Yep, but essentially "vanity publishing" is about managing - through money - to have something published that you weren't able to be paid for AND that you weren

Yep, but essentially "vanity publishing" is about managing - through money - to have something published that you weren't able to be paid for AND that you weren't able to publish even for free. Essentially, crap. BUT since you are spending money, you want your name in BIG BOLD letters on the cover, because you believe it isn't crap and you are only misunderstood by editors and publishers.