What are the specific differences?
A distributor is selling a product that already exists. A publisher is responsible for the production of a product (magazine or book) and for the final quality of the product. A publisher will also determine the direction that a magazine or publishing business takes -- although doesn't get involved at the individual book or magazine level, generally.
Source(s):
writer and editor
If you're selling a book. A distributor is a person who sells your books. A publisher is a person who prints your books.
Th e publisher is the one who prints the book the distributor is the one that sells it , or arranges for it to be shipped to stores,
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