Meanings
- uncountableThe publication of works in an electronic format.
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.
1989 June 11, Patrick Townson, “What Is TELECOM Digest, Anyway?”, in comp.dcom.telecom (Usenet), retrieved 05 Feb 2018, message-ID <telecom-v09i0194m09@vector.dallas.tx.us>3 more examples
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 10, Patrick Townson, “Re: In Moderation: A Moderator's Response”, in news.groups (Usenet), retrieved 05 Feb 2018, message-ID <3740022@eecs.nwu.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 (Usenet), retrieved 05 Feb 2018, 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?
1991 April 18, tsource, “Re: RFD: Rec.games.design”, in news.groups (Usenet), retrieved 05 Feb 2018, message-ID <1991Apr17.214138.1@happy.colorado.edu>Synonyms: e-publication
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe publication of works in an electronic format.
Origin
From e- + publishing or e-publish + -ing.
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