vanity press

Etymology
From, so called because such a press may be used by otherwise unpublishable authors who want to see their work in print.

Noun

 * 1)  A book publisher that lets the author pay the expenses of publishing up front, leaving the risk of financial failure with the author.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 自費出版
 * Finnish: turhakekustantamo
 * French: édition à compte d'auteur
 * Galician:
 * German: Bezahlverlag, Selbstkostenverlag, Selbstzahlerverlag
 * Greek: εκδόσεις επί πληρωμή
 * Hindi: वैनिटी प्रेस
 * Italian: editoria a pagamento
 * Japanese: 自費出版