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"ref": "1990 November 12, Jerry Pournelle, “The Vanity Press is Much Harder to Spot on 3½-inch Disks”, in InfoWorld, volume 12, number 46, San Mateo, Calif.: InfoWorld Publishing Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 88, column 1",
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"sense": "book publisher that lets the author pay the expenses of publishing up front, leaving the risk of financial failure with the author",
"word": "自費出版"
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"roman": "zìfèichūbǎn",
"sense": "book publisher that lets the author pay the expenses of publishing up front, leaving the risk of financial failure with the author",
"word": "自费出版"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "book publisher that lets the author pay the expenses of publishing up front, leaving the risk of financial failure with the author",
"word": "turhakekustantamo"
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"sense": "book publisher that lets the author pay the expenses of publishing up front, leaving the risk of financial failure with the author",
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"sense": "book publisher that lets the author pay the expenses of publishing up front, leaving the risk of financial failure with the author",
"tags": [
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"sense": "book publisher that lets the author pay the expenses of publishing up front, leaving the risk of financial failure with the author",
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"word": "Selbstkostenverlag"
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"sense": "book publisher that lets the author pay the expenses of publishing up front, leaving the risk of financial failure with the author",
"word": "εκδόσεις επί πληρωμή"
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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "vainiṭī pres",
"sense": "book publisher that lets the author pay the expenses of publishing up front, leaving the risk of financial failure with the author",
"word": "वैनिटी प्रेस"
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "book publisher that lets the author pay the expenses of publishing up front, leaving the risk of financial failure with the author",
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"word": "editoria a pagamento"
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"word": "自費出版"
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