Publishing Houses make all editorial decisions regarding content and style, pay all production and distribution costs, and own the copyright. A book designed, printed, distributed and paid for from beginning to end by its author. Back of the book visible when book is on a shelf. By definition, any publishing house that publishes books for a fee. Like the large publishing houses, a subsidy press maintains editorial control, publishes and distributes the book under its name, but authors usually retain copyright ownership.
Authors pay all publishing costs.
Depending upon the contract, subsidy publishers may pay royalties or give the author 50-100 books as remuneration. Vanity Presses most commonly do not allow author input other than paper color and binding style.