self-publishing

American  

[self-puhb-lish-ing] / ˈsɛlfˈpʌb lɪʃ ɪŋ /

noun

1. the act or process of publishing one's own work for sale or distribution without the aid of a traditional publisher.

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adjective

1. publishing one's own work for sale or distribution without the aid of a traditional publisher.

2. providing services such as editing and printing to authors wishing to publish their own work.

Example Sentences

Greg Greeley helped launch Amazon’s self-publishing platform and Amazon Prime.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

He turned his recital hall into a lecture hall, as he describes it, and started offering travel courses and self-publishing his first book, "Europe Through the Back Door."

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2025

What is different this time is that self-publishing on social media means those seeking to whip up the mob can do so without worrying unduly about the facts.

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2024

Thwarted megamergers and private-equity acquisitions, buyouts and layoffs, self-publishing and artificial intelligence: It’s hard to find a glimmer of glamour in the book business right now.

From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2023

The number of living e-zines numbered in the low dozens, and nearly all of them were produced using the classic self-publishing method: scam resources from work when no one's looking.

From From the Print Media to the Internet by Lebert, Marie