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A vanity press or vanity publisher, sometimes also subsidy publisher, [1] is a book printer that is paid by authors to self-publish their books. [2] A vanity press charges fees in advance and does not contribute to the development of the book. [3] It has been described as a scam, [2] though, as the book does get printed, it does not necessarily ...
Self-publishing is the publication of media (e.g. books, music, art) by its author at their own cost, without the involvement of a publisher. However, the author may engage professionals or companies to assist with various aspects of publication, distribution or marketing.
Self-published books may be printed by a vanity press or a publisher that prints books by only that author. If the author works for a company, and the publisher is the employer, and the author's job is to produce the work (e.g., sales materials or a corporate website), then the author and publisher are the same.
So how do editors go about distinguishing self-publising companies from vanity presses? Are "legitimate" self-publishers allowed on the list? What is the rationale for excluding vanity presses? Seems POV and OR are the driving forces in this regard.--S. Rich 14:32, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
The following is a list of companies that provide assistance in self-publishing books or engage in vanity publishing.This list is provided to help editors evaluate whether sources published by these companies are reliable for purposes of including content in Wikipedia.
Companies that provide assistance to authors who self-publish their own books or other media. Note that hybrid publishers and vanity presses do not "assist in self-publishing". They are publishers who take a contribution from the author in order to publish the author's work under their own imprint.