"author mill" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: author mills [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} author mill (plural author mills)
  1. (publishing, derogatory) A publisher that relies on producing large numbers of small-run books by different authors, as opposed to a smaller number of works published in larger numbers. Tags: derogatory Categories (topical): Publishing
    Sense id: en-author_mill-en-noun-kCisGlqm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: media, publishing

Inflected forms

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