doujin

plural doujins · alternative dojin · alternative dōjin

1. A product produced and sold independently of corporations (in Japan); an indie work.

   There are creators who really make money and earn living from doujin, but those who can do so, are minority.

   2014, Sanuki Sobataro, Dear people who upload my doujin,

   1 more example

   Thus, roughly a third of all circles in Comic Market participate for the purpose of creating doujin without the goal of transitioning to commercial publications.

   2012, Hiroaki Tamagawa, Comic Market as Space for Self-Expression in Otaku Culture

2. abbreviationclippingby restrictionClipping of doujinshi (“a Japanese amateur comic book; a self-published manga”).