vanity publishing
21vanity press — a printing house that specializes in publishing books for which the authors pay all or most of the costs. Also called vanity publisher. [1945 50] * * * …
22vanity press — noun A book publisher that lets the author pay the expenses of publishing up front, leaving the risk of financial failure with the author …
23vanity — noun (plural vanities) 1》 excessive pride in or admiration of one s own appearance or achievements. ↘[as modifier] denoting a company publishing works at the author s expense. 2》 the quality of being worthless or futile. 3》 N. Amer. a… …
24Self-publishing — is the publishing of books and other media by the authors of those works, rather than by established, third party publishers. Although it represents a small percentage of the publishing industry in terms of sales, it has been present in one form… …
25self-publishing — /sɛlf ˈpʌblɪʃɪŋ/ (say self publishing) noun the publishing of one s own literary work. Compare vanity publishing …
26subsidy publishing — the publication of a book at the author s expense vanity publishing, which means the same thing, is nearer to the truth …
27Media and Publishing — ▪ 2007 Introduction The Frankfurt Book Fair enjoyed a record number of exhibitors, and the distribution of free newspapers surged. TV broadcasters experimented with ways of engaging their audience via the Internet; mobile TV grew; magazine… …
28Dorrance Publishing Co. — Dorrance Publishing Company is the oldest American independent vanity press, which identifies itself as a subsidy publishing company . It was founded in 1920 by Philadelphia, Pennsylvania publisher Gordon Dorrance to publish the works of new… …
29Century Publishing — is a custom media publisher based in Salt Lake City, Utah. It publishes books and other media in both English and Spanish on topic including religion, social issues, business, and biographies. Founded in 1981 by current President and CEO Larry L …
30Xlibris — Infobox Company name = Xlibris type = Publishing services provider genre = foundation = 1997 founder = John Feldcamp location city = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania location country = United States location = locations = area served = Global key… …
