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vanity press

noun
/ˌvænɪti ˈpɹɛs/UK/ˌvænəti ˈpɹɛs/US

Etymology

From vanity + press, so called because such a press may be used by otherwise unpublishable authors who want to see their work in print.

  1. derived from pressāre
  2. derived from presser
  3. derived from presse
  4. derived from pressa
  5. derived from press
  6. derived from presse
  7. compounded as vanity press — “vanity + press”

Definitions

  1. A book publisher that lets the author pay the expenses of publishing up front, leaving…

    A book publisher that lets the author pay the expenses of publishing up front, leaving the risk of financial failure with the author.

    • In 1956, having had her book turned down by commercial presses who were unwilling to publish a work on lesbian literature, Foster spent $2000, her year's salary, to print the book through a vanity press, Vantage.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for vanity press. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA