A waning term from the 1950's As the name implies a "Vanity Press" is a publisher that produces books with the author paying all costs and maintaining all ownership Vanity Presses most commonly do not allow author input other than paper color and binding style
Companies that produce authors books at a price to the author, usually retaining all rights for a relatively long period of time (3 to 5 years), paying the author a royalty for any book sold during this time During the licensing period the author must purchase from the Vanity Press any copies of the book needed for self-promotion The actual royalty structure, or cost of books purchased by the author, differs with each Vanity Press, do policies regarding retail price, quantity discounts, etc Vanity Presses are sometimes called Subsidy Presses
{i} vanity publisher, publishing house that publishes books and the author pays the costs, publisher that publishes the books of an author at the author's expense
A waning term as the name implies a "Vanity Press" is a publisher that produces books with the author paying all costs and maintaining all ownership Vanity Presses most commonly do not allow author input other than paper color and binding style