The phrase "publishing veteran" refers to someone who has a lot of experience or knowledge in the field of publishing. It suggests that the person has been working in the publishing industry for a long time and is highly experienced. Full definition
Some of the contributing authors are professionally published veteran authors, but for some, this anthology marks their publishing debut. (goodereader.com)
Errick is a legal publishing veteran who oversaw the Legal Research Information Product Division at LexisNexis. (lawsitesblog.com)
Publishing veteran Debra Englander gives an overview of the self - publishing process, followed by a conversation with literary agent Ted Weinstein — who represents Keith Devlin, NPR's Math Guy and author of numerous traditionally published books as... (pw.org)