A content publishing system, a publishing method for a content publishing system, and a publishing terminal provide a service that is particularly convenient for the customer. A content publishing system SY having a plurality of publishing terminals 204 that record and publish content information containing content on recording media has an order content input unit 610 enabling customers to input order content, a publishing terminal extraction unit 420 that extracts from among the plural publishing terminals 204 one or more publishing terminals 204 that can process the order content based on the order content, a calculation unit 550 that calculates the required time denoting the time required to publish the order content according to the order content for the extracted one or more publishing terminals 204, a display unit 620 that displays the calculated required times of the one or more publishing terminals 204, and an order terminal selection unit 630 for specifying the publishing terminal 204 to process the order from among the one or more publishing terminals 204 displayed. The content publishing system, a publishing method for a content publishing system, and a publishing terminal record content using the specified publishing terminal 204.