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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]
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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 — 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 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 … Wiktionary
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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