The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1880 when it was given to 1,012 new born babies. The highest recorded use of the name Laura was in 1964 with a total of 18,976 babies. (That's a lot of baby Lauras).
Magazine publishers develop publications that will appeal to both readers and advertisers. A fashion magazine publisher, for example, may decide to focus on high-end fashion aimed at wealthy readers who represent an attractive target market for advertisers of luxury goods.
A printer manufacturers books. A bookseller buys these and markets them for a profit. But in between, in modern practice, there is likely to be a publisher. Some publishers, for economic reasons, have their own printing operations, but theirs is quite a different function, and many farm out some or all of their printing. A publisher is essentially a broker.