What does is mean if your work is syndicated?

I feel a bit dumb asking it,but I need to know the answer...

I mean work as in job,but also "published" work such as books...What does is mean if your work is syndicated?
A syndicate is any group organized to further some undertaking, such as a company, union, partnership, cartel.



To sell (an article, feature, etc.) through a syndicate for publication in many newspapers or periodicals



To sell (a program, series, etc.) to a number of radio or TV stations



It also means to regulate, join, merge.



http://www.yourdictionary.com/syndicateWhat does is mean if your work is syndicated?
Syndicated means that the writer's product is copyrighted by a single media provider and distributed for sale by their news network.



"an organization that sells special articles or features for publication by many newspapers or periodicals"



Example: Columnists and cartoonists who sell their work to the media are syndicated.