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self-publishing

self-publishing noun: the publishing of books and other media by the authors or creators of those works, rather than by established, third-party publishers. Also the present participle and gerund of self-publish.

Noun

self-publishing (uncountable)

  1. The publishing of books and other media by the authors or creators of those works, rather than by established, third-party publishers.

Also used as

self-publishing is also the present participle and gerund of self-publish.

Origin of self-publishing

From self- + publishing.

Questions about self-publishing

What does self-publishing mean?
Self-publishing means the publishing of books and other media by the authors or creators of those works, rather than by established, third-party publishers.
What part of speech is self-publishing?
Self-publishing is a noun.

Words near self-publishing in the dictionary

  1. self-publish
  2. self-published
  3. self-publisher
  4. self-publishers
  5. self-publishes
  6. self-publishing
  7. self-pubs
  8. self-pulsate
  9. self-pulsation
  10. self-pulsations
  11. self-punishment

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Adapted from Wiktionary: self-publishing (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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