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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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
The genesis of this self-published guidebook occurred when the pair realized they were not receiving a portion of a royalty stream they were owed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
Cumming was named Baltimore’s inspector general in 2018 by then-Mayor Catherine Pugh, who later went to prison for a criminal scheme in which she illegally profited from the sale of self-published children’s books.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
Later headlines would say that Solanas believed Warhol “controlled her life” and that he had “legal claim” over her self-published writing, which she frequently badgered him to read.
From Salon ● Apr. 29, 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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