The phrase "platform for publishing" is perfectly correct and can be used in written English.
It can be used to describe a digital platform that enables users to publish or share media, or a traditional publishing platform such as a magazine or newspaper. For example, "The company offers a popular platform for publishing user-generated content."
"Award jury members praised LawArXiv's accessible interface and its commitment to providing a free, open-access online platform for publishing and preserving legal scholarship," said.
A DVGE system is an Internet-based virtual 2D and 3D environment that provides users with a shared space and a collaborative platform for publishing multidimensional geo-data, and for simulating and analyzing complex geo-phenomena.
"E-books are a very promising platform for publishing journalism with high impact," Paul E. Steiger, editor in chief and chief executive of ProPublica, said in a statement, "and therefore a critical venue for ProPublica".
Twitter's rumoured plans to relax its 140-character limit are therefore nothing to do with letting us ramble a bit more and everything to do with making it a better platform for publishing and reading content.
Uneditions is a new platform for publishing play scripts on mobile devices, using light and sound design from the live production to create a unique and immersive reading experience.
It is a "superior platform" for publishing the most important work in the life sciences, he says, though he concedes it is yet to pose much competition to the elite journals.
Apple, Barnes & Noble and Kobo also provide platforms for publishing an e-book and selling it at their stores.
YouTube is a platform created for publishing videos, and also contains numerous "social" features for sharing and viewing a variety of media including lectures, case studies, presentations, trailers, teasers, video reports, and interviews.
Welcome to EliScholar, a digital platform for scholarly publishing provided by Yale University Library.
The Gemstar format is one of three leading contenders to become the dominant platform for electronic publishing.
The site, built on the new Manifold platform for academic publishing, allows users to make public or private annotations – essentially letting readers carry on discussions in the margins.
