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publishing house

American  

noun

  1. a company that publishes books, pamphlets, engravings, or the like.

    a venerable publishing house in Boston.


Etymology

Origin of publishing house

First recorded in 1820–30

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Editora 34 publishing house told AFP that its sales of the novella, one of Dostoevsky's earliest works, had jumped 463 percent year-on-year.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

Chris Heiser and Olivia Taylor Smith were convinced that they could begin a publishing house, starting with international noir.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

At the time of the Observer investigation, publishing house Penguin said it "undertook all the necessary pre-publication due diligence", including a contract with an author warranty about factual accuracy, and a legal read.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

Jon Yaged, chief executive of Macmillan Publishers, said the publishing house has become “more circumspect” with its nonfiction advances but hasn’t reduced the number of titles it buys.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026

He was updating the third edition of a Dictionary of Biology for a small publishing house.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

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