Meanings
- uncountableThe quality of being printworthy.
Evaluation Criteria: The basis on which a book editor assesses the printworthiness of a manuscript submitted for publication.
1988, Desikachari Raghavan, An Introduction to Book Publishing, Institute of Book Publishing, →ISBN, page 3072 more examples
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.
1982, Margaret M. Wendell, Bootstrap Literature: Preliterate Societies Do it Themselves, Newark, Del.: International Reading Association, →ISBN, page 37But 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.
1986, Jean M. Fredette, editor, Fiction Writer’s Market, Writer’s Digest, →ISBN, page 65
Origin
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