self-publish
verb
self-pub·lish
ˌself-ˈpə-blish 
self-published; self-publishing; self-publishes
: to publish (a book) using the author's own resources
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Anyone can self-publish a book or start a Substack.
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Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2026
The 35-year-old realtor, who wrote and self-published a children's book on grieving following her husband's death, was arrested in 2023 following a lengthy investigation.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 10 Feb. 2026
There’s a cast of wanderers, visionaries, and itinerants, the self-educated and self-published, a long lineage of cranks and outcasts, mostly penurious, always opinionated, stretching away into the mists of pseudohistory.
—Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Davis, who has lived in Berlin for much of the last decade, formed the band Afro Sisters and self-published the Fertile La Toyah Jackson magazine in the 1970s.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026
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Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2026
The 35-year-old realtor, who wrote and self-published a children's book on grieving following her husband's death, was arrested in 2023 following a lengthy investigation.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 10 Feb. 2026
There’s a cast of wanderers, visionaries, and itinerants, the self-educated and self-published, a long lineage of cranks and outcasts, mostly penurious, always opinionated, stretching away into the mists of pseudohistory.
—Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Davis, who has lived in Berlin for much of the last decade, formed the band Afro Sisters and self-published the Fertile La Toyah Jackson magazine in the 1970s.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026
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“Self-publish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-publish. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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