privishing

noun

privishing

noun

Etymology Blend of private + publishing.

1

Small-scale or unadvertised publication of a book, so that it is not easily available to the public.

  • Where there is a clearly defined specialist audience, privishing may be quite sufficient to reach government's intended informees.2007, Christopher C. Hood, Helen Z. Margetts, The Tools of Government in the Digital Age, page 36:

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