printworthiness

English

Etymology

From printworthy +‎ -ness.

Noun

printworthiness (uncountable)

1. The quality of being printworthy.
   • 1982, Margaret M. Wendell, Bootstrap Literature: Preliterate Societies Do it Themselves, Newark, Del.: International Reading Association, →ISBN, page 37:

     Western ideas of truth, morality, and printworthiness are far stronger than most of us care to admit. Even so-called liberators have very clear-cut ideas as to the content of reading material.

   • 1986, Jean M. Fredette, editor, Fiction Writer’s Market, Writer’s Digest, →ISBN, page 65:

     But I know that at first it was still possible to make editorial decisions largely on the toggle basis of printworthiness: publishable, green light; not publishable, red light.

   • 1988, Desikachari Raghavan, An Introduction to Book Publishing, Institute of Book Publishing, →ISBN, page 307:

     Evaluation Criteria: The basis on which a book editor assesses the printworthiness of a manuscript submitted for publication.