vanity press

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

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  • vanity press — ☆ vanity press or vanity publisher n. a press or publishing house that publishes books only at the author s own expense …   English World dictionary

  • vanity press — vanity .press also vanity .publisher n [C usually singular] a company that writers pay to print their books …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Vanity press — A vanity press or vanity publisher is a publishing house that publishes books at the author s expense [ [http://www.merriam webster.com/dictionary/vanity%20press vanity press Definition from the Merriam Webster Online Dictionary ] ] Johnathon… …   Wikipedia

  • vanity press — noun or vanity publisher : a press that publishes books at the author s expense compare author s edition * * * a printing house that specializes in publishing books for which the authors pay all or most of the costs. Also called vanity publisher …   Useful english dictionary

  • vanity press — noun Date: 1950 a publishing house that publishes books at the author s expense called also vanity publisher …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • vanity 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] * * * …   Universalium

  • vanity press — also vanity pub.lish.er noun (countable usually singular) a company that writers pay to print their books …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • vanity press — van′ity press n. pri lit. a printing house that publishes books for which the authors pay the costs. Also called van′ity pub lisher • Etymology: 1945–50 …   From formal English to slang

  • Vanity (disambiguation) — Vanity is excessive self regard and overblown pride.Vanity may also refer to:*Vanity (performer), the stage name of singer/actress Denise Matthews *Vanity 6, a former musical group *Vanity (comics), a fictional city in the DC Comics universe… …   Wikipedia

  • vanity publishing — vanity ,publishing or vanity ,press noun uncount the process by which a writer pays a publisher to publish his or her book …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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