printworthiness
English edit
Etymology edit
From printworthy + -ness.
Noun edit
printworthiness (uncountable)
- The quality of being printworthy.
- 1982, Margaret M. Wendell, Bootstrap Literature: Preliterate Societies Do it Themselves, Newark, Del.: International Reading Association, →ISBN, page 37:
- Western ideas of truth, morality, and printworthiness are far stronger than most of us care to admit. Even so-called liberators have very clear-cut ideas as to the content of reading material.
- 1986, Jean M. Fredette, editor, Fiction Writer’s Market, Writer’s Digest, →ISBN, page 65:
- But I know that at first it was still possible to make editorial decisions largely on the toggle basis of printworthiness: publishable, green light; not publishable, red light.
- 1988, Desikachari Raghavan, An Introduction to Book Publishing, Institute of Book Publishing, →ISBN, page 307:
- Evaluation Criteria: The basis on which a book editor assesses the printworthiness of a manuscript submitted for publication.