Fiction Book Publishers

2Leaf Press

2Leaf Press, an imprint of the Intercultural Alliance of Artists & Scholars, Inc. (IAAS), challenges the status quo by publishing alternative fiction, non‐fiction, poetry and bilingual works by activists, academics, poets and authors dedicated to diversity and social justice with scholarship that is accessible to the general public.

New York, NY   US

39 West Press

39 West Press is an independent book publisher committed to releasing books that encourage critical thinking and promote constructive discourse on key social, cultural, political, and economic issues affecting life in America.

Kansas City, MO   US

Acorn Press

Acorn Press publishes books that reflect the culture and indigenous knowledge of Prince Edward Island. The books are primarily about Prince Edward Island and/or written by Prince Edward Islanders, and include fiction, non-fiction, children’s literature, and poetry.

Charlottetown, PE   CA

Agate Publishing

Publishes under three imprints: Surrey which focuses on food, dining, nutrition, and entertaining; B2 Books publishing business; and Bolden, which publishes fiction and non-fiction by African-American authors.

Evanston, IL   US

Alan C Hood & Co

Publishes books on history, frugal living, rural concerns and a sustainable way of life.

Chambersburg, PA   US

Allison and Busby

Independent Publishers Since 1967 - publishing an array of books, from crime and thrillers to literary, historical and women's fiction, to fantasy, memoirs, and books on popular culture.

London, England   UK

Amador Publishers

Specializes in fiction and biography of unique worth and appeal, outside the purview of mainstream publishing.

Albuquerque, NM   US

Amberjack Publishing

Amberjack Publishing, founded in 2014, is an independent small press of fiction books with offices in New York and Idaho. Amberjack's books are distributed by Midpoint Trade Books, one of the largest distributors in the industry. As a traditional publishing house, Amberjack Publishing's mission is to search far and wide for the best stories being written today and connect them to readers all around the world with the highest quality books.

New York, NY   US

And Other Stories

And Other Stories is a literary publishing house that works on the principle that great new books will be heard about and read thanks to the combined intelligence of a number of people: editors, readers, translators, critics, literary promoters and academics.

Bucks, England   UK

Anvil Press

Anvil Press is a literary publisher interested in contemporary, progressive literature in all genres.

Vancouver, BC   CA

April Gloaming Publishing

April Gloaming Publishing is a nonprofit independent press based in Nashville, TN that aims to capture and better understand the Southern soul, Southern writing, and the Southern holler. April Gloaming celebrates the genre-benders, those rare works that bring the old and the new together into something entirely transcendent. Being small lets us follow our dreams, however dark and twisted they may be, and allows us to show them to the world.

Nashville, TN   US

Aquarius Press/Willow Books

The mission of Willow Books is to develop, publish and promote writers typically underrepresented in the literary field. An independent press with a woman of color at its helm, Aquarius Press/Willow Books is recognized as an industry leader for its commitment to artistic development.

Detroit, MI   US

Ara Pacis Publishers

Ara Pacis publishes contemporary poetry, short fiction collections, novels, anthologies, memoirs, reprints of forgotten modern classics, essays and criticism, travel chronicles and guide books, as well as writing on social and cultural issues from a philosophic perspective.

Des Plaines, IL   US

Arsenal Pulp Press

Arsenal Pulp Press is a book publisher in Vancouver, Canada with over 200 titles currently in print, which include literary fiction and nonfiction; cultural and gender studies; gay, lesbian, and multicultural literature; cookbooks; and guidebooks.

Vancouver, BC   CA

Arte Publico Press

The oldest and largest publisher of U.S. Hispanic literature.

Houston, TX   US

Asabi Publishing

Established in 2002, Asabi Publishing is an innovative publishing company with world-wide distribution specializing in unique, high-quality books. We establish honest & sincere relationships with our authors and have developed and invested in our own in-house marketing engine to support the marketing efforts of our authors.

Schenactady, NY   US

Astri My Astri Publishing

Astri My Astri Publishing specializes in publishing and marketing Norwegian heritage, culture, genealogy and bilingual English Norwegian language books.

Waukon, IA   US

Aunt Lute Books

Aunt Lute Books is a nonprofit multicultural women's press based in San Francisco. For over thirty years, we have been publishing literature by women whose voices have been traditionally underrepresented in mainstream and small press publishing.

San Francisco, CA   US

Avocet Press Inc

Avocet Press is a small independent publisher of fine fiction and poetry

Pearl River, NY   US

Awst Press

Awst Press is an independent literary publisher in Austin, TX featuring impressive work from diverse voices. We publish authors whose work fits our aesthetic and fulfills our vision of inclusivity and community. We endeavor to support authors through each project and beyond by increasing their respective audiences, playing an active role in the editorial and publishing process, promoting their activities well past their publication with Awst via the website and social media, and seeking ways to compensate them for their efforts by offering royalties and identifying grants for which they might be eligible.

Austin, TX   US

Backwaters Press

We are an independent, nonprofit press based in Nebraska. We have published numerous award-winning titles, including the anthology "Times of Sorrow, Times of Grace" (2003), which received two Nebraska book awards, and Nebraska Presence: An Anthology of Poetry, which won a Nebraska Book Award for a poetry anthology. Several poets published by the press have had poems from their books read by Garrison Keillor on The Writer's Almanac. In 2011, The Backwaters Press won the Nebraska Center for the Book's Jane Geske Award, for its exceptional contribution to the Nebraska literary community.

Omaha, NE   US

Bakara Books

Baraka Books is a Quebec-based English-language book publisher specializing in creative and political non-fiction, history and historical fiction, and fiction.

Montreal, PQ   CA

Bamboo Ridge Press

Bamboo Ridge Press is the oldest and longest-running independent literary press in the state and one of the oldest continuously publishing small presses in the nation. Bamboo Ridge was founded in 1978 to foster the appreciation, understanding, and creation of literary, visual, or performing arts by, for, or about the people of Hawai'i. It is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization funded by book sales and individual donors and supplemented in part by government and private foundation grants.

Honolulu, HI   US

Bancroft Press

Bancroft Press is an Independent Publisher with over 20 years in print. We publish what we love. Virtually every genre is represented by one of our fine authors; this is owed to their individual ability to tell a good story. From classic literature to political memoirs, from illustrated picture books to gripping suspense thrillers - the key is in the quality.

Baltimore, MD   US

Baobab Press

Baobab Press seeks books that communicate and support their themes through new and well-articulated means. We like risk. We like invention. More importantly, we look for a quality of thought that adds depth to a writer’s concerns. And although it is not an official requirement, we tend to select literary work with a strong sense of place at its core. Ultimately, our goal is to publish work that resonates in the contemporary climate and that will continue to resonate in years to come.

Reno, NV   US

Barbour Publishing

Barbour Publishing is a leader in the Christian publishing industry with frontlist releases numbering more than 150 titles per year.

Uhrichsville, OH   US

Bayeux Arts

Bayeux Arts produces artistic books that build bridges across cultures. Our imprints include Rosencrantz Comics, featuring graphic novels, and Odd Little Books, which brings together visual artists, dramatists, poets, puppeteers, playwrights and musicians.

Calgary, AB   CA

BeachHouse Books

Beach House Books is a publisher of original select literary works and contemporary thought.

Chesterfield, MO   US

BenBella Books

BenBella is a fast-growing, marketing-focused publishing house whose success is based on a few simple principles. We select our titles with care. We provide authors with first-class service and genuine partnership. And we provide aggressive, creative marketing for each title we publish.

Dallas, TX   US

Bethany House

A division of Baker Publishing Group, Bethany House has been publishing high quality books for 50 years. Recognized as the pioneer and leader in Christian fiction, Bethany House publishes nearly 120 titles annually in subjects including historical and contemporary fiction, Christian living, family, health, devotional, children's, classics, and theology. Bethany House titles are often found on the Christian bestseller lists.

Bloomington, MN   US

Bethlehem Books

Bethlehem Books is a small, home grown publishing company dedicated to restoring to children and families a treasury of wholesome, character-building literature.

Bathgate, ND   US

Biblio Publishing

Welcome to Biblio Publishing - the evolution in the publication, production and sale of books! Biblio Publishing is an independent publisher featuring fresh and interesting titles and offering a free, modern method of publishing.

Columbus, OH   US

Big Sky Publishing

Big Sky Publishing is an Australian owned, independent publisher specialising in producing the highest quality non-fiction books and corporate products. We are passionate about what we do and work closely with our authors and clients to produce books and products of exceptional quality and design. Our specialisation includes the following areas: History, Military History, Self-help, Autobiography, Business, Careers, Environment, How to/Practical Guides, Health, Humour, Lifestyle, Indigenous Studies, Women's and Men's Interest, Corporate Publications .

Newport, NSW   AU

BkMk Press

During its first four years, BkMk Press published only chapbooks. In 1975, BkMk Press published its first full-length poetry collection, Kansas City Outloud, an anthology of Kansas City-area writers with an introduction by John Ciardi. Since then, the press has concentrated on full-length collections of poetry, short fiction, and creative essays. Today, the press publishes four to six titles a year and has over 80 titles in print. The press has published writers from all over the United States and abroad, but it has also published many writers from Kansas City and the Midwest.

Kansas City, MO   US

Black and White Publishing

Since 1999 Black and White Publishing has produced a wide range of titles with over 300 now in print, including 30 in the award-winning Itchy Coo imprint of children’s books in the Scots language, the B&W classics list and the Broons and Oor Wullie books. We publish an extensive range of titles including general non-fiction, biography, sport, cookery and humour, fiction, YA (Ink Road imprint) and children’s books.

Edinburgh, Scotland   UK

Black Letter Media

We publish Afrikan stories, by Afrikan writers, in paperback and ebook formats. We encourage new forms of creative writing in English and indigenous languages. We aim to publish new Afrikan voices. Afrikan voices that challenge literary forms and challenge expectations of content. We're looking for Afrikan voices that have something important to say. We welcome provocative realist texts and are open to cross-genre fiction that complicates our expectations of what literature should and should not do.

Johannesburg, Gauteng   ZA

Bloomsday Literary

Bloomsday Literary is an independent press in Houston, Texas featuring the voices of inspiring, innovative, and undaunted storytellers writing in fiction, creative non-fiction, and poetry.

Houston, TX   US

Blue Crow Books

Blue Crow Publishing is a small, traditional, independent press located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. We publish high-quality print and ebook fiction and nonfiction. Our imprints include Blue Crow Books (adult fiction), Goldenjay Books (young adult books), and Snowraven Books (adult nonfiction).

Chapel Hill, NC   US

Blue Moon Publishers

At Blue Moon Publishers, we publish fiction and non-fiction, from best-selling authors such as Katherine Jacob under our Blue Moon Guides imprint.

Toronto, ON   CA

Boaz Publishing

Boaz Publishing Company publishes fiction, poetry, and general non-fiction for sale through the book trade to general interest readers.

Albany, CA   US

Bonfire Books

Bonfire Books is an Australian independent publisher founded in 2019 to find the best in new writing and the lost works of our literary inheritance. We note a lack of perspectives in the Australian mainstream that adequately address the rushing complexity of contemporary life. We seek to uphold the best of our literary tradition and welcome subtle and intrepid work of cutting wisdom, grim truth and unflinching soul.

Melbourne, VIC   AU

Book Thug

BookThug seeks to publish innovative books of poetry, prose and creative criticism that extend the tradition of experimental literature. All manuscripts are evaluated for their artistic merit and their ability to continue the conversation about experimental literature. In other words, every manuscript must display an awareness of the intellectual and artistic tradition which preceded it, while then stretching the concepts further, responding to today's philosophical, scientific, political, and aesthetic environment.

Toronto, ON   CA

Borealis Press

Book publishers specializing in Canadian literature, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, native, aboriginal and critical texts. Borealis Book was founded in 1972 to encourage and publish new Canadian writers who demonstrate talent and potential for significant growth.

Nepean, ON   CA

Bottlecap Press

Bottlecap Press is a millennial publishing outfit dedicated to authors' rights and fair pay with the primary goal of emphasizing the alarmingly, frustratingly, artistically human. We are publishers of poetry and fiction, chapbooks and full lengths, and all of our books are lovingly handcrafted on demand. Bottlecap Press is always looking for fresh new material, and is actively seeking manuscript submissions for chapbooks and full length works, videos for our YouTube channel, and poetry and fiction submissions for our blog.

Alton, IL   US

Boulder Publications

Boulder Publications is an independent Canadian book publishing company headquartered in Newfoundland & Labrador, with an office in Nova Scotia.

Portugal Cove-St. Philip's, NL   CA

Brandylane Publishers

Brandylane is a small, independent press, founded in 1985, that publishes fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and children's books.

Richmond, VA   US

Breakwater Books

Breakwater Books Ltd. was founded in 1973. Initially, its sole purpose was to publish materials that preserved the unique culture of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Maritime provinces. In recent years, Breakwater has successfully begun publishing cutting edge literature in all genres, including children's books, literary and commercial fiction, educational curricula, non-fiction, and poetry, while at the same time continuing to support its culturally significant backlist titles.

St. John’s, NL   CA

Bridge Works Press

Bridge Works Publishing is a small press dedicated to mainstream quality fiction and nonfiction. Since its founding in 1992 by Barbara and Warren Phillips, it has become known for discovering and launching the careers of talented new authors.

Bridgehampton, NY   US

Broken Jaw Press

Located east of the centre of Canada and left of the mainstream, we specialize in highly contemporary writing by poets, writers, translators and artists who take risks and take the responsibility for doing something different.

Fredericton, NB   CA

Brow Books

Brow Books publishes across a variety of genres, styles and formats. Like everything we do, our book publishing has a keen focus on working with authors from the margins: people who live and write from demographic margins, and/or writers whose work sits in the literary margins. We promise to publish the kinds of books that no one else is publishing, from authors that no one else is publishing, about subject matter that isn't generally covered, with voices that are too often ignored.

Melbourne, VIC   AU

Burning Shore Press

Established in 2005, Burning Shore Press is a publisher of serious "underground" literature and is based in Long Beach, California.

Long Beach, CA   US

Burrow Press

Burrow Press is a nonprofit, independent publisher based in Orlando, FL committed to publishing the best contemporary literature by new and established authors, as well as fostering literary community in Orlando and Florida.

Orlando, FL   US

Bywater Books

We’re committed to bringing the best of contemporary writing to a discerning readership. The Bywater Books imprint features lesbian- and feminist-themed fiction and narrative non-fiction, while Amble Press primarily publishes fiction and narrative non-fiction with an emphasis on writers who identify as people of color, and those writing across the broader queer spectrum.

Ann Arbor, MI   US

Cadmus Editions

Cadmus publishes work by distinguished authors in carefully edited and designed limited editions.

Tiburon Belvedere, CA   US

Cahill David Publishing

Digital and print-on-demand independent publisher of books by UK-based authors.

Reading, Berkshire, England   UK

Caitlin Press

Caitlin Press publishes culturally significant books, including fiction, non-fiction (both historical and creative), and poetry. Occasionally we will produce a children's or young adult title. In addition to its regional mandate Caitlin Press will honour its original roots by actively seeking, promoting and publishing work by and about BC women.

Halfmoon Bay, BC   CA

Canongate

Since 1973 we’ve worked to unearth and amplify the most vital, exciting voices we can find, wherever they come from, and we’ve published all kinds of books – thoughtful, upsetting, gripping, beatific, vulgar, chaste, unrepentant, life-changing

Edinburgh, Scotland   US

Carolina Wren Press

Carolina Wren Press is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to publish quality fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and children's literature, especially by writers historically neglected by mainstream publishing.

Durham, NC   US

Castles in the Air Press

We are excited about publishing quality fiction for adults and young adults. Whether that be a novel, novella or a collection of short stories, please send it our way.

Vancouver, BC   CA

Catbird Press

Catbird Press is a small, independent book publisher with specialties in Czech literature in translation, American and British fiction, and sophisticated humor.

North Haven, CT   US

Cave Hollow Press

A small Missouri Press dedicated to promoting great writing from Missouri and the surrounding Midwest

Warrensburg, MO   US

Cedar Creek Publishing

Cedar Creek Publishing is a Virginia publisher of books by exceptional Virginia authors. Cedar Creek currently publishes anthologies, art, children's books, general fiction, poetry and regional history titles.

Bremo Bluff, VA   US

Cedar Fort Inc

Cedar Fort, LLC is a Springville, Utah publishing company that focuses on publishing uplifting content targeted at both the LDS and non-LDS communities.

Springville, UT   US

Celtic Cat Publishing

Celtic Cat Publishing is an award-winning independent publisher founded in 1995. The publishing philosophy of Celtic Cat Publishing is to support new and established literary talent through original publications.

Knoxville, TN   US

Central Avenue Publishing

Central Avenue is a press featuring writers of original fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction. We look for talented, driven and committed writers. Many of our books are published under the ireadiwrite Publishing imprint. Romance titles are published under Everheart Books.

Delta, BC   CA

Charco Press

Charco Press focuses on finding outstanding contemporary Latin American literature and bringing it to new readers in the English-speaking world. We aim to act as a cultural and linguistic bridge for you to be able to access a brand new world of fiction that has, until now, been missing from your reading list.

Edinburgh, Scotland   UK

Chaudiere Books

Ottawa-based literary press, publishing approximately four books a season of poetry, fiction and non-fiction.

Ottawa, ON   CA

Cherry-House Press

Cherry-House Press publishes both new and seasoned authors. They also publish anthologies. They strive to help all of the "little guys" out there who are trying to make their mark with their books.

Arthur, IL   US

Chicory Press

Chicory Press is a new independent publishing house working to bring great stories to life. Whether fiction or non-fiction, mystery, romance, fantasy, and everything in-between, we strive to find the diamonds-in-the-rough; to give voices to authors with great stories to tell

Fall River, MA   US

City Lights Publishers

A bookstore-publishing combination located in San Francisco that publishes between ten to twelve books per year.

San Francisco, CA   US

Claret Press

We are a small, independent and traditional press located in Clapham. We're London-based and the majority of our books are about Britain. But our memoirs and travelogues take you around the world. So do many of our thrillers. We publish page turners about politics. We grapple and engage, move and disturb, inform and entertain. Great storytelling doesn’t just entertain, it energises.

London, England   UK

Cloquet River Press

A small publisher offering biography, local history and fiction titles.

Duluth, MN   US

Coach House Books

Coach House Books is an independent Canadian publisher of poetry, fiction, drama & nonfiction.

Toronto, ON   CA

Coffee House Press

Coffee House Press is an award-winning, nonprofit literary publisher in Minneapolis. We produce books that present the dreams and ambitions of people who have been underrepresented in published literature, books that shape our national consciousness while strengthening a larger sense of community.

Minneapolis, MN   US

Comfort Publishing

Comfort Publishing is a full-service publishing company producing an array of award-winning books in both fiction & non-fiction categories.

Concord, NC   US

Comma Press

Comma's Mission is to put the short story at the heart of contemporary narrative culture. Through innovative commissions, collaborations and digital initiatives, we will explore the power of the short story to transcend cultural and disciplinary boundaries, and to enable greater understanding across these boundaries.

Manchester, England   UK

Conundrum Press

Conundrum Press publishes fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction, focusing primarily on authors who live in the Rocky Mountain region.

Golden, CO   US

Conundrum Press

Conundrum is renowned in Canadian publishing for its innovative, wide-ranging, often genre-defying, books of fiction, cultural history, graphic novels, spoken word and artist projects.

Wolfville, NS   CA

Coral Press

A small press devoted to musical fiction.

New York, NY   US

Cormorant Books

Cormorant Books is committed to publishing the best new work in the area of literary fiction and creative non-fiction for the adult market.

Toronto, ON   CA

Cornerstone Book Publishers

Cornerstone Book Publishers is active in both the publishing of Masonic classic reprints as well as the publishing of new Masonic titles and a variety of other subjects including regional histories, bushcraft and general fiction and literature

New Orleans, LA   US

Counterpoint Press

We are an author-driven publishing house that devotes all energy to the fresh, cutting-edge, and literary voices of our authors. Counterpoint publishes fiction, literature, and poetry in addition to nonfiction, including history, memoir, biography, and nature.

Berkeley, CA   US

CubanaBooks

Cubanabooks is a small independent press devoted to bringing first-class literature from Cuban women to a United States audience as well as to a global English and Spanish-speaking public. Publishing select literary gems in English or in bilingual English/Spanish volumes, Cubanabooks aims to correct the current U.S. unavailability of excellent literature from Cubans living in Cuba. While not excluding any Cuban women writer, we prioritize the dissemination of works by living female writers who reside on the island.

Chico, CA   US

Cutlass Press

Established in 2016 by the award-winning independent bookstore Papercuts, Cutlass Press publishes cutting-edge books a weapons of choice.

Boston, MA   US

Cynren Press

Cynren Press is an award-winning traditional publisher of history, memoir, and biography. We approach history as the human story, offering a guide to the past, insight into the present, and lessons for the future.

Thorndale, PA   US

Dalkey Archive Press

Founded in 1984, Dalkey Archive Press is a nonprofit publisher at the University of Houston-Victoria, devoted to publishing the best contemporary literature from across the world.

Dalkey Archive Press was acquired by Deep Vellum Publishing in late 2020.

Dallas, TX   US

David R Godine

David R. Godine, Inc., is a small publishing house located in Boston, Massachusetts, producing between twenty and thirty titles per year and maintaining an active reprint program. The company is independent (a rarity these days) and its list tends to reflect the individual tastes and interests of its president and founder, David Godine.

Boston, MA   US

Dead Ink

Dead Ink is a small, ambitious and experimental literary publisher based in Liverpool. Our books have three times made the shortlist for The Saboteur Awards, the longlists for both The Guardian's First Book Award and Not the Booker Prize, and the longlist for the Edge Hill Short Story Award.

Liverpool, England   UK

Deux Voiliers Publishing

Deux Voiliers Publishing is a micropress devoted to discovering new Canadian writers. We specialize in first-time novelists and operate on a cooperative basis where writers share their talents by volunteering time to copy-edit, proofread and review other DVP authors' work. We are also actively looking for volunteer associates who like to copy-edit, write book reviews, blog, do cover design, create booktrailers and promote Canadian literature through social media marketing. If you are interested in participating, just send us a line at deuxvoiliers@gmail.com. For more on DVP, see our website.

Aylmer, PQ   CA

Dialogue Publishing Inc

Independent publisher of mainstream fiction and niche non-fiction titles

Colorado Springs, CO   US

Divertir Publishing

Divertir Publishing is an independent publisher located in Salem, NH. Our goal is to provide interesting and entertaining books to the world, as well as to offer new and exciting voices to the writing community. We seek to combine the knowledge of the established publishing houses with a unique understanding of the desires of the modern market.

North Salem, NH   US

DoctorZed Publishing

Founded in 2006 in Adelaide, South Australia, DoctorZed Publishing is an independent publisher of print books, ebooks and audiobooks.

Adelaide, SA   AU

Downingfield Press

Downingfield Press is an independent book publisher based in Melbourne with a global reach. Our mission is to publish emerging authors. We strive to produce interesting content bound in affordable, high-quality, and well-designed books. We focus on cultural value when selecting works to publish.

Pascoe Vale, VIC   AU

DreaMerchant

Independent publishers of fiction, non-fiction, memoir, young adult, children's and other genres.

Washington, DC   US

Dufour Editions Inc

Dufour Editions publishes fiction, short story collections, and literary fiction under its own imprint and is the U.S. distributor for dozens of British and Irish publishers.

Chester Springs, PA   US

DX Varos Publishing

DX Varos is a small press publishing company that produces works of fiction. Because of our smaller size, we are under no pressure to produce mass quantities of titles and are able to be very selective in our acquisitions. Therefore, all of our titles will be at the pinnacle of their genre. We also accept nonfiction works about royalty and royal families or biography in general through our House of Willis Publishing imprint. Colorado-based authors and their books are the niche of the Thursday Night Press imprint.

Denver, CO   US

Echoic Mobile Press

Echoic Mobile Press is an interactive digital media publishing and technology company. We specialize in publishing ebooks and comics for our interactive mobile app and releasing stories with enhanced features on other digital platforms.

Matawan, NJ   US

ECW Press

ECW Press has published close to 1,000 books that are distributed throughout the English-speaking world and translated into dozens of languages. In the next year we'll release 50 new titles and will continue to support and promote a vibrant backlist that includes poetry and fiction, pop-culture and political analysis, sports books, biography, and travel guides.

Toronto, ON   CA

Ekstasis Editions

Ekstasis Editions is a Canadian literary publisher, with emphasis on poetry, fiction and criticism. Originally, Ekstasis published almost exclusively poetry, but it has diversified and branched out into related forms such as literary fiction, metaphysics, theatre and most recently Children's and Young Adult books under the Cherubim Books imprint.

Victoria, BC   CA

EpiphanyMill

While EpiphanyMill is a traditional publisher in every sense of the word. They will never charge for such important details as: editing, cover art, or marketing. They frequently hear the question, “why publish with you, as opposed to self-publishing?” The answer is simple. While they would never discourage an author from tackling their dreams, most self-published authors devote 60% or more of their free time to marketing. The good folks at EpiphanyMill firmly believe that an author should be able to commit their full focus towards their passion – writing.

Star Valley, AZ   US

Eschia Books

Eschia Books is an Indigenous-owned publishing house with a mandate to publish books that spark interest in Indigenous cultures and engage more young readers, encouraging understanding through genuine, insightful writing.

Stony Plain, AB   CA

Etruscan Press

Housed at Wilkes University and partnering with Youngstown State University, Etruscan is a non-profit literary press working to produce and promote books that nurture the dialogue among genres, cultures, and voices. Etruscan publishes books of poems, novels, short stories, creative non-fiction, criticism, translation, and anthologies.

Wilkes Barre, PA   US

Eunoia Publishing

Independent publishing house with imprints covering literary fiction, memoirs, non-fiction, speculative fiction, children's and YA. Eunoia means 'beautiful thinking' and is synonymous with quality publishing.

Auckland,   NZ

Europa Editions

With offices in New York and London, Europa Editions is an independent publisher of quality fiction. The idea behind the creation of Europa Editions was to bring fresh international voices to the American and British markets and to provide quality editions that had a distinct look and consistently high level of editorial standards. Europa Editions publishes about thirty-five titles a year. In its first ten years, the company has published books by authors from twenty-six different countries, making it one of the leading US publishers of international fiction.

New York, NY   US

Faber & Faber

Founded in 1929 by Geoffrey Faber, Faber and Faber remains one of the UK's leading independent publishing houses. Faber publishes fiction, non-fiction, and children's books alongside its garlanded lists of poetry, drama, music and film.

London, England   UK

Farrar Straus and Giroux

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (FSG) is an American book publishing company, founded in 1946 by Roger W. Straus, Jr. and John C. Farrar. The firm is renowned for its international list of literary fiction, nonfiction, poetry and children's books.

New York, NY   US

Fernwood Publishing

Fernwood Publishing and our literary imprint, Roseway, publish critical books that inform, enlighten and challenge. We are political publishers in that our books acknowledge, confront and contest intersecting forms of oppression and exploitation. We believe that in publishing books that challenge the status quo and imagine new ways forward we participate in the creation of a more socially just world.

Black Point, NS   CA

Filter Press

Filter Press publishes quality books on southwest history, biography, and historical fiction including two biography series for elementary grades.

Palmer Lake, CO   US

Fitzcarraldo Editions

Fitzcarraldo Editions is an independent publisher specialising in contemporary fiction and long-form essays.

London, England   UK

Flanker Press

Flanker Press is a bright spark in the Newfoundland and Labrador publishing scene. As the province's most active publisher of trade books, the company now averages twenty new titles per year, with a heavy emphasis on regional non-fiction and historical fiction.

St. John's, NL   CA

Floating Word Press

Floating Word Press, LLC, is an independent publishing company founded in 2006 by talented and committed individuals. We share a dedication to high standards and a willingness to embrace contemporary topics. Our goal is to publish quality genre fiction and non-fiction that "floats on the edge". We are located in Portland, Oregon.

Portland, OR   US

Flowersong Press

Our small press nurtures essential verse from, about, and through the borderlands. The voices of those from Latin America, the U.S.A. and all over the world. We are literary, lyrical, and boundless, and we welcome allies that understand and join in the voice of people of color and our struggle, truth, and hope. We publish novice, emerging, and established writers of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and children´s books.

McAllen, TX   US

Flying Pen Press

Flying Pen Press publishes fiction and nonfiction in a wide variety of genres and topics, primarily in trade paperback and ebook formats (currently, Flying Pen Press does not publish any of the following: poetry, erotica, children's, young adult, Christian, New Age, art books, or textbooks).

Denver, CO   US

Forest Avenue Press

Forest Avenue Press, winner of an Oregon Literary Fellowship, publishes page-turning literary fiction. Its titles are infused with a fresh, complex, sometimes nutty, and often-wondrous approach to storytelling. Distributed by Legato Publishers Group.

Portland, OR   US

Frederic C. Beil Publisher

Founded in 1982, Frederic C. Beil Publisher is an independent publishing company in Savannah, Georgia. Beil publishes general trade books in the fields of history, biography, and fiction. While under way, the company has remained on course by publishing authors of meaningful works and by adhering to high standards in bookmaking craftsmanship.

Savannah, GA   US

Freehand Books

Freehand Books was established in 2007 as the literary imprint of the academic publisher Broadview Press with a very simple mandate: to publish excellent Canadian literature. Our list is an aesthetically diverse, award-winning collection of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction by both established authors and exciting new voices. We pride ourselves on our careful attention to detail throughout the editorial process, the high production quality and innovative design of our titles, and our creativity in the marketing and promotion of each book.

Calgary, AB   CA

Frontline Press

Frontline Press of Charleston, S.C. A Publisher of Whimsy and Passion

Charleston, SC   US

Galley Beggar Press

Galley beggar Press is a publishing company based in Norwich co-founded and directed by Eloise Millar and Sam Jordison.We publish adult literary fiction and narrative non-fiction.

Norwich, Norfolk, England   UK

Garrett County Press

Garrett County Press is an indepdendent publisher based in New Orleans, Louisiana offering nonfiction and fiction published in paper and electronically.

New Orleans, LA   US

Gaspereau Press

Gaspereau Press publishes primarily literary titles aimed at a Canadian readership. Novels, short-story collections, poetry, literary essays and creative non-fiction, history, and biographies and memoirs with a literary sensibility. The titles we publish tend to be aimed at a national audience.

Kentville, NS   CA

George Braziller Inc.

The firm is famous for its art books on painters such as Pablo Picasso, Will Barnett, Henri Matisse, Red Grooms, Philip Guston, and George Inness. In addition to timely and beautiful visual books, George Braziller, Inc.'s reputation has been built on publishing serious literary works and works of art history, architecture, and criticism. Over the years the firm has published Nathalie Sarraute, Claude Simon, Jean-Paul Sartre, Charles Simic, Frank Bidart, Janet Frame, Buchi Emecheta, and the pioneering art historian, Meyer Shapiro.

New York, NY   US

Glenbridge Publishing

Welcome to Glenbridge Publishing founded in 1986. Publisher of hard cover and soft cover/paperback books as well as digital fiction and non-fiction books.

Centennial, CO   US

Golden Foothills Press

Golden Foothills Press was founded in Pasadena, CA in May 2014 by national award-winning author, Thelma T. Reyna. Its focus is on quality poetry, fiction, and nonfiction by traditionally underrepresented ethnic-minority authors and by community-oriented poets. It has published seven books, including three well-received poetry anthologies that feature over 100 Southern California poets collectively. Our books have earned a total of 14 national book honors. Three new books are slated for publication this year and early next. Dr. Reyna, an American Latina, is one of a relatively few indie literary book presses owned and operated by a minority woman in the United States.

Pasadena, CA   US

Goodman Beck Publishing

Founded in 2007, Goodman Beck Publishing is most interested in helping people feel better about themselves and their lives-one book at a time-simultaneously making the world a better place.

Norwood, NJ   US

Grand Canyon Press

The goal of Grand Canyon Press is to publish and promote the work of contemporary writers living in the West and to showcase and republish works of classic literature about the West. Grand Canyon Press publishes six to twelve books a year. The editors' goal is to find talented writers and then help refine, support, publish and promote quality books to a new generation of readers.

Tempe, AZ   US

Granta Books

Granta Books is one of the most independent-minded and prestigious literary publishers in the UK. The company publishes around 25 new titles a year, both literary fiction and upmarket non-fiction, and provides authors with the intimacy of a small, passionate and creative team while consistently punching above its weight in review coverage, prizes and cultural impact.

London, England   UK

Great Plains Publications

Great Plains Publications Ltd. is an independent publisher in Winnipeg committed to bringing you the very best books from the Prairies, a region we believe has an abundance of quality writers. We also publish fiction from authors across the country in our imprints, Enfield & Wizenty and Great Plains Teen Fiction.

Winnipeg, MB   CA

Guernica Editions

Guernica Editions specializes in pluricultural realities, emphasis being put on original and translated works from Canada and abroad. Editor: Antonio D'Alfonso.

Toronto, ON   CA

Halban Publishers

Halban Publishers is an independent, London-based publishing company, established in 1986. We publish fiction, memoirs, history, biography, books on the Middle East and of Jewish interest.

London, England   UK

Harper Collins Publishers

HarperCollins Publishers is one of the world's leading English-language publishers. Headquartered in New York, the company is a subsidiary of News Corporation.

New York, NY   US

Harvard Square Editions

Harvard Square Editions (HSE) is a publishing house run by Harvard alumni that grew out of the Harvard Alumni Association group, Harvard Writers and Publishers. HSE is looking for literary fiction with a social or environmental message. Its mission is to publish fiction that transcends national boundaries, especially manuscripts that are international, political, literary, sci-fi, fantasy, utopia and distopia. We appreciate aesthetic value and constructive social or political content, especially manuscripts related to climate change, deforestation, and conservation. Harvard alum Editor in Chief David Landau heads up the Editorial Board, which oversees the process of selecting manuscripts for publication with the help of feminist playwright Susan Rubin and other board members.

Los Angeles, CA   US

Haus Publishing

At Haus we publish biography, history, politics, current affairs, memoir, art, photography and fiction. We publish travel writing under the Armchair Traveller imprint. We do not publish autobiography, poetry, fiction for children or fiction for young adults.

London, England   UK

Hawkeye Publishing

Hawkeye Publishing is a small and driven traditional house, home to terrifically talented new and emerging Australian authors. Hawkeye publishes most genres, producing books that leave a footprint on the hearts and minds of readers. Established in 2002, Hawkeye was originally a newspaper publisher, becoming a hybrid book publisher in 2011, and in 2020 moving to offer traditional publishing contracts.

Brisbane, QLD   AU

Hawthorne Books

Hawthorne Books is an independent literary press based in Portland, Oregon. We publish good books, mostly in the American literary fiction and narrative non-fiction sections.

Portland, OR   US

Head of Zeus

Head of Zeus opened for business on 3 January 2012 and we published our first books in July 2012. Our list is a mix of general and literary fiction, genre fiction and non fiction. We are also the UK and Commonwealth distributors for MysteriousPress.com, one of the world's largest digital crime fiction lists.

London, England   UK

Headline Books Inc

Headline Books, established 1988, is small publishing company in northern West Virginia with approximately 130 titles in print and 58 active authors who travel, speak and conduct workshops.

Terra Alta, WV   US

Hipso Media

Experienced any good books lately? Hipso Media is a digital-first publisher of multi-sensory eBooks. We distribute our eBooks for any tablet, device, eReader or phone, so our readers can experience them any time, any place, any where.

Denver, CO   US

History Through Fiction

History Through Fiction publishes historical novels that utilize elements of fiction and nonfiction in order to tell compelling and educational stories. We are looking for stories about real people and real events. Though fictionalized, our books include nonfiction elements such as footnotes, endnotes, and/or a bibliography.

Roseville, MN   US

Hodder & Stoughton

Hodder & Stoughton is a major publisher within Hachette UK, one of the UK'™s biggest publishing groups. We publish a wide range of fiction and non-fiction titles and are renowned for passion, quality and delivering bestselling commercial books in many different formats.

London, England   UK

Holy Cow Press

Holy Cow! Press was founded in 1977 by editor/publisher Jim Perlman in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Our first publication was a chapbook of poems by Thomas McGrath to his son entitled LETTERS TO TOMASITO. In the ensuing 25 years, we have published over 70 titles and have moved the press operations to Iowa and Wisconsin, before returning to Minnesota (Duluth) in 1988. Our primary goal has been to publish the very best collections of Midwest writings we can find and develop an audience for those books regionally and nationally. We have published books of poetry, short fiction, memoirs, novels, plays, children's and young adult titles, biographies and anthologies centered around important themes.

Duluth, MN   US

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

HMH publishes acclaimed books for adults and kids in the fields of literature, science, sports, history, cooking, guides, and current affairs.

Boston, MA   US

House of Anansi Press

House of Anansi Press is a literary publisher with a mandate to publish the highest quality Canadian poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Anansi was founded in 1967 and quickly gained attention for uncovering startling new talent. Anansi also broke ground by publishing now well-known French-Canadian authors, and continues to publish acclaimed works by new writers.

Toronto, ON   CA

Huia Publishers

HUIA is an award-winning independent New Zealand book publisher producing wonderful and provocative books with a uniquely New Zealand or Pacific perspective. Our books are internationally sought after by those interested in Maori history and Maori people, the indigenous people of New Zealand. Our books also give an insight into the lives of Pacific Islanders living in New Zealand and the Pacific, through stories written by Pacific Island authors. Our non-fiction is of interest to academics, students, policymakers and critical thinkers while our fiction appeals to anyone interested in reading a good book. Our gift books make excellent presents for those wanting an indigenous touch.

Thorndon, Wellington   NZ

Imagination Arts Publications

Creative art and crafts activities for parents and teachers, drawing and sculpture techniques, picture books, and fiction.

Mahwah, NJ   US

Imbrifex Books

Based in Las Vegas, Nevada, Imbrifex Books is the publishing offspring of RoadTripAmerica.com, online since 1996. Imbrifex Books publishes award-winning print, e-, and audiobooks. Our fiction, memoir, and travel titles are available online, in bookstores everywhere, and in a variety of retail outlets. Whether you seek metaphorical odyssey or adventure in real life, our mission is to provide you with books for the journey.

Las Vegas, NV   US

Indignor House

Founded in 2020, Indignor House provides a home for established and new authors to work as a team to create concept art through words and communicate ideas via entertainment, learning and technical advancement. We aspire to connect with readers of all avenues of work and play.

Chesapeake, VA   US

Influx Press

Influx Press publish stories from the margins of culture, specific geographical spaces and sites of resistance that remain under explored in mainstream literature.

London, England   UK

Invisible Publishing

Invisible Publishing is a not-for-profit publisher that produces contemporary Canadian fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry. Our titles are well-written, beautifully designed, and affordable, and even though we're small in scale, we take our work, and our mission, seriously: We believe that books are meant to be enjoyed by everyone. At Invisible, publishers and authors recognize a commitment to one another, and to the development of communities that can sustain and encourage storytellers.

Marmora, ON   CA

Iris Publishing Group

Iris Press was founded in 1975 by Patricia Wilcox in Binghamton, New York, as a small publishing company emphasizing literary quality and innovation. An important goal of Iris was, and still is, to give talented but under appreciated writers an audience and to help them reach their potential.

Oak Ridge, TN   US

Jaded Ibis Press

We are a feminist press committed to publishing socially engaged literature with an emphasis on the voices of people of color, people with disabilities, and other historically silenced and culturally marginalized voices.

Phoenix, AZ   US

Jellyfish Highway Press

Jellyfish Highway is postindustrial bioluminescence, we're abyssal gigantism. We are a press for work that floats and undulates and lingers and stings, literature that shines from the deepest blue. We want full-length books of fiction (novels, collections), poetry, or nonfiction. We are particular interested in novels at the moment, but also want to see work from diverse voices in poetry and short prose.

Atlanta, GA   US

Jitney Books

Jitney Books is a micropublishing company focused on producing titles by local authors writing local stories. We aim to fill a void by serving emerging and mid-career writers who are unable to connect with the corporate publishing world.

Margate, FL   US

John Murray Press

John Murray is a British publisher, known for the authors it has published in its history, including Jane Austen, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Lord Byron, Charles Lyell, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Herman Melville, Edward Whymper, Thomas Malthus, David Ricardo, and Charles Darwin. It was acquired by Hachette (Lagardere) in 2004. The company publishes literary fiction, narrative non-fiction, science, history, biography, memoir, travel and nature writing that is entertaining, absorbing, surprising and prize-winning.

London, England   UK

Joshua Tree Publishing

Based in Chicago, Joshua Tree Publishing specializes in works that uplift the human spirit, inspire people to reach for higher goals, and touch the hearts of readers.

Hoffman Estates, IL   US

Kates Hill Press

The Kates Hill Press is an independent small press dedicated to producing short runs of fiction, social history, and poetry by west midlands writers or with a west midlands theme.

West Midlands, England   UK

Kaya Press

Kaya Press is a group of dedicated writers, artists, readers, and lovers of books working together to publish the most challenging, thoughtful, and provocative literature being produced throughout the Asian and Pacific Island diasporas.

Los Angeles , CA   US

Kegedonce Press

We strive to foster the creative cultural expression of Indigenous Peoples through the publication of beautifully crafted books which involve Indigenous Peoples in all levels of production and by supporting activities which promote Indigenous literary development and the development of Indigenous publishing.

Wiarton, ON   CA

Komenar Publishing

KOMENAR Publishing believes a novel should be a compelling read. Readers are entitled to stories with strong forward momentum, engaging and dynamic characters, and evocative settings.

Walnut Creek, CA   US

LARB Books

LARB Books is the publishing wing of the Los Angeles Review of Books, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting and disseminating rigorous, incisive, and engaging writing on every aspect of literature, culture, and the arts. The addition of this publishing project extends LARB's mission of bringing the best that is thought and written to readers around the world. We publish three series: Classics, revivals of exemplary Southern California literature; Provocations, philosophical approaches to the contemporary intellectual condition; and True Stories, the first of its kind, a series of novella-length creative nonfiction. We also house two imprints, Les Figues Press and Outcaste Press.

Los Angeles, CA   US

Launch Point Press

Launch Point Press (LPP) is a lesbian-oriented, -owned, and -operated press with the goal of publishing quality works by newer authors now "launching" their careers or by more experienced authors "re-launching" their work. We lean toward publishing commercial fiction - crime fiction, romance, sci-fi, paranormal, and some fantasy.

Portland, OR   US

Leapfrog Press

Leapfrog Press was created to search out, publish, and aggressively market books that tell a strong story. Leapfrog began its life in Wellfleet, Mass., at the outer end of Cape Cod, in 1993. In 2008 we migrated to Falmouth, Mass., and in 2012 we made the move to Fredonia, N.Y., a town with a rich creative history and an equally rich present in the arts and science. Our list is eclectic and includes quality fiction, poetry, and nonfiction; books that are described by the large commercial publishers as midlist, and which we regard as the heart and soul of literature.

Fredonia, NY   US

Lettered Streets Press

The Lettered Streets Press aims to publish work we love & want to see in the world. We aim to work with writers who view publishing as a community. We aim to connect with readers who are moved & upended by words. We are a collective of sorts. We publish poetry & prose & what leans toward poetry & prose. We like blurring. We like projects. We support emerging voices. We periodically have an open reading period for new submissions. We also solicit submissions from writers we admire. We especially want to hear from writers of color, LGBTQ+ writers, women, and genderqueer writers.

Chicago, IL   US

Little Island Press

Little Island Press is an independent publisher of fiction, poetry and essays. Founded in 2016, it publishes innovative, intellectually ambitious writing in elegant editions designed by the award-winning design studio typographic research unit.

Stroud, England   UK

Livingston Press

Livingston Press is part of The University of West Alabama. The Press's goal is to publish contemporary literary novels and story collections.

Livingston, AL   US

LSU Press

LSU Press is a nonprofit book publisher dedicated to the publication of scholarly, general interest, and regional books.

Baton Rouge, LA   US

Madville Publishing

Madville Publishing is an independent nonprofit that publishes literary works of the highest quality that reflect the diversity of the modern English-speaking world. We seek to publish poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction by notable and emerging authors who display diversity in ethnicity, gender, age, and worldview, and whose work exhibits the full range of this diversity. Our goal is to discover and showcase works that might otherwise be overlooked, and to provide opportunities for voices that might otherwise be unheard.

Lake Dallas, TX   US

Magabala Books

Magabala Books is an Indigenous publishing house. Publishing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers, storytellers and illustrators is our mandate. We are proud to celebrate the dynamism and diversity of First Nations' voices. Magabala publishes up to 15 new titles annually across all genres: children’s picture books, memoir, fiction (junior, YA and adult), non-fiction, graphic novels, social history and poetry

Broome, WA   AU

Manic D Press

Publishing "interesting books for interesting people"

San Francisco, CA   US

Manor House Publishing

Manor House Publishing Incorporated is a small Canadian publishing company, established in 1998 and based in the Ancaster neighborhood of Hamilton Ontario. Manor house publishes biographies, fantasy, new age, politics, young adult and short fiction collections.

Ancaster, ON   CA

Mansfield Press

Mansfield Press publishes exciting, challenging and adventurous poetry, fiction and literary non-fiction by Canadian writers at all stages of their careers.

Toronto, ON   CA

Mauao Publishing

Mauao Publishing is a Tauranga based independent New Zealand book publisher crafting thought-provoking books with an Aotearoa flavour.

Tauranga,   NZ

Maverick House

Maverick House has one objective: to publish socially and politically relevant non-fiction books. What separates us from most other publishing houses is our approach and outlook: we publish not just for local markets, but for the international one. From its humble beginnings in Ireland the company has grown, and now has operations in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia and across Southeast Asia.

Dublin, Leinster   IE

Mawenzi House

Formerly known as TSAR Publications, Mawenzi House is dedicated to bringing to the reading public fresh new writing from Canada and across the world that reflects the diversity of our rapidly globalizing world, particularly in Canada and the United States. Our focus is on works that can loosely be termed "multicultural" and particularly those that pertain to Asia and Africa. We publish 6-8 titles of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction (literary criticism, history) per year.

Toronto, ON   CA

McBooks Press

Independent publisher for over 30 years. McBooks features historical fiction-including naval and military fiction series, books on boxing, food and health, and NY's Finger Lakes Region. Nearly all of our titles are available as e-books.

Ithaca, NY   US

McPherson & Company

Founded in 1974, McPherson & Company is an independent literary and arts publishing house. Here you'll find literary nonfiction and fiction (contemporary American and British fiction; translated Italian, French, and Spanish fiction), books in the arts and general culture, and a rediscovery series, Recovered Classics.

Kingston, NY   US

McSweeney's Publishing

McSweeney's Publishing is an American non-profit publishing house founded by Dave Eggers in 1998, headquartered in San Francisco. Initially publishing the literary journal Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, the company has moved to novels, books of poetry, and other periodicals.

San Francisco, CA   US

Melville House Publishing

Melville House is an independent publisher located in Brooklyn, New York. Melville House is well-known for its fiction, with two Nobel Prize winners on its list. The company also takes pride in its discovery of many first-time writers who have gone on to success.

Brooklyn, NY   US

Michael O'Mara Books

Michael O'Mara Books is a small, family-run, privately owned publishing house in the United Kingdom.

London, England   UK

Mid-List Press

Mid-List Press publishes fiction, nonfiction, and poetry books of high literary merit and fresh artistic vision by new and emerging writers and by writers ignored, marginalized, or excluded from publication by commercial publishers. Mid-List Press seeks to increase access to publication for new writers, nurture the growth of emerging writers, and increase the diversity of books, authors, and readers. Mid-List Press is a 501(c)(3), not-for-profit literary organization.

Nashville, TN   US

MidnightSun Publishing

MidnightSun Publishing produces beautiful, enjoyable and sometimes challenging books. Anna Solding's The Hum of Concrete was released in March 2012 and Pangamonium by Zanesh Catkin in July 2012. Both have been very well received critically.

Rundle Mall, SA   AU

Milkweed Editions

An award-winning, nonprofit literary publisher of high-quality books that places an emphasis on cultural diversity, environmental stewardship, exceptionally crafted poetry, and insightful literature for adults and children in the middle grades

Minneapolis, MN   US

Moat House Publishing

Small, independent publishers based in central London, specialising in new authors.

London, England   UK

Monday Creek Publishing

Welcome to Monday Creek Publishing! Located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, we produce quality hardcovers, paperbacks, eBooks, and audiobooks. Visit us and peruse our books by award-winning authors.

Buchtel, OH   US

Moose House Press

We publish books written in, or about, rural Nova Scotia. Founded in 2019, we average six or seven book releases each year. Query form is on the website

Granville Ferry, NS   CA

Mozark Press

Mozark Press is a small publishing company in central Missouri dedicated to producing quality paperback books. We will publish short story collections, inspirational works, anthologies, general fiction and non-fiction.

Sedalia, MO   US

Nevermore Press

Nevermore Press publishes fiction and creative non-fiction with a focus on and within Atlantic Canada.

Lunenburg, NS   CA

New Directions Publishing

Fine independent publishing since 1936. New Directions now publishes about 30 books annually in hardcover and paperback.

New York, NY   US

New Door Books

New Door Books was founded in 2009 to publish fiction that might be overlooked by commercial publishers. Its parent company, P.M. Gordon Associates, has been producing books for others since 1982. Now, with New Door, we are using our skills for books we truly like.

Philadelphia, PA   US

New Horizon Press Publishers

New Horizon Press publishes twelve to fourteen books a year, while developing three primary lines of titles: hardcover, tradepaper and children's books. The company focuses on true crime, battles for justice, current events with a journalistic stance as well as, psychological and social problems, women's and men's issues, and parenting advice written by experts with credentials in their fields.

Far Hills, NJ   US

New Island Books

New Island Books is an independent Irish publisher of literary fiction, poetry, drama, biography, and books on politics and social affairs.

Dublin,   IE

New Press

The New Press focuses on number of key program areas, including: contemporary social issues, with an emphasis on race relations, women's issues, immigration, human rights, labor and popular economics, and the media; education reform and alternative teaching materials; cultural criticism; art and art education; international literature; and law and legal studies. Across these disciplines, The Press has also taken a leading role in publishing a wide range of new work in African American, Asian American, Latino, gay and lesbian, and Native American studies, as well as work by and about other minority groups.

New York, NY   US

New Star Books

New Star Books publishes six to ten new titles per year in the areas of social issues and politics; literary prose, both fiction and non-fiction, and poetry; and culture and history of British Columbia and the West.

Vancouver, BC   CA

New World Publishing

New World is a small, eclectic company founded in 1995 to produce books that make a difference in peoples lives. The subjects of our titles are intended to help people with their lives (health, wellness, safety and self-esteem) and/or include historical, artistic and cultural themes related to the Atlantic region.

Halifax, NS   US

NewSouth Publishing

NewSouth Books represents the best of independent publishing from Australia and overseas. Our list is an eclectic mix of fiction, politics, history and sustainability.

Sydney, NSW   AU

Nightwood Editions

Nightwood Editions publishes and promotes the most varied and dynamic new literature in Canada. We collaborate with our authors to maintain and value the distinctive authenticity of individual works editorially, aesthetically and commercially. Nightwood Editions also strives to be an inviting, diverse and vital community of writers and readers.

Gibsons, BC   CA

Nimbus Publishing

Nimbus produces more than thirty new titles a year on a range of subjects relevant to the Atlantic Provinces-children's picture books and fiction, literary non-fiction, social and cultural history, nature photography, current events, biography, sports, and cultural issues.

Halifax, NS   CA

Ninestar Press

NineStar Press is an LGBTQA publisher owned and managed by LGBTQA people. We adore romance and erotic romance, but we also have an enormous interest in showcasing amazing literary works about characters less represented in fiction: ace, aro, trans*, nonbinary, genderfluid, bi, pan, etc. We also like genre-bending fiction, fusion genre, and stories that don’t quite fit into a particular category.

Albuquerque, NM   US

NubiTales

Headquartered in Washington state, NubiTales was founded in 2014 to bring greater attention and awareness of authors and illustrators of color.

Seattle, WA   US

Oceaniacom Press

Oceaniacom Pty Ltd is a global media and entertainment company headquartered in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 2021 by Guy Perrine, who had a vision to promote represented creators across the field of entertainment. Oceaniacom Pty Ltd is home to a diverse collection of film, television, and publishing divisions across screenplays, books, comics, graphic novels, children’s books, and creative services.

Sydney, NSW   AU

Odyssey Books

Odyssey Books is committed to publishing engaging and beautifully written books. Books that stretch the imagination, challenge pre-existing attitudes and beliefs, or take readers to far-flung climes. Books are always a journey. And as our name suggests, we invest in epic journeys, adventurous voyages and intellectual or spiritual quests. Readers are sure to find a book within our range of titles to challenge, inspire and entertain.

Fyshwick, ACT   AU

Old Harbour Press

Old Harbour Press is a small independent publisher located in Greenville, North Carolina. We are especially interested in literary writing with a focus on travel or cross-cultural experience, fiction or non-fiction.

Greenville, NC   US

One More Chapter

One More Chapter is your number one stop for page-turning books. We’re all about the books you can’t put down, the books you carry around with you and the books you return to after a long day. We publish all unputdownable fiction from swoonworthy romance, heartstopping crime to gripping historical fiction.

Glasgow , Scotland   UK

Ooligan Press

Ooligan is a not-for-profit general trade press that publishes books honoring the cultural and natural diversity of the Pacific Northwest. Ooligan Press is a student-run teaching press affiliated with Portland State University (PSU) and its College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. Founded in 2001 by publisher and writer Dennis Stovall, Ooligan Press houses one of PSU's two master's programs in writing.

Portland, OR   US

Opal Creek Press

At Opal Creek Press, we pride ourselves in producing the highest quality books possible. From project selection and editorial, clear through to design and printing, we take special care to deliver the very best. Our books cover a wide range of styles and interests, but all of them fulfill our promise to deliver a quality product.

Salem, OR   US

Open Books

Open Books is a fully integrated publisher of fiction and nonfiction books. Genres include literary fiction, contemporary fiction, mystery, thriller, and other genres; topical nonfiction, memoir, politics, current events and issues.

Denver, CO   US

Orbis Tertius Press

Orbis Tertius Press is an independent Canadian publisher, founded in 2020. We are committed to publishing works that explore multiple perspectives and lie on the fringes of conventional boundaries.

Edmonton, AB   CA

Orion

The Orion Publishing Group is a book publishing company based in London, UK which includes imprints Orion Books, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Seven Dials, and Gollancz.

London, England   UK

Other Press

We publish novels, short stories, poetry, and essays from America and around the world that represent literature at its best. Our nonfiction books - should they be history, current events, popular culture or memoir -explore how psychic, cultural, historical, and literary shifts inform our vision of the world and of each other.

New York, NY   US

Owl Canyon Press

Our mission is to support new voices and provide quality English editions of international literature. Our goal is to discover books that stimulate the imagination and publish them with passion. We pride ourselves on our detailed attention to every stage of the process, from editorial review and design, to marketing and publicity.

Boulder, CO   US

Pale Horse Books

Pale Horse Books is a small, independent publishing company committed to providing well-written fiction, non-fiction, poetry and titles for younger readers.

Williamsburg, VA   US

Pantheon

Part of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Pantheon publishes world-class literature. Pantheon's authors include Julia Glass, James Gleick, Ha Jin, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Alexander McCall Smith, Marjane Satrapi, Art Spiegelman, and Studs Terkel.

New York, NY   US

Paris Press

Paris Press is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit educational organization that publishes groundbreaking yet overlooked literature by women. The Press values work in all genres that is daring in style and in its courage to speak truthfully about society, culture, history, and the human heart.

Ashfield, MA   US

Parthian Books

Parthian Books is an independent publishing house based in Cardigan, Wales that was founded in 1993 by Lewis Davies and Gillian Griffiths. It publishes a variety of titles in fiction, poetry, non-fiction and drama, as well as art books. The company has an active role in the European literary scene and its motto is A Carnival of Voices in Independent Publishing.

Cardigan, Wales   UK

Paul Dry Books

At Paul Dry Books, our aim is to publish lively books "to awaken, delight, and educate"—and to spark conversation. We publish fiction, both novels and short stories, and nonfiction—biography, memoirs, history, and essays, covering subjects from Homer to Chekhov, bird watching to jazz music, New York City to shogunate Japan.

Philadelphia, PA   US

Peace in the Storm Publishing

Peace in the Storm Publishing is a broad-based publisher whose strength lies in publishing quality books to reach the reader's soul. Our mission is to publish entertaining and enjoyable works by gifted storytellers in all genres, including, contemporary fiction, mystery, romance, self help, general interest fiction, street-lit, erotica, non-fiction and Christian fiction.

Pocono Summit, PA   US

Pelekinesis Press

Pelekinesis is a small book publishing company focusing on the development of independent authors and artists by creatively embracing the evolving publishing paradigm and utilizing modern distribution platforms. Upcoming titles include fantasy and folk tales, contemporary fiction, humor, poetry, and an annual collection featuring highlights from MungBeing Magazine.

Claremont, CA   US

Pemmican Publications

Pemmican Publications is a book publisher with a mandate to promote Metis authors, illustrators and stories. It is a not-for-profit company that operates as an arm's-length affiliate of the Manitoba Metis Federation. Pemmican publishes on average five to six new titles per year, with titles ranging from cultural studies and autobiographies to illustrated titles for children. In all, we have published close to 150 books.

Winnipeg, MB   CA

Penguin Group

Penguin Group publishes under a wide range of prominent imprints and trademarks, among them Viking, G. P. Putnam's Sons, The Penguin Press, Riverhead Books, Dutton, Penguin Books, Berkley Books, Gotham Books, Portfolio, New American Library, Plume, Tarcher, Philomel, Grosset & Dunlap, Puffin, and Frederick Warne.

New York, NY   US

Penmore Press

Penmore Press is an Arizona-based independent publisher dedicated to publishing fiction and nonfiction from emerging and established authors.

Tucson, AZ   US

Permanent Press

Founded in 1978 by Martin and Judith Shepard, The Permanent Press committed itself to publishing works of social and literary merit and has, over the years, gained a reputation as one of the finest independent presses in America.

Sag Harbor, NY   US

Persea Books

Founded in 1975 by Karen Braziller and Michael Braziller, Persea Books is an independent literary publisher of fiction and nonfiction, contemporary American poetry, poetry in translation, books for young adults, literary anthologies for the classroom, and rediscovered classics.

New York, NY   US

Perseus Books Group

Publishes several distinct imprints: Avalon Travel, Basic Books, BasicCivitas, Da Capo, PublicAffairs, Running Press, Seal Press, Vanguard Press, and Westview Press.

New York, NY   US

Peter Owen Publishers

Peter Owen is an independent British publisher founded in 1951 continuing the tradition of producing new and interesting writing. Peter Owen sadly died in May 2016, but his legacy lives on in the publishing house that carries his name and his commitment to publishing talented and exciting writers.

London, England   UK

Picador

Since its launch in 1995, Picador has rapidly established itself as one of the leading trade imprints for literary fiction and nonfiction in the country. In addition to publishing original titles in hardcover, paperback original, and eBook, Picador is the literary trade paperback imprint for Macmillan, publishing paperbacks from Farrar Straus & Giroux, Henry Holt & Co., and St. Martin's Press. Picador authors of fiction and nonfiction include Pulitzer Prize winners Michael Chabon, Michael Cunningham, Jeffrey Eugenides, Thomas L. Friedman, Tony Horwitz, and Marilynne Robinson; National Book Award winners Jonathan Franzen, Shirley Hazzard, Denis Johnson, Richard Powers, and Susan Sontag; and Nobel Prize winners Nadine Gordimer, Herta Meller, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Patrick White. Picador's successful international mystery series include books by Benjamin Black, Jason Goodwin, Arnaldur Indridason, Lars Kepler, and Jacqueline Winspear. Our bestselling authors include Paul Auster, Augusten Burroughs, Anita Diamant, Barbara Ehrenreich, Atul Gawande, Naomi Klein, Hilary Mantel, Per Petterson, Richard Price, Edmund de Waal, and Tom Wolfe.

New York, NY   US

Pisgah Press

Pisgah Press has been an active publisher since 2011, established to publish and promote works of quality offering original ideas and insight into the human condition, the realm of knowledge, and the world around us. Authors include poet Donna Lisle Burton, memoirist Robin Russell Gaiser, philosopher Chris Highland, editor A.D. Reed, fiction-writer Sarah-Ann Smith, and mystery writer RF Wilson.

Asheville, NC   US

Plan B Press

Plan B Press is a small independent publishing company that produces high-quality, limited-run poetry chapbooks. They have also have also created two short fiction collections and four full-length books. In 2005 Plan B Press developed "Stay At Home Press" a division specializing in art books.

Alexandria, VA   US

Plexus Publishing Inc

In addition to being a regional (NJ) publisher, Plexus also publishes titles in the field of biology and ecology. Our book list extends from technical-scientific works to histories, folklore, and novels.

Medford, NJ   US

PM Press

We seek to create radical and stimulating fiction and nonfiction books, pamphlets, T-shirts, visual and audio materials to educate, entertain, and inspire you. We aim to distribute these through every available channel with every available technology, whether that means you are seeing anarchist classics at our bookfair stalls; reading our latest vegan cookbook at the café; downloading geeky fiction e-books; or digging new music and timely videos from our website.

Oakland, CA   US

Poisoned Pen Press

Poisoned Pen Press is an independent publisher specializing in publishing high quality works in the field of mystery.

Scottsdale, AZ   US

Polar Bear & Company

Polar Bear & Company has been publishing high-quality works of cultural significance since 1998, with over 60 titles, with worldwide distribution. We produce books that make a difference to our cultural heritage, creative economy and democracy. We strive to enhance the quality of life through literature and art. We hope to give well-intentioned, creative people avenues for their words, wisdom, wit and other talents so they can reach individuals to create stronger communities.

Solon, Maine   US

Porcupine's Quill

The Porcupine's Quill is an artisanal publisher that values the art and craft of the book, both in content and in form. Our mandate is to preserve the culture of the printed word by using our expertise in the art of 20th-century offset printing technology to create quality books that look and feel like 19th-century letterpress products. We also specialize in Canadian art and design, book history, memoirs and selectively acquired collections of poetry and fiction from edgy new authors as well as pillars of the canon.

Erin, ON   CA

Porkbelly Press

Porkbelly Press is an independent chapbook press based in Cincinnati, Ohio (where pigs fly). We print in limited & open editions and handbind everything we make. We consider works ranging from literary to genre work, with a preference for speculative fiction and fabulism. Fairy tales make our little gold hearts go pitty-pat. Hey, our logo is a flying pig!

Cincinnati, OH   US

Portage & Main Press

Portage & Main Press publishes a wide range of innovative and practical K-12 educational materials. We build dynamic learning communities by bringing together authors, educators, and students. The HighWater imprint publishes books that contribute to the understanding of the Canadian experience in all its diversity, including high-quality fiction and nonfiction for readers of all ages. Our current catalog includes a rich mix of Aboriginal literature, including novels, graphic novels, memoirs, and children's books.

Winnipeg, MB   CA

Press 53

Press 53 is a publisher of quality poetry and short fiction collections, founded in October 2005 and located in Winston-Salem, NC.

Winston-Salem, NC   US

Propertius Press

We are a small, not-for-profit indie publisher of provocative, engaging literature, non-fiction, and verse for the discerning reader of any age or interest. Actively seeking to promote under-heard voices of minority ethnic and cultural backgrounds.

Lynchburg, VA   US

Prospect Park Books

Prospect Park Books is one of Southern California's leading publishers of fiction, mysteries, cookbooks, regional, humor, and gift titles.

Altadena, CA   US

Quill & Crow Publishing House

Quill & Crow Publishing House is a quaint and curious press dedicated to promoting the integrity of independent literature. Specializing in Gothic fiction, literary horror, poetry, and dark fantasy/historical fiction titles.

Brecksville, OH   US

Rabbittown Press

We are a boutique publisher and book making studio using letterpress technologies in the twenty-first century.

Fredericton, NB   CA

Radiant Press

Radiant Press is an indie press with big ideas. We are committed to publishing exceptional books by emerging and established authors, regionally and nationally. Our press publishes and promotes only Canadian authors and artists. Our books include poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction, as well as those that defy genre.

Regina, SK   CA

Random House

Random House, Inc., the world's largest English language trade publisher, publishes books in nearly every category.

New York, NY   US

Rare Bird Books

Founded in 2010 by former independent booksellers, Rare Bird is a Los Angeles-based independent publisher of fifty books a year, specializing in fiction, nonfiction, memoir, entertainment, humor, politics, and current events. Rare Bird authors and books have won the PEN Center USA Fiction Award, the Pulitzer Prize, the 800-CEO-READ's Best Marketing Book of the Year Award, and have been reviewed in The New York Times, Vanity Fair, The Guardian, and the Los Angeles Times, among many others.

Los Angeles, CA   US

Ravenswood Publishing

Ravenswood is an independent book publisher specializing in engaging popular fiction and carefully selected non-fiction. We are a small team of dedicated literary professionals and we care passionately about every book that we produce whether it's a brilliant debut novel by a new talent or a promising bestseller by a firmly established author

Autryville, NC   US

Recent Work Press

Recent Work Press is a small press imprint based in the ACT, Australia. We publish poetry, short fiction and non fiction, and other short-form textual experiments. We aim to make all our work available in small, attractive, paperback editions priced to make good work accessible.

Canberra, ACT   AU

Red Button Publishing

Red Button Publishing is an independent imprint for fiction, founded in 2012 and run by Karen Ings and Caroline Goldsmith.

London, England   UK

Red Deer Press

Red Deer Press publishes upscale children's picture books, including illustrated children's Aboriginal titles, contemporary juvenile and young-adult fiction, adult fiction and non-fiction. We produce creative and contemporary books by enlisting a balance of established and emerging authors and illustrators guided by a production team of expert editors, designers and production personnel. We enlist publishing talent from across Canada, publish to the national and international markets, and continually strive to creatively promote and market our books.

Markham, ON   CA

Red Hen Press

Red Hen Press is an independent, non-profit press that publishes about twenty books of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry every year. We're looking for novels, memoir, creative nonfiction, hybrid works, and story, essay, and poetry collections of exceptional literary merit that demonstrate a high level of mastery.

Pasadena, CA   US

Riptide Publishing

Riptide Publishing is a boutique purveyor of some of the finest LGBTQ fiction, romance, and erotica available today. Riptide Publishing seeks to fill a critical gap in the LGBTQ market: quality books, pristinely packaged, that will satisfy readers' desires for rich, plotty, well-edited stories for which the author is fairly paid.

Burnsville, NC   US

River's Edge Media

River's Edge Media is committed to publishing quality works from promising writers, whether established or yet to be discovered.

Little Rock, AR   US

RoadRunner Press

Founded in 2011, the RoadRunner Press is an award-winning small publishing house based in Oklahoma and dedicated to publishing new and established voices. We are known for our juvenile fiction and nonfiction, including books for reluctant readers. We also publish select adult fiction and nonfiction titles, and Native American titles for both young and old.

Oklahoma City, OK   US

RockHill Publishing

An Indie publishing company specializing in new authors of Adult Fiction, Fantasy, Romance, and Science Fiction.

Virginia Beach, VA   US

Rocking Horse Publishing

A trade publisher publishing anthologies as well as many genres of fiction. Non-fiction is considered on a case-by-case basis.

St. Louis, MO   US

Ronsdale Press

Publishes literary Canadian fiction, poetry, autobiography, local history, and children's literature.

Vancouver, BC   CA

Rymour Books

Rymour Books is a small but fast growing publisher of, primarily, titles of Scottish interest. Our books have received excellent reviews, been nominated for awards, and in the short time since Rymour’s formation we have established a growing reputation, attracting grants from, for example, The Doric Board, and working in partnership with the Scottish Poetry Library, The Royal Scottish Geographical Society and others. Rymour Books are committed to supporting new writers and first-time authors and, in this category, we have published works by Spike Munro, Kirsti Wishart and Calum Smith which have been enthusiastically received.

Perth, Scotland   UK

Salt

Salt is one of Britain’s great independent publishing houses, committed to the discovery and publication of contemporary British literature. We are advocates for writers at all stages of their careers and ensure that diverse voices can be heard in an abundant, global marketplace.

Cromer, Norfolk, England   CA

Sartoris Literary

Sartoris Literary Group is a traditional publisher that takes a non-traditional approach to publishing, offering unique voices of the South in both fiction and non-fiction.

Brandon, MS   US

Savant Books And Publications

Savant Books and Publications publishes unpublished, post-modern works of enduring value for English readers throughout the world.

Honolulu, HI   US

Schaffner Press

Schaffner Press is an independent publisher of general trade books in the area of fiction, and non-fiction with a particular focus on mysteries, literary fiction, memoir, biography and autobiography.

Tucson, AZ   US

Scribe Publications

Scribe has been operating as a wholly independent trade-publishing house for almost 40 years. What started off in 1976 as a desire on publisher Henry Rosenbloom's part to publish 'serious non-fiction' as a one-man band has turned into a multi-award-winning company with 20 staff members in two locations - Melbourne, Australia and London, England - and a scout in New York. Scribe publishes over 65 non-fiction and fiction titles annually in Australia and about 40 in the United Kingdom.

Brunswick, VIC   AU

Sea Crow Press

Sea Crow Press is committed to amplifying voices that might otherwise go unheard. In a rapidly changing world, we believe the small press plays an essential part in contemporary arts as a community forum, a cultural reservoir, and an agent of change. We are international with a focus on our New England roots. We publish creative nonfiction, fiction, and poetry. Our books celebrate our connection to each other and to the natural world with a focus on positive change and great storytelling. We follow a traditional publishing model to create carefully selected and edited books. In turbulent times, we focus on sharing works of beauty that chart a positive course for the future. We welcome emerging writers, experienced authors, and all readers.

Barnstable, MA   US

Seagull Books

With offices in London and Calcutta, Seagull Books has dedicated itself to quality arts and culture publishing. From documentation of cultural history in the making, to building a climate of critique, its focus is firmly on the alternative and the experimental, and on the socially committed.

Calcutta,   IN

Semiotext(e)

Best known for its introduction of French theory to American readers, Semiotext(e) has been one of America's most influential independent presses since its inception more than three decades ago. Publishing works of theory, fiction, madness, economics, satire, sexuality, science fiction, activism and confession, Semiotext(e')s highly curated list has famously melded high and low forms of cultural expression into a nuanced and polemical vision of the present.

Los Angeles, CA   US

Sentient Publications

Sentient Publications' books arise from the spirit of inquiry and the richness of the inherent dialogue between writer and reader.

Boulder, CO   US

Seraphim Books

Seraphim Editions is a Canadian independent book publisher that features Canadian authors and artists. We publish books ranging from fiction, non-fiction and poetry.

Niagara Falls, ON   CA

Shalako Press

Shalako Press is a small independent publishing company dedicated to publishing a few quality books a year, with a focus on books with American Western themes, both historical and contemporary.

Oakdale, CA   US

Sherman Asher Publishing

Publishers of memoir, fiction, humor and poetry. Purchased by Western Edge Press in 2002, Sherman Asher has remained as an imprint with its own editor.

Santa Fe, NM   US

Shipwreckt Books

Shipwreckt Books is a small independent publisher of high quality fiction, poetry, memoirs, essays, and the ecclectic small magazine Lost Lake Folk Opera.

Rushford, MN   US

Siglio

Siglio is an independent press dedicated to publishing uncommon books and editions that live at the intersection of art & literature: inimitable, visionary works by renowned as well as little known artists and writers that defy categories and thoroughly engage a reader's intellect and imagination.

Catskill, NY   US

Somerville Press

Somerville Press is a book publisher based near Bantry , West Cork , Ireland. Our publishing programme incorporates both fiction and non-fiction, mainly of Irish interest. We also distribute various titles for other publishers.

Bantry, Co. Cork   IE

Sourcebooks

Sourcebooks publishes titles in nearly every shape, size and format. The eclectic and exciting breadth of our list - nonfiction in most categories, commercial and literary fiction, romance novels, gift books, calendars, children's books, YA and more - is unmatched anywhere. Its future is guided by its continuing commitment to reaching readers with books that will illuminate, inspire and enlighten their lives.

Naperville, IL   US

Southern Yellow Pine Publishing

SYP Publishing promotes Southern Authors of fiction and non-fiction throughout the Southeast.

Tallahassee , FL   US

Southwick House

Publisher of books by Henry S. Maxfield

Wolfeboro, NH   US

Spinner Publications

Spinner Publications is an independent, nonprofit cultural organization whose purpose is to preserve and promote the history and culture of southeastern New England. We do this primarily through the publication of books. Our aim is to show how people's lives have impacted communities in the region, and to portray the culture as it realized by members of the communities. We are interested in historical narratives, memoirs, photography, art, oral history, biography, poetry, fiction, children's books, cookbooks, and documents that tell stories of the people and culture of southeastern New England.

New Bedford, MA   US

Spinsters Ink

Spinsters Ink's mission is to publish fiction and non-fiction that deals with significant issues in the lives of lesbian women. These are books that not only name crucial issues, but more importantly—encourage change and growth. Spinsters Ink is committed to publishing works by women of every age and racial or cultural background, writing from every walk of life, including the periphery. Spinsters Ink was purchased by Bella Books in 2005.

Tallahassee, FL   US

Squill Publishing

Alternative publisher of edgy literary fiction, poetry, and art. LGBTQI & Neurodivergent owned. We’re allies to the mental health, LGBTQ+, and disabled community.

Junction City, OR   US

Stephen F. Austin State University Press

The SFA Press broadens the university's mission of teaching, research, scholarship, creative work and service by publishing works of cultural and scholarly significance. With a goal of maintaining the high standards of traditional areas of literary publishing, while providing hands-on training opportunities for students, SFA Press publications have explored the history and culture of East Texas and the surrounding region, meeting the needs of regional and international audiences. Publications have received awards including the International Book Award for Military History, the Nebraska Book Award for Anthology, the Midwest Authors Book Award, and the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies Tejas Fiction Award.

Nacogdoches, TX   US

Stillhouse Press

Stillhouse Press is an independent, not-for-profit craft book publisher based in Fairfax, Virginia and developed in coordination with George Mason University's Creative Writing Programs.

Fairfax, VA   US

Stormbird Press

Stormbird Press publishes 6-10 literary and trade fiction and nonfiction books each year that communicate reverence for wildlife, nature, and humanity’s bond with Earth. From journalism, to dystopia, back to realism, and everything in between, we welcome submissions wrapped beautifully in captivating narrative that consider humanity’s inherent connection with the natural world, what we lose when nature is harmed or destroyed, and stories that explore people’s devotion to nature in many forms.

Parndana, SA   AU

Story Plant

The Story Plant was founded in 2008 by two long-term industry professionals, Lou Aronica and Peter Miller. From the start, the company has been dedicated to publishing quality fiction and to developing authors. Though we're always trying to improve, we feel that we've delivered on both. Our books regularly receive rave reviews and since our launch, nearly a third of our novels have appeared in the top 100 of one major bestseller list or another – and often several at once. In 2013, The Story Plant was acquired by Studio Digital CT, LLC, a limited liability company headed by Lou Aronica. With this, Mitchell Maxwell came on board to add his unparalleled blend of creativity, passion, and business acumen. The house is currently in the process of the most aggressive expansion in its history.

Stamford, CT   US

Subito Press

Subito Press is a non-profit publisher of literary works based out of the Creative Writing Department at the University of Colorado at Boulder

Boulder, CO   US

Sunbury Press

Sunbury Press is a rapidly growing publisher of a wide range of categories. Currently the firm publishes in categories including: history, historical fiction, police procedurals, crime thrillers, horror, steam punk, young adult, children's, current events, science, reference, art history, ANY local/regional history, humor, spiritual/metaphysical, self-help, professional, and memoirs.

Boiling Springs, PA   US

Sweetgum Press

Sweetgum Press publishes book-length works by writers from the Midwest, particularly Missouri. The editors look for manuscripts that are unlikely to attract mainstream publishers but are worthy of publication because of one or more qualities, among them originality, authenticity, beauty, regional or historical appeal.

Warrensburg, MO   US

Sword & Silk Books

A small-but-fierce traditional publishing company focused on producing engaging stories to empower readers while celebrating and encouraging women from all walks of life.

Birmingham, AL   US

Synergetic Press

Synergetic Press is a fiercely independent publisher with offices in Santa Fe, New Mexico and London, England. We've published paradigm-shifting texts for over thirty years. The founders and staff of Synergetic Press are pioneers in the field of biospheric and environmental sciences, and our enterprise is steeped in a rich tradition of experimental collaboration in the arts and sciences that spans nearly four decades.

Santa Fe, NM   US

Teksteditions

From west-end Toronto, Ontario, not far from the Dundas West subway station, two deeply experienced editors who love books will publish texts that fit with their unique perspectives. Working from respect for the traditions and the avant garde in literature, books from Teksteditions display the convergence of likes and loves of both exciting revolutions and collaboration.

Toronto, ON   CA

The Book Folks

The Book Folks is dedicated to driving the very best fiction forward, offering readers in the literary fiction and crime and thriller genres the very best of contemporary writing.

Herefordshire, England   UK

The Key Publishing House

The Key Publishing House (KPH) Inc., is an innovative forward-thinking publisher. Our mission is to produce and disseminate valuable knowledge that influences and enhances life. KPH convergent publishing program include humanities, social sciences, physical and natural sciences. Our publications serve both specialized and general audience. We are experienced in both print and digital publishing.

Toronto, ON   CA

The Mad Duck Coalition

The Mad Duck Coalition publishing house is a haven for the intellectually curious. A flock of brave mad men and women, we are interested in unique ideas, excellent observations, and engaging prose. We place authorial integrity, intellectual rigor, and passionate pursuits above all else. This is the Mad Duck Coalition, where exceptional and pioneering people take flight. Big Ripple Books: Big Ripple Books is The Mad Duck Coalition’s first imprint. As such, it is the nesting place for quality prose narratives, fiction and non-fiction. Memoirs, experiments, and bona fide literature, you’ll find the best duckin’ stuff here. Bottoms Up Journal: In The Weeds Provocations is the first half of The Mad Duck Coalition’s academic imprints for leading academic vanguards, excuse us, avant-gardes: the heart and soul of intellectual Academia! Books and tomes—all transparently peer reviewed—fit to be the one stop shop for all your research needs! Flights of Fancy Publications: Flights of Fancy Publications is The Mad Duck Coalition’s speculative imprint. Cozy up to the fire and let these engaging, smart genre stories fly you someplace else. Mind you, they’re not necessarily pretty places to visit, but you will enjoy the flight. the flight.

New York, NY   US

The Paragon Agency

Publishers of history and historical fiction books.

Orange, CA   US

Theytus Books

As the oldest Indigenous publishing house in Canada, Theytus Books is recognized and respected internationally for its contributions to Aboriginal literature. Since its inception in 1980, Theytus Books has been a leading proponent for Indigenous authors, illustrators and artists. It ensures that their voice and vision are expressed with the highest level of cultural authenticity and integrity.

Penticton, BC   CA

Thistledown Press

A literary publisher specializing in fiction and poetry for both adults and young adults, with a focus on Saskatchewan writing.

Sasktatoon, SK   CA

Three Ravens Publishing

We are a small publishing house, started as a way to publish our own works that we didn’t want to hand over to someone else. From there we decided to open our doors to help others take a step up and see their dreams come true. What we look for in submissions, are fun stories. They don’t have to be thought-provoking or profound, but they do have to pull us in and take us on an adventure. We are open to most fiction, though primarily focused on Science Fiction and Fantasy.

Chickamauga, GA   US

Tidal Press

Tidal Press is an independent publishing house with the following mission: To offer readers beautifully crafted works of fiction and non-fiction from writers who use authentic and unique voices to weave the elemental themes of our modern lives into great stories. To offer writers a true publishing partnership. To offer the world the benefit of fulfilled readers and writers walking the streets. This is how art changes the world.

Charlottesville, VA   US

Tidewater Press

Tidewater Press is a Canadian independent literary press, publishing fiction by new authors offering fresh perspectives on contemporary issues, and non-fiction by writers speaking to defined, special interest constituencies.

New Westminster, BC   CA

Tin House Books

Tin House Books publishes fiction, non-fiction, story collections, and everything in between by both first-time and established authors. We are proud of all the exciting work we have published and are looking forward to the many new voices to come.

Portland, OR   US

Titan Books

Titan Books is a leading independent publisher of fantasy, science fiction, horror, crime, pop culture, and more.

London, England   UK

Tiwaz Press

Tiwaz Press is a rip-roaring and radical - albeit small - publisher of both fiction and non-fiction. We have an innovative marketing policy that's targeted toward readers who prefer themes of resistance, gay love, and pagan pride. We thoroughly relish being a book publishing house, and we think that, hands down, we're set to win the "Publishers Most Likely to Have Fun at Work" award.

Vinemont, AL   US

Tolling Bell Books

Tolling Bell Books is an independent publisher of quality fiction whose goal is to produce two adult and two children's books each calendar year. The company was founded in the hopes of bringing recognition to smaller-name authors that are often overlooked by the larger, traditional publishing houses. The company was established in 2003 with one title. Since that time Tolling Bell Books has published books under several imprints and will continue to expand the company's title list over the next year and into the future.

Norcross, GA   US

Tomes Tremaine

A small new publisher on the southeast, publishing non-fiction guides and self-help, gripping fiction (no sci-fi or fantasy), and occasional picture books. See website for submission guidelines, no full manuscripts please.

Jacksonville, FL   US

Torrey House Press

Torrey House Press (THP) publishes fiction and nonfiction for the book trade. We are interested in well-crafted works of narrative nonfiction and literary fiction with a natural history, environmental, or a natural landscape theme, or about the politics and practice of sustainable living. We accept agented and unagented work.

Salt Lake City, UT   US

Trace Press

t r a c e publishes books that illuminate, in complex, beautiful, and thought-provoking ways, contemporary and historical experiences of conflict, displacement, migration, life, labour, love, and resistance.

Toronto, ON   CA

Transit Books

Transit Books is a nonprofit publisher of international and American literature, based in Oakland, California. Transit publishes a carefully curated list of international and American literature, with a focus on literary fiction, narrative nonfiction, essay, and prose that falls somewhere in between.

Oakland, CA   US

Troy Books

Troy Books is an independent publisher of occult, esoteric and folklore titles. We make our books available in editions to suit all pockets, from quality paperbacks to fine hand-bound editions for the collector.

London, England   UK

Tupelo Press

Tupelo Press, Inc., which released its first five books in fall 2001, is an independent, literary press devoted to discovering and publishing works of poetry, literary fiction, and creative nonfiction by emerging and established writers. Tupelo Press is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit company. What we look for is a blend of urgency of language, imagination, distinctiveness, and craft. What we produce and how we produce it -- from design to printing to paper quality --honors the writing in books which boast the uniquely sensual look and feel of a Tupelo Press book.

North Adams, MA   US

Turnstone Press

Manitoba's oldest literary house, Turnstone Press produces fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction and has launched the careers of award-winning poets. Its Ravenstone imprint publishes speculative, horror and mystery fiction

Winnipeg, MB   CA

Tuxtails Publishing

Tuxtails Publishing, LLC offers the support of a traditional publishing house with the decision-making power of self-publishing. We work with authors to create well-polished books for readers without taking away the author's voice. We publish fiction and non-fiction in a wide variety of genres.

Louisville, KY   US

Twilight Times

Publisher of mystery, romance, science fiction, young adult and other fiction titles.

Kingsport, TN   US

Two Dollar Radio

Two Dollar Radio is a family-run outfit founded in 2005 with the mission to reaffirm the cultural and artistic spirit of the publishing industry. We aim to do this by presenting bold works of literary merit, each book, individually and collectively, providing a sonic progression that we believe to be too loud to ignore.

Columbus, OH   US

Tyrus Books

Tyrus Books was founded in the summer of 2009 by Alison Dasho (nee Jansssen) and Ben LeRoy after the two left Bleak House Books. Alison left Tyrus in 2010. Tyrus was sold to F+W Media in the spring of 2011. The catalog includes books from New York Times bestselling author Reed Farrel Coleman, Barnes & Noble Discover Award winner Scott O'Connor, Loren D. Estleman, Victoria Houston, and a variety of other critically acclaimed debuts and series.

Madison, WI   US

UBC Press

The University of British Columbia Press is Canada's leading social sciences publisher. With an international reputation for publishing high-quality works of original scholarship, our books draw on and reflect cutting-edge research, pushing the boundaries of academic discourse in innovative directions. Each year UBC Press publishes seventy new titles in a number of fields, including Aboriginal studies, Asian studies, Canadian history, environmental studies, gender and women's studies, geography, health and food studies, law, media and communications, military and security studies, planning and urban studies, and political science.

Vancouver, BC   CA

Unbridled Books

Unbridled Books is a premier publisher of works of rich literary quality that appeal to a broad audience. We want to be able to continue our longtime discussion about what allows a novel to touch our hearts and our minds at once. And we want our readers, booksellers, and reviewers to trust that when they pick up an Unbridled book, we're inviting them to enjoy that rarest of pleasures, a good read.

Lakewood, CO   US

University of Arizona Press

Founded in 1959, the Press is a nonprofit publisher of scholarly and regional books. We publish about 55 books annually and have more than 1,600 books in print. These include scholarly titles in anthropology, archaeology, environmental science, history, Indigenous studies, Latinx studies, Latin American studies, and the space sciences; as well as award-winning fiction and poetry series Sun Tracks and Camino del Sol.

Tucson, AZ   US

University of Calgary Press

Scholarly, trade and non-fiction titles for educated readers, and academic journals. UC Press is always interested in well-researched manuscripts, particularly in areas of mandated interest: Great Plains subjects, Aboriginal history and issues, Canadian parks and heritage, environmental issues, Latin America and art/architecture books.

Calgary, AB   CA

University of Georgia Press

Since its founding in 1938, the primary mission of the University of Georgia Press has been to support and enhance the University's place as a major research institution by publishing outstanding works of scholarship and literature by scholars and writers throughout the world. The University of Georgia Press is the oldest and largest book publisher in the state. We currently publish 60-70 new books a year and have a long history of publishing significant scholarship, creative and literary works, and books about the state and the region for general readers.

Athens, GA   US

University of North Texas Press

The University of North Texas Press was founded in 1987 and published its first book in 1989. Though we are the newest university press in North Texas (following SMU Press and TCU Press), we have quickly become a leading press with the most titles in print (more than 300) and published (15 to 16 each year). We are fully accredited members of the Association of American University Presses. Our books are distributed and marketed nationally and internationally through the Texas A&M University Press Consortium.

Denton, TX   US

University of Queensland Press

For more than 60 years, the University of Queensland Press has been at the forefront of innovative Australian publishing. It has launched the careers of many great Australian novelists, published contemporary Australian poets, been a pioneering force in children's and young adult publishing and has set the benchmark for award-winning scholarly and Black Australian writing.

St Lucia, QLD   AU

University of Western Australia Publishing

Producers of beautiful books that bristle and shimmer with life - books with big stories, big ideas and a strong sense of place, UWA Publishing fosters local writing that explores Western Australian and Australian identity, and seeks fresh voices of international origin. We harbour a worldly outlook attuned to dynamic social engagement; our books are intended as discussion pieces, designed to inform, challenge and enliven our readers.

Perth, WA   AU

University of Wisconsin Press

Since its first book appeared in 1937, the Press has published and distributed more than 3000 titles. We have more than 1400 titles currently in print, including books of general interest (biography, fiction, natural history, poetry, photography, fishing, food, travel, etc.), scholarly books (American studies, anthropology, art, classics, environmental studies, ethnic studies, film, gay & lesbian studies, history, Jewish studies, literary criticism, Slavic studies, etc.), and regional books about Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest.

Madison, WI   US

University Press of Mississippi

The University Press of Mississippi was founded in 1970 and is supported by Mississippi's eight state universities. UPM publishes scholarly books of the highest distinction and books that interpret the south and its culture to the nation and the world.

Jackson, MS   US

University Press of New England

University Press of New England is an award-winning university press supported by a consortium of schools: Brandeis University, Dartmouth College, University of New Hampshire, and Northeastern University. UPNE has earned a reputation for excellence in scholarly, instructional, reference, literary and artistic, and general-interest books.

Lebanon, NH   US

Unnamed Press

The Unnamed Press publishes literature from around the world. Whether it's fiction, memoir or something in between, we are always interested in unlikely protagonists, undiscovered territories and courageous voices.

Los Angeles, CA   US

Unsolicited Press

Unsolicited Press is a small press based out of Portland, Oregon. We focus on literary fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Whether you craft short stories, novels, chapbooks, memoirs, or essay collections, we want to read it.

Portland, OR   US

UpLit Press

Books that make you glad to be part of the human race. UpLit Press is a new indie digital-first publisher of novels that inspire hope. Our stories may go to some dark places, but they will bring a light to guide you through.

Northampton, England   UK

UrbanEdge Publishing

UrbanEdge Publishing is a small, traditional publisher based in Columbus, Atlantic in Georgia publishing titles in drama, crime/mystery, romance, and self-help.

Columbus, GA   US

Variance Publishing

Variance Publishing Company - A publisher of fine fiction in the genres of action, adventure, thriller, sci-fi, fantasy, and horror.

Cabot, AR   US

Victory Press

Since 1988, Victory Press has brought Asian culture to the English-speaking world in the form of books, both for adults and children. The Legend of Mu Lan: A Heroine of Ancient China is the most widely known children's story published by Victory Press. Produced five years before Disney's animated version, the legend was licensed in Norway, excerpted as part of classroom teaching material, displayed at the Smithsonian Institute, and reviewed in School Library Journal. It was the first English language picture book about Mulan.

Monterey, CA   US

Vintage/Anchor

Vintage Books is the foremost literary paperback publisher. Anchor, founded in 1953, is the oldest trade paperback publisher in America.

New York, NY   US

Wakefield Press

We publish around 40 titles each year on a diverse range of topics, including literary and popular fiction, young adult fiction, history, biography, art, poetry, food, wine, the environment, education and true life (ordinary people in extraordinary situations).

Mile End, SA   AU

Watermark Publishing

Welcome to Watermark Publishing, a homegrown Hawai´i publisher specializing in books about the 50th State. Based on Bishop Street, in the heart of Honolulu, we bring you the best of the Islands -- from sports stories to small-kid titles, guidebooks to plantation memoirs.

Honolulu, HI   US

Wayne State University Press

Wayne State University Press is a leading publisher of Great Lakes books, Judaica, African American studies, film and media, and fairy-tale studies, as well as a range of other scholarly and general interest titles, including Michigan short fiction and poetry. The Press disseminates research, advances education, and serves the local community while expanding the international reputation of the Press and the University.

Detroit, MI   US

Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Established in 1949. Publishers of high quality, prize-winning fiction and non fiction across a range of categories including autobiography, business, cookery, economics, fiction in translation, history, literary fiction and popular science. Acquired by The Orion Publishing Group in 1991.

London, England   UK

West Cornwall Publishing

Publishing Company located on the Housatonic River in the Northwest corner of Connecticut specializing in first time and local authors. We are committed to the notion of parity between writer and publisher, honoring them as equals.

West Cornwall, CT   US

West Vine Press

An Indie Publisher from Michigan that moves stuff around. We do our best to make physical books written by Future Dead Writers.

North Muskegon, MI   US

West Virginia University Press

West Virginia University Press is the leading publisher of the Mountain State, producing a diverse selection of books, journals, and CDs which appeal to fans of Appalachian writing and music, regional studies, art, nature, and medieval studies.

Morgantown, WV   US

Wicked Ink Publishing

Wicked Ink Publishing, publishes fiction in multiple genres featuring shocking twists and turns throughout, keeping the reader on edge. We are dedicated to furthering diversity and inclusion. We do encourage submissions from writers of diverse communities, including: 2SLGBTQ+, BIPOC, Those with disabilities, Writers who identify with any other marginalized groups.

Calgary, AB   CA

Wighita Press

Wighita Press is committed to publishing high quality works that offer help to troubled children, adolescents and adults in a way that identifies with their situations. As such Wighita Press publishes books that are empathic while still dealing with the issues that self-help "how to" books and psychology / psychotherapy textbooks seek to address.

Little Rock, AR   US

Wild Dingo Press

Founded in 2010, Wild Dingo Press is a vibrant and essential force in the Australian publishing landscape being a vehicle for bringing a personal viewpoint on issues affecting our world. Wild Dingo Press currently accepts manuscripts of both fiction and non-fiction with an emphasis on stories of individuals quietly doing extraordinary things, be it exposure of corruption and systemic flaws or the experiences of the disenfranchised and disempowered.

Melbourne, VIC   AU

Wildling Press

Wildling Press is committed to uplifting marginalized voices by offering traditional publishing contracts to authors whose books will make the world a better place. We encourage writers of all kinds to submit their manuscripts, but we specifically aim to use our platform to amplify the voices of writers of color, women's stories, LGBTQ+ writers, and writers of different physical and mental abilities.​

Richmond, VA   US

WindWord Group

The WindWord Group focuses on fiction, personal development, business and travel memoirs.

Savannah, GA   US

Wolsak and Wynn

Wolsak and Wynn is a quirky literary press based in the heart of Hamilton. With steel mills on one side of us, the Niagara escarpment on the other and Toronto somewhere off in the distance we spend our time producing brilliant, highly individual and sometimes provocative books.

Hamilton, ON   CA

WordFarm

WordFarm publishes collections of poetry, short fiction, essays, and single works of fiction or literary nonfiction.

Seattle, WA   US

Wrecking Ball Press

Indie publishing house, est. 1997 in Hull. Wrecking Ball Press is always looking for new talent and will happily receive anything from a single poem to a novel.

Hull,   UK

WTAW Press

WTAW Press is an extension of the SF Bay Area award-winning reading series Why There Are Words. Peg Alford Pursell is the founder and editor-in-chief. WTAW Press publishes award-winning, full-length books of prose (novels, memoirs, creative nonfiction, collections of stories and essays, etc.). We welcome submissions from writers unpublished, extensively published, and in between. We don't privilege one aesthetic over another: we want to publish books that show us more things on heaven and earth than we have dreamt of.

Santa Rosa, CA   US

Yard Dog Press

A privately owned micro-press publishing off-beat fiction.

Alma, AR   US

Yoknapatawpha Press

Founded in 1975, Yoknapatawpha Press is a southern regional small press which publishes works by southern writers. It is owned and operated by co-publishers and editors, Dean Faulkner Wells and Lawrence Wells.

Oxford, MS   US

Yorkshire Publishing Group

Yorkshire Publishing is a general trade publisher, while Yorkshire Kids is our children'™s book division. ThornCrown Publishing, our evangelical division, and Victory Publishing, our charismatic division, both represent Christian authors.

Tulsa, OK   US

Z-Sky

Z-Sky is a book publisher and triannual journal focused on deep futures, futures studies, near-term and eschatological (maximal-term) science fiction, and other far-future-forward creative work.

Milwaukie, OR   US

Zed Books

Zed publishes across a wide range of topics, with writers from across the planet featuring in its line up. It is best know for publishing the work of marginalised individuals and groups, many of them originating in the Global South, others from oppressed elements of 'Western' society.

London, England   UK

Zumaya Publications

Zumaya publishes trade paperbacks and ebooks in all popular genres and categories.

Austin, TX   US