publication date

American  

noun

1. the date on which a book or periodical is or is planned to be published.

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Etymology

Origin of publication date

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

Yet The Nation’s Elie Mystal noticed something unusual about the publication date of Alito’s forthcoming doorstopper “So Ordered: An Originalist’s View of the Constitution, the Court, and the Country.”

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026

September job numbers haven’t been released and October will likely be delayed as well, even if the shutdown ends before the scheduled Nov. 7 publication date.

From Barron's • Oct. 29, 2025

Sanderson hasn’t read “Coming to Find You” yet, but she’s impatiently awaiting the book’s publication date because she’s interested in World War II history, and Corry deeply researches the history in her books.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 11, 2023

The result is what amounts to a defense brief for Bankman-Fried for his fraud trial in New York federal court, which opens Tuesday — coinciding, as it happens, with the publication date of Lewis’ book.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2023

Mrs. Sharpe and the children wondered if there was any connection with the 1931 publication date of Lo!

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett