vanity publishing

British  

noun

1. the practice of the author of a book paying all or most of the costs of its publication

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Example Sentences

This summer, Penguin acquired Author Solutions Inc, one of the world's largest providers of publishing services, or what might have once been called "vanity publishing".

From The Guardian • Aug. 25, 2012

But it does not come cheap, and the chances of having a hit are virtually non-existent - it's with good reason that the practice is known as "vanity publishing".

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2011

And the technical quality further repudiates, it seems to me, the hint of "vanity publishing".

From The Guardian • Jun. 1, 2010

There is vanity museumship, just as there is vanity publishing.

From Time Magazine Archive

But over the past couple of years, vanity publishing has become practically respectable.

From Time Magazine Archive