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.