publish a book

publish Verb

— If you publish a book, an article, a song, etc. you make it available for other people to buy, read, listen to, etc. The study was published in the British Medial Journal. She publishes a monthly magazine. The government published the results on the Internet.

a Determinative

— A is used when the following word could be any of a certain type. Compare "A book I saw on the shelf" and "The book I gave you yesterday".

a Noun

— A is the first letter of the alphabet. The letter "a" comes before "b". — In some schools, an A is a very high grade. Ron got an A on his earth science test.

book Noun

— A book is a lot of paper joined together with writing and pictures printed on them for you to read or write in. I borrow books from the library, and keep them in a bookcase. — A book is a group of stamps, matches, tickets, etc., held together inside a paper cover. — A company's books are its money records. An outside accountant kept the books and signed the checks until he joined the company.

book Verb

— If you book something or someone, you reserve them for a certain time. I want to book a hotel room for tomorrow night. I can book tickets for the concert next week. — If you book someone, you officially put their name in police records for a crime. The police booked him for driving too fast.