vanity press

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌvænɪti ˈpɹɛs/    美 /ˌvænəti ˈpɹɛs/|[-ɾi-]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A book publisher that lets the author pay the expenses of publishing up front, leaving the risk of financial failure with the author. derogatory
    — In 1956, having had her book turned down by commercial presses who were unwilling to publish a work on lesbian literature, Foster spent $2000, her year's salary, to print the book through a vanity press, Vantage.

词形变化

vanity presses plural

词源

From vanity + press, so called because such a press may be used by otherwise unpublishable authors who want to see their work in print.
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