives With Satire |William O’Connor |January 6, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
For years, Brooke even had trouble finding a publisher for his memoir, which was ultimately accepted by Rutgers University Press.

Ed Brooke: The Senate's Civil Rights Pioneer and Prophet of a Post-Racial America |John Avlon |January 4, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
Excerpted with the permission of the publisher, Rowman & Littlefield.

A West Point MVP Who Never Played a Down |Nicolaus Mills |December 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
“The youngest old man any of us knows,” an unnamed friend of Atlantic Publisher David Bradley said of Hughes.

The Rise and Fall of Chris Hughes and Sean Eldridge, America’s Worst Gay Power Couple |James Kirchick |December 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Excerpted from Havel: A Life by Nichael Zantovsky; used with the permission of the publisher, Grove Atlantic, Inc.

How Havel Inspired the Velvet Revolution |Michael Zantovsky |December 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
She was to the publisher what a staff contributor is to a newspaper.

Mary Wollstonecraft |Elizabeth Robins Pennell
There is something so disagreeable in having a personal contact with a publisher.

Mark Twain's Speeches |Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Nat Ponder, who 'did time' for publishing a seditious pamphlet, was Bunyan's publisher.

The Book-Hunter in London |William Roberts
It seemed to me that these indicated utter lack of a sense of humor on the part of publisher and manager.

The Footlights Fore and Aft |Channing Pollock
Then she recovered herself, and her face lighted with her rare, beautiful smile, which went directly to the publisher's heart.

Virgie's Inheritance |Mrs. Georgie Sheldon

publisher

/ (ˈpʌblɪʃə) /

a company or person engaged in publishing periodicals, books, music, etc

US and Canadian the proprietor of a newspaper or his representative