Definition: The process of creating and disseminating information via electronic means including email and via the Web is electronic publishing. Electronically published materials may originate as traditional paper publishing or may be created specifically for electronic publishing.
It's not really the method of creating the material that makes it electronic publishing. It's the method of disseminating the material. Just using a computer to create something does not make it electronic publishing. If that were the case, anything produced on an electric typewriter or printed on a press or a desktop printer that requires electricity to run could be called electronic publishing. However, publishing material in formats other than print (which is primarily Internet/Web and email) is electronic publishing. PDF and similar formats are also electronic publishing when the end-product (the PDF file) is intended primarily for on-screen viewing.
Also Known As: e-publishing | web publishing | internet publishing
