Meanings
nounself-publishing (uncountable)
- uncountableThe publishing of books and other media by the authors or creators of those works, rather than by established, third-party publishers.
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of self-publish
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*swé?
- Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
- Proto-Germanic*selbaz
- Old Englishself
- Old Englishself-
- Middle Englishself-
- Englishself-
- Englishpublishing
- Englishself-publishing
From self- + publishing.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish omakustannus
- omakustannusthe publishing of books and other media by the authors
French autopublication
- autopublicationthe publishing of books and other media by the authors
German Self-Publishing, Selbstveröffentlichung
- Self-Publishingthe publishing of books and other media by the authors
- Selbstveröffentlichungthe publishing of books and other media by the authors
Greek αυτοέκδοση
- αυτοέκδοση (aftoékdosi)the publishing of books and other media by the authors
Romanian autopublicare
- autopublicarethe publishing of books and other media by the authors
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Chicago
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