publication - a copy of a printed work offered for distributionpiece of work, work - a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing; "it is not regarded as one of his more memorable works"; "the symphony was hailed as an ingenious work"; "he was indebted to the pioneering work of John Dewey"; "the work of an active imagination"; "erosion is the work of wind or water over time" format - the general appearance of a publication reissue, reprint, reprinting - a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale new edition - a publication (such as a book) that has been modified or updated and offered again for sale text, textual matter - the words of something written; "there were more than a thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the original text" book - a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together); "I am reading a good book on economics" volume - a publication that is one of a set of several similar publications; "the third volume was missing"; "he asked for the 1989 volume of the Annual Review" read - something that is read; "the article was a very good read" printing, impression - all the copies of a work printed at one time; "they ran off an initial printing of 2000 copies" periodical - a publication that appears at fixed intervals mag, magazine - a periodic paperback publication; "it takes several years before a magazine starts to break even or make money" tip sheet - a publication containing the latest information or tips or predictions for a particular business or stock market information or horse racing results, etc. cartoon, sketch - a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine artwork, graphics, nontextual matter, art - photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication; "the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book" source, reference - a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to; "he carried an armful of references back to his desk"; "he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation" republication - something that has been published again; a fresh publication (as of a literary work) |