vanity press
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June’s novel, “Pepsi-Cola Addict,” was published by a vanity press that has since gone defunct.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2022
Smalley had arranged for the work’s publication, too: Gorham was a vanity press avant la lettre.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 23, 2016
He looked up the author, who has claimed to have published other books under other names, and the publisher, Cow Eye Press, and realized it was a vanity press incorporated in Wyoming.
From New York Times • Sep. 11, 2015
The company isn’t technically a vanity press, because it doesn’t charge authors publishing fees, but its model is essentially the same.
From Slate • Mar. 24, 2014
Vitale paid a vanity press $4,375 to publish it.
From Forbes • Jan. 22, 2014
