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self-published

[ self-puhb-lisht ]

adjective

  1. published independently by the author:

    self-published books.

  2. having published one's own work independently:

    a self-published author.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of self-published1

First recorded in 1970–75

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Example Sentences

Since leaving the show, Swartzwelder has self-published comedy books.

At age 14, she self-published a nonfiction book, “The Year of a Thousand Colors,” which documented her time spent living in India.

The Commitments was published, or rather self-published, by you in 1987.

Today, there are no limits when it comes to explicit language and content in self-published erotica.

After penning her own memoir, Canyon decided to own it, “so I self published,” she said.

There has been a suggestion that this book may have been self-published; the style and layout are not necessarily consistent.

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