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02/27/2007 01:20:56 PM · #1 |
I know the word, but it completely escapes me and I need it now.
When an author writes a book, and it is getting ready to go live, what is the term used? Like debut, but I don't think that is it.
aaarrrrggghhhhhhhh.
My brain has gas today. |
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02/27/2007 01:22:25 PM · #2 |
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02/27/2007 01:22:44 PM · #3 |
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02/27/2007 01:23:23 PM · #4 |
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02/27/2007 01:28:24 PM · #5 |
Unveiling a book ?
or a book launch maybe..
Message edited by author 2007-02-27 13:29:10. |
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02/27/2007 01:29:28 PM · #6 |
going to press
launching
Message edited by author 2007-02-27 13:30:00. |
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02/27/2007 01:29:36 PM · #7 |
| I've heard people say "launching a book" ??? |
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02/27/2007 01:30:35 PM · #8 |
-published
-released
-goes on sale
I think launch is usually used in association with the author's tour to shill for sales.
Publication is the official date the book is available to the public.
Message edited by author 2007-02-27 13:32:26. |
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02/27/2007 01:30:56 PM · #9 |
Thanks guys. I think "premier" is what I was trying to remember. the others are good too.
Maybe we could keep the thread going as a vocabulary lesson. :) |
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02/27/2007 01:35:00 PM · #10 |
flocciÂnauciÂnihiliÂpiliÂfication :
"the act of estimating something as worthless." WOAH :) |
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02/27/2007 01:37:32 PM · #11 |
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02/27/2007 01:38:19 PM · #12 |
Some other possible words that might fit
publish
expose
press release
book tour
print run
or if you want a full dictionary of publishing terms this site has it Publishing Glossary |
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02/27/2007 01:42:37 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by karmat:
Thanks guys. I think "premier" is what I was trying to remember. |
Wouldn't that be premiere? |
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02/27/2007 01:44:18 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by karmat:
... I think "premier" is what I was trying to remember... |
"Premiere" (with an "e") is what you want to remember here. A "premier" is a head of state.
(although scalvert had the faster gun)
Message edited by author 2007-02-27 13:44:53. |
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02/27/2007 01:46:35 PM · #15 |
In the software world it would be 'going gold'
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02/27/2007 01:47:15 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by scalvert:
Originally posted by karmat:
Thanks guys. I think "premier" is what I was trying to remember. |
Wouldn't that be premiere? |
yep. |
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02/27/2007 01:51:29 PM · #17 |
I think of movies when I think of a "premiere." For books, I think publication or release.
added the 'e'
Message edited by author 2007-02-27 13:52:10. |
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02/27/2007 01:54:59 PM · #18 |
| strangeghost -- usually, me too. But the event that is going to be happening fits better with the word "premiere." :) |
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02/27/2007 02:01:51 PM · #19 |
I think I am going to go with release as well because everyone always asks, "When is the release date?"
JMO :)
ETA: Premiere sounds more like a movie dunnit?
Message edited by author 2007-02-27 14:02:35. |
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02/27/2007 02:21:09 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by TCGuru:
I think I am going to go with release as well because everyone always asks, "When is the release date?"
JMO :)
ETA: Premiere sounds more like a movie dunnit? |
I think that's right -- the books may be in the stores, but can't be delivered to the customer until the official release (c.f. Harry Potter) |
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02/27/2007 03:21:28 PM · #21 |
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02/27/2007 03:24:52 PM · #22 |
Okay, premiere does sound kind of movie-ish.
Here's what is happening.
I teach a class of Senior Citizens through my position at the community college. Their current project is writing a cookbook. (These kind of things happen when you let the students choose stuff -- I don't have a clue what we're doing).
When it is finished, we are going to have a big ole' "covered dish" (for you non-Southerners, perhaps, it is similar to a potluck dinner) with recipes from the books, and we will be inviting the town officials where the center is, the college officials involved, and the agency-that-runs-the-sr. citizen-centere's bigwigs. There we will premiere/debut/unveil/release the book.
So, which one fits the best? |
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02/27/2007 03:28:57 PM · #23 |
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02/27/2007 03:30:36 PM · #24 |
a booksigning?
From your list, I like "debut" the best.
Message edited by author 2007-02-27 15:31:27.
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02/27/2007 03:33:50 PM · #25 |
nah, we won't be signing it, per se. more like serving it.
HEY! We could call it a "Book Serving" |
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