self-published

[self-puhb-lisht]

adjective

1. published independently by the author.

   self-published books.

2. having published one's own work independently.

   a self-published author.

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-published¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

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

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A breakthrough was made when they found Sam's self-published autobiography.

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By “my company will change directions,” Whitten is referring to his sexuality, a personal struggle he details explicitly in a poetry collection called “Save Me,” self-published in 1983 while still on a break from costuming.

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In 2015, she self-published her fifth book, a mother-daughter story set in Siena, Italy, titled “Within the Walled City,” because she was struggling financially.

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His self-published local history, 2021’s Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt in New York, was republished by History Press in 2023 and retitled with a focus on the state capital, Albany.

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