e-publishing

English

Etymology

From e- +‎ publishing or e-publish +‎ -ing.

Noun

e-publishing (uncountable)

1. The publication of works in an electronic format.
   • 1989 June 10, Patrick Townson, “Re: In Moderation: A Moderator's Response”, in news.groups‎^[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2018-02-05, message-ID <3740022@eecs.nwu.edu>:

     And believe it or not, I have nothing against commercial e-mail and commercial e-publishing. Just not on Usenet. Compuserve is where you go for that.

   • 1989 June 11, Patrick Townson, “What Is TELECOM Digest, Anyway?”, in comp.dcom.telecom‎^[2] (Usenet), retrieved 2018-02-05, message-ID <telecom-v09i0194m09@vector.dallas.tx.us>:

     A few of the original participants from those days are still on the mailing list today, as we near the end of eight years of e-publishing.

   • 1991 April 18, tsource, “Re: RFD: Rec.games.design”, in news.groups‎^[3] (Usenet), retrieved 2018-02-05, message-ID <1991Apr17.214138.1@happy.colorado.edu>:

     I think that the court whould not reconize epublising (sic) since it is much easier to fake you ID, but I whould like to see a test of this made.

   • 1991 April 18, tsource, “Re: RFD: Rec.games.design”, in news.groups‎^[4] (Usenet), retrieved 2018-02-05, message-ID <1991Apr17.214138.1@happy.colorado.edu>:

     Why is it that people don't equate Epublishing with paper publishing? Both have the same desires: spreading of information. Just because one doesn't bother to put itself onto paper intentionally, should it not have the same rights as traditional publishing techniques?

Synonyms

• e-publication