vanity press

noun
1.
a printing house that specializes in publishing books for which the authors pay all or most of the costs.
Also called vanity publisher.
Origin
1945-50
Examples from the web for vanity press
  • Now, a vanity press on the other hand prints anything, from anyone and they do it for upfront payment.
  • Please note that many collection policy statements explicitly treat the selection of self-published and vanity press materials.