self-published
Americanadjective
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published independently by the author.
self-published books.
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having published one's own work independently.
a self-published author.
Etymology
Origin of self-published
First recorded in 1970–75
Example Sentences
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On Monday, a federal judge in Florida dismissed with prejudice a copyright lawsuit that accused Swift of plagiarizing a self-published poet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
To supplement what I did have, I would show up to interviews with self-published articles and story pitches that might appeal to the employer I was interviewing with.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
Yossi Sheffi, a professor of engineering, has produced his own report, “Unsafe at MIT,” which he self-published Tuesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Had Mitrovich been a more seasoned member of the bookish community, she might have heard the cautionary tale of Faleena Hopkins, an author of a series of self-published romances with “Cocky” in the title.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
There are dozens of children’s stories about the trains, but what she’s interested in is the documents, the artifacts, the self-published train- rider stories, each one a testimony, a telling.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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