How to say "publisher" in Japanese

• 版元はんもとCommon
  nounRefers to the publisher of books or other printed matter, often from a trade or industry standpoint, as in negotiating rights with a publisher. Use it when the emphasis is on the business side of publishing.
• 出版社しゅっぱんしゃCommon
  nounThe standard, neutral word for a publisher, publishing house, or publishing company as an organization. This is the word you want in almost any context when talking about the company that publishes books or magazines.
  あの出版社しゅっぱんしゃは黒字くろじだ。↗

  That publishing company is in the black.
• 出版元しゅっぱんもとCommon
  nounAlso means a publisher of printed works, emphasizing the originating source of the publication. It appears in contexts such as credits or bibliographic details identifying which company put out a work.
• 発行者はっこうしゃCommon
  nounMeans the issuer or publisher in a formal, legal sense: the person or entity formally responsible for issuing a publication. It is less about the company as a business and more about official responsibility for publication.
  その編集者へんしゅうしゃと発行者はっこうしゃはふたりとも私のいとこです。↗

  The editor and the publisher are both my cousins.
• 発表者はっぴょうしゃCommon
  nounPrimarily means announcer, presenter, or speaker—someone who makes an announcement or gives a presentation. The gloss 'publisher' is marginal; this is seldom the word you want for a publishing company.

For a company that publishes books, 出版社 is the default; 版元 and 出版元 refer to the same business from a trade perspective; 発行者 means the legal issuer of a publication; 発表者 means a presenter and is rarely 'publisher'.

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• 版元はんもとpublisher
• 出版社しゅっぱんしゃpublisher
• 出版元しゅっぱんもとpublisher
• 発行者はっこうしゃissuer
• 発表者はっぴょうしゃannouncer
• パブリッシャーpublisher
• 出版業者しゅっぱんぎょうしゃpublisher
• 発行人はっこうにんissuer
• 本屋ほんやpublisher