Definition of "prepublication" [prepublication]

• Of or relating to the time just before a publication date, especially of a book: The marketing department was amazed by the number of prepublication orders. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Consider the recent uproar over Amy Chua's Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother -- the prepublication excerpt alone attracting over 1 million reads and 7,500 comments -- which reveals that Americans may be harboring a deep-set fear of other cultures and countries getting ahead, beating our system, "winning," so to say."
• "The novel, due out in the U.S. next month, is a best seller in England and has had enthusiastic prepublication reviews here."
• "Her story graced the cover of TIME last week and a prepublication insert was printed in the Wall Street Journal."