self-published

American  

[self-puhb-lisht] / ˈsɛlfˈpʌb lɪʃt /

adjective

1. published independently by the author.

   self-published books.

2. having published one's own work independently.

   a self-published author.

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Etymology

Origin of self-published

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

A resident of Old Saybrook, Conn., Wellington opened TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube accounts, launched a podcast and wrote a memoir—self-published on the weekend of her daughter’s wedding—called “Doormat Mom, No More! When Good Parents Finally Say ‘Enough’ to Their Ungrateful Adult Kids.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Williams, who lives in suburban Atlanta, has drawn more than 200,000 followers on social media, self-published two books and launched a coaching business for estranged parents.

From The Wall Street Journal

Based on Larry Mitchell’s 1977 self-published book of the same title—a queer-liberation fantasy that circulated for decades as a kind of samizdat in the gay world—their version of it is a kind of joyous communal theater, with its members recounting their history for one another through speech, song and dance.

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Fortunately, aspiring mechanics of that era could turn to John Muir’s “How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive,” the quirky, self-published guide whose “for the Compleat Idiot” subtitle launched a whole industry of DIY books for ordinary mortals.

From The Wall Street Journal

Five years after her husband died in 2004 at the age of 73, she self-published a sequel.

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