Publish

To publish something is to make it available to the public via some medium. Traditionally, this has meant some form of print medium, such as newspapers, magazines, or books, but with the advent of the internet it can simply mean placing material on a web site.

The word is not usually associated with disseminating information on television or radio, due the ephemeral nature of a broadcast; however, recordings of sound or video material are considered to be published.

Top Ten Trade Publishers

Rank, Publisher, Market Share

1. Random House, 17.2%
2. HarperCollins, 13.3% - part of News Corp
3. Simon & Schuster, 9.2%
4. Penguin Group 8.7%
5. Hachette, 5.9%
6. Thomas Nelson, 4.8%
7. St. Martin's, 3.2%
8. Tyndale, 1.9%
9. John Wiley & Sons, 1.7%
10. Scholastic, 1.6%

Total Top Ten, 67.5%

Top Ten Christian Publishers

1. Thomas Nelson, 25.7%
2. Zondervan, 24.7%
3. Tyndale, 10.3%
4. Baker, 4.5%
5. Broadman & Holman, 4.0%
6. Multnomah, 3.0%
7. Harvest House, 2.4%
8. NavPress, 2.1%
9. Barbour, 1.8%
10. Moody, 1.8%

Total Top Ten 80.3%

See Also

• Macmillan
• McGraw-Hill
• Wiley
• Readers' Digest
• Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Oxford University Press

• Category:Publishing Companies

External Sites

• The Global 50: The World's Largest Book Publishers, 2012
• The Big Six Publishers