Prepublication

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of or relating to the time just before a publication date, especially of a book: The marketing department was amazed by the number of prepublication orders.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Preceding, or in preparation for, publication
  • Word Usage
    "Consider the recent uproar over Amy Chua's Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother -- the prepublication excerpt alone attracting over 1 million reads and 7,500 comments -- which reveals that Americans may be harboring a deep-set fear of other cultures and countries getting ahead, beating our system, "winning," so to say."
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