leidjas
Leidėjas is the Lithuanian term for a publisher, the person or company responsible for issuing a book, periodical, or other work. The feminine form is leidėja. The word comes from the verb leisti, meaning to publish or to permit, and the agent noun suffix -ėjas. In standard Lithuanian orthography, leidėjas refers to the entity that finances, arranges, and oversees the publication process, including rights acquisition, editing coordination, production, distribution, and marketing.
In practice, the publisher occupies a central role in the publishing chain, interacting with authors, editors,
Leidėjas is distinct from related roles. An author (autorius) creates the content; an editor (redaktorius) polishes
In other Baltic languages, similar concepts use different terms: Latvian izdevējs and Estonian kirjastaja describe the