vanity press
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of vanity press
First recorded in 1945–50
Example Sentences
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June’s novel, “Pepsi-Cola Addict,” was published by a vanity press that has since gone defunct.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2022
Smalley had arranged for the work’s publication, too: Gorham was a vanity press avant la lettre.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 23, 2016
Last month, at age 70, he finally paid a vanity press thousands of dollars to publish it.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2015
Vitale paid a vanity press $4,375 to publish it.
From Forbes ● Jan. 22, 2014
Her last book, “War and the Cosmos in Picasso’s Texts, 1936-1940,” was published in 2007 by a vanity press.
From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2010
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