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- Obscenity :
- Occupancy :
- OEB :
- OEB-based format :
- Offset Printing :
- Offshoring : Utilization of offshore vendors for any of the major publishing functions, composition, printing, etc.
- One Color Illustrations :
- One-piece cover :
- One-time delivery :
- Online :
- Online bookstore : Retailers that sell primarily physical books to consumers online.
- OP : see Out-of-print
- Operating statement :
- Operating System [Platform] :
- Operations : Those activities associated with moving physical material from suppliers through manufacturing and distribution to customers.
- Operations review : Diagnostic assessment of publishing (or other) operations to examine effectiveness and efficiency at accomplishing organizational objectives.
- Order fulfillment :
- Order processing : The management of customer orders from entry, availability check, and pricing through dispatch for fulfillment.
- Organization Alignment : Projects involving definition of organization structures and staff "right sizing" to better achieve the objectives of the organization.
- OSI : see Out of Stock Indefinitely
- Outbound transportation :
- Outside margin :
- Outside services :
- Out-of-print : An stock classification indicating that the title is not available and will not be reprinted. Declaring a title out of print is a first step in reverting rights.
- Out of Stock Indefinitely : An inventory status indicating that no further printings are planned, but avoiding an Out of Print (OP) classification that would lead to rights reversion.
- Overproduction :
- Overseas vendors :