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traditional publisher

traditional publisher noun: a publishing company that contracts with writers, usually providing advances, royalties and other payment, as opposed to self-publishing.

Noun

traditional publisher (plural traditional publishers)

  1. A publishing company that contracts with writers, usually providing advances, royalties and other payment, as opposed to self-publishing.

Forms of traditional publisher

pluraltraditional publishers

Questions about traditional publisher

What does traditional publisher mean?
Traditional publisher means a publishing company that contracts with writers, usually providing advances, royalties and other payment, as opposed to self-publishing.
What part of speech is traditional publisher?
Traditional publisher is a noun.
What is the plural of traditional publisher?
The plural of traditional publisher is traditional publishers.

Words near traditional publisher in the dictionary

  1. traditional marriages
  2. traditional medicine
  3. traditional medicines
  4. traditional owner
  5. traditional owners
  6. traditional publisher
  7. traditional publishers
  8. traditional right
  9. traditional rights
  10. traditional student
  11. traditional students

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