Wikipedia:Identifying and using self-published works: Difference between revisions

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Be careful in identifying the publishers of books. In some cases, authors will create a [[Doing business as|trade name]] so that it will look like a separate entity has published their works. If the author directly controls the decision to publish the books, then those books are still self-published. Self-published books may be printed by a [[vanity press]] or a publisher that prints books by only that author.

If the author works for a company, and the publisher is the employer, and the author's job is to produce the work (e.g., sales materials or a corporate website), then the author and publisher are the same.

The 16th edition of ''[[The Chicago Manual of Style]]'' says, "Any Internet site that does not have a specific publisher or sponsoring body should be treated as unpublished or self-published work." However, the converse isn't true: if a site does have a specific publisher or sponsoring body, it might still be self-published.