When is it considered "publishing"?

Question

When you put something on the internet through another website, is that considered publishing? Say your writing a fanfic and you put it online through a fanfiction website is that considered a published story?

Answer 1

Anything that is written in a form that can be circulated and read by the public, is published. If you paste it on the wall like graffiti, it's published. Internet publication is publishing. For generations, printed matter has been regarded as the benchmark for publishing, but in truth, publishing it only means making it available to the public.