Industries in the Publishing Industry category are companies engaged in the publishing of newspapers, magazines, other periodicals, and books, as well as directory and mailing list and software publishing. In general, these companies, which are known as publishers, issue copies of works for which they usually possess copyright. Works may be in one or more formats including traditional print form, CD-ROM, or proprietary electronic networks. Publishers may publish works originally created by others for which they have obtained the rights and/or works that they have created in-house. Software publishing is included here because the activity, creation of a copyrighted product and bringing it to market, is equivalent to the creation process for other types of intellectual products. The Publishing Industry category does not include companies that publish exclusively on the Internet. Establishments publishing exclusively on the Internet are included in the category Information Services - News, Libraries, Web Publishing.

There are 16,389 companies in the U.S. that operate in the Publishing Industry category comprised of 4 specific industries.

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NAICS classification details for Publishing Industry category:
NAICS Subsector code and description: 511 Publishing Industries (except Internet)
NAICS Economic Sector code and description: 51 Information

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