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pull to publish

pull to publish verb: to withdraw a work of fan fiction from circulation and commercially publish a reworked version of it as original fiction.

Verb

pull to publish (third-person singular simple present pulls to publish, present participle pulling to publish, simple past and past participle pulled to publish)

  1. To withdraw a work of fan fiction from circulation and commercially publish a reworked version of it as original fiction.
    • Such a definition allows us to consider the implications of ‘pulling to publish’ Twilight fanfics.2014 August, Joseph Brennan, David Large, “‘Let's Get a Bit of Context’: Fifty Shades and the Phenomenon of ‘Pulling to Publish’ in Twilight Fan Fiction”, in Media International Australia, volume...
    • E. L. James’s 50 Shades of Grey (originally a Twilight fan fiction) has enjoyed tremendous success, inspiring other fan fiction authors to ‘pull to publish’, particularly via new fan-launched digital publishing houses […]2015, Jessica Seymour, Jenny Roth, & Monica Flegel, "The Lizzie Bennet Diaries: Fan-creator interactions and new online storytelling", Australasian Journal of Popular Culture, Volume 4, Numbers 2-3...

Forms of pull to publish

third-person singular presentpulls to publish
present participlepulling to publish
past participlepulled to publish
pastpulled to publish

Questions about pull to publish

What does pull to publish mean?
Pull to publish means to withdraw a work of fan fiction from circulation and commercially publish a reworked version of it as original fiction.
What part of speech is pull to publish?
Pull to publish is a verb.
What is the past tense of pull to publish?
The past tense of pull to publish is pulled to publish.

Words near pull to publish in the dictionary

  1. pull through
  2. pull throughs
  3. pull time
  4. pull times
  5. pull to pieces
  6. pull to publish
  7. pull together
  8. pull tongues
  9. pull up
  10. pull up a chair
  11. pull up a floor

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