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Publishing Defined
- Publishing involves making something public, both in terms of awareness and availability.
- It traditionally focused on preparing a work for sale and managing its distribution to stores.
Early Video Game Publishing
- Early video game publishing was an industrial process like 19th-century book publishing.
- Publishers managed manufacturing, distribution, and retail relationships, not end-user relationships.
Publisher Power
- Publishers held significant power due to financing and distribution control.
- Developers relied on advances and earned royalties only after recouping these costs.