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- DAD : see Digital Asset Distributor
- Digital Asset Distributor : Companies that maintain digital files of publisher titles and distribute them both to consumers and to other publisher-designated channels. These companies are cost-efffective alternatives for publishers that would like to avoid a substantial investment in Digital Asset management systems and digitization programs.
- Debt :
- Deduction :
- Delivery : see Order fulfillment
- Delivery [Platform] :
- Dental textbooks :
- Depreciation :
- Derivative [Rights] :
- Design [Function] :
- Desktop Publishing systems :
- Desk Copy : see Review Copy
- Development Edit : Working with an author to develop a finished manuscript that is ready for production, complete with all necessary third party content specified.
- Development and Maintenance :
- Diagnostic Assessment : Determination of each student's strengths, weaknesses, knowledge, and skills prior to instruction.
- Dialogue :
- Digital Format : Books and content published in electronic formats for use either online or offline.
- Digital printing :
- Digital Strategy : Projects undertaken with the purpose of helping publishers determine how to move from print to digital formats and channels.
- Direct to Consumer : Sales made directly to consumers.
- Direct Mail :
- Direct Mail Marketing :
- Discounts :
- Distribution [Function] : The movement of content in finished form from publisher warehouses or servers to the ultimate consumer.
- Distribution agreements :
- Distribution [Cost] :
- Distribution Technology :
- Distributor : Business entities that form exclusive arrangements with either specific publishers or particular channels of distribution in order to increase the effectiveness of publishers in reaching that market.
- Distributor fees :
- DocBook :
- DOI : The DOI is an identifier applied to items (physical or otherwise) to increase their findability on the web.
- Downloaded :
- DRM : (D)igital (R)ights (M)anagement refers to systems of specifying and enforcing user rights over digital items such as eBooks or Music.
- DVD [Rights] :
- DVD-ROM :