In article ,
John Schmitt wrote:
On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 12:07:04 +0100, John Cartmell
wrote:

Printed and published are not the same.

Correct, but published does not necessarily imply to the general public.

Have you read the Oxford English Dictionary recently?

Yes. It seems to be in broad agreement with most of it's peers. Perhaps
you need the advanced version, not the pocket one.

So point out which definition of the word 'publish' includes the concept of
not being public or open. It certainly doesn't appear in the (non-pocket)
2-volume, Shorter OED. Have you managed to find an arch. or sl. definition in
the full OED?

And Chambers agrees that 'publish' requires that it be made public.

NB Why choose to argue the matter with a publisher? ;-)

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