vanity publishing

noun

1. the practice of the author of a book paying all or most of the costs of its publication

Example Sentences

That aside, the book spotlights major flaws in science, including various forms of bias, lack of transparency and rigour, excessive competition, commercialization and vanity publishing.

From Nature

In a grand act of vanity publishing, everybody should post their nudes.

From The Guardian

But are ventures like his little more than the wine-making equivalent of vanity publishing?

From BBC

“Because they’d gone the vanity publishing route in a previous incarnation and ended up with boxes of records in the garage.”

From The Guardian

While the virulent racism of old can still be found online, the movement today also includes more button-down websites run by white nationalism think tanks with vanity publishing units.

From New York Times