vanity publisher

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Here comes “The Confessions of Congressman X: A disturbing and shockingly frank tell-all of vanity, greed and deceit,” to be published May 24 by Mill City Press, a vanity publisher located in Minnesota.

From Washington Times • May 12, 2016

Mr. Conroy wrote “The Boo” while teaching English at Beaufort High School and paid a vanity publisher to print 500 copies, borrowing the money from a bank.

From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2016

Mr. Vitale submitted his manuscript to a vanity publisher, paying $4,375 to publish it.

From Forbes • Oct. 12, 2014

However, no press wants to be mistaken for a vanity publisher, so most of them try to publish academics from other institutions.

From Economist • Oct. 24, 2013

Bolton had had only one other encounter with the literary world, when she contacted a vanity publisher whose ad she had seen.

From Time Magazine Archive