Pop Culture and Trivia Book Publishers

Annotated listing of publishers of pop culture and trivia books.

404 Ink

404 Ink is the award-winning alternative publisher of fiction, non-fiction and poetry, founded in 2016 by publishing freelancers Heather McDaid and Laura Jones with a view that publishing could be a little louder and a little more fun.

    Edinburgh, Scotland   UK

Abrams Books

Founded by Harry N. Abrams in 1949, ABRAMS was the first company in the United States to specialize in the creation and distribution of art and illustrated books. Now a subsidiary of La Martinière Groupe, the company publishes visually stunning illustrated books in the areas of art, photography, cooking, interior and garden design, craft, architecture, entertainment, fashion, sports, and pop culture, as well as children's books and general interest titles.

    New York, NY   US

Affirm Press

Affirm Press is a Melbourne-based publisher dedicated to publishing great Australian stories, big ideas, and the most engaging local and international authors. We publish a broad range of non-fiction books that always, in some way, have positive underlying messages. We also have a small but select list of fiction, which we are keen to expand. Our aim is to influence by delight, based on a strong belief that the books we read shape the people we want to be.

    Melbourne, VIC   AU

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

Anness Publishing

Anness Publishing was founded in 1988 and we are now one of the largest independent book publishers in the UK. After 27 years we have sold in excess of 225,000,000 books, publishing titles on subjects ranging from cooking and crafts to gardening, new age, reference, hobbies and transport as well as a lively and successful list of pre-school activity and home study reference books for children. Imprints include Lorenz Books for hardback non-fiction, Southwater for trade paperback, Armadillo for children's books, and Peony Press for gift books.

    London, England   UK

Ascend Books

Ascend Books specializes in licensed and non-licensed children's books, as well as a variety of biographies and autobiographies of athletes, coaches, politicians, and celebrities throughout North America.

    Overland Park, KS   US

Aureus Publishing Limited

Aureus Publishing is an award-winning company established in 1993 publishing books and music.

    Bridgend, Wales   UK

Aurora Metro

Publisher of fiction, including literary, historical, crime, mystery, romance and young adult novels under the Aurora Metro Books imprint; and nonfiction titles in the subjects of theatre, film, music, art and popular culture under the imprint Supernova Books.

    Richmond, England   UK

Bad Apple Press

Bad Apple Press Publishing specialises in telling great stories by Australian authors, using Australian printers, designers and editors, and supports Australian publishing by offering our authors a higher-than-standard royalty.

    Arcadia, NSW   AU

Bayside Movement Publishing

Bayside Movement is a brand-new small publishing house with two part-time staffers. We specialize in the Crime, Thriller, Mystery, Fantasy and Science Fiction genres! Bayside does our very best to collaborate with authors to create a work of fiction that everyone can be proud of, and that will sell. We work with authors to promote their books in and beyond their communities. Looking for new and active writers!

    Omaha, NB   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

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

Blue Bike Books

Operating in Edmonton since 2005, Blue Bike Books publishes entertaining, fact-based books on a variety of topics including Canadian history, places, laws, trivia and humour, as well as weird science books for young readers.

    Edmonton, AB   CA

Blue River Press

Blue River Press publishes books on sport, health, fitness, education, games, popular culture, travel, regional interest and other genres, Blue River Press has more than 100 books and e-books in print and is distributed nationally by Cardinal Publishers Group.

    Indianapolis, IN   US

Candy Jar Books

Candy Jar Books is an award-winning independent book publisher. We publish a wide variety of quality books, from non-fiction, general fiction and children’s, through to a range of cult TV books. Candy Jar is passionate about discovering and nurturing new authors, and offering a fresh perspective on classic genres. Established in 2010, the company brings together skills in book publishing, audio and video production.

    Cardiff, Wales   UK

Chronicle Books

Chronicle Books is an independent publisher based in San Francisco publishing cookbooks, craft titles, children's books, stationery, art, design, parenting, pop culture, travel, etc.

    San Francisco, CA   US

Cider Mill Press

Cider Mill Press publishes an innovative selection of books for the gift market, from cookbooks and quote books, to stamp kits, gift sets, parodies and much more. Our children's imprint, Applesauce Press, includes a vast assortment of children's classics, board books, activity kits, joke and trivia books, health and educational guides, and now five different formats of our #1 New York Times bestselling "The Night Before Christmas."

    Kennebunkport, ME   US

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

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

Elektra Press

Elektra Press was founded in 2014 as a conventional, independent, advance-paying publishing house that thinks unconventionally. Our mission is to find and publish extraordinary works of literature. Good writing; strong voice; gripping story; larger-than-life characters; jump-off-the-pages action; broad sweeping narrative; dynamic dialogue.

    Duncan, OK   US

Fayetteville Mafia Press

Fayetteville Mafia Press is an independent publisher that focuses on Pop Culture Non-Fiction Books. Titles include Last Days of Letterman, Laura's Ghost: Women Speak about Twin Peaks, The Common Angler, and the Women Of...Series

    Columbus, OH   US

Flame Tree Publishing

With a wide range of authors, editors and writers, from Vladimir Ashkenazy, Steve Hackett, John Howe, Sir George Martin, Brian May, Paul du Noyer, Paco Peña, Stanley Sadie we strive to make illustrated projects that are affordable, useful and beautiful. Alongside our print titles, our exceptional range of practical cookbooks, music, popular culture and lifestyle books are increasingly available in digital formats. We believe that well-judged, considered content should be curated into the many different formats that our readers demand. And, we’re launching a new Trade list, FLAME TREE PRESS, for SF, Fantasy, Crime and Horror fiction, with biographies on art and music.

    London, England   UK

Hardie Grant

Hardie Grant Books is a vibrant, successful, diverse and dynamic business with a list of books across a range of subjects including food, wine, sport, history, true crime, humour, popular culture and social issues. Our food and wine books are now recognised as some of the world's best, carrying off major international awards as well as many of Australia's most highly regarded design awards.

    Richmond, VIC   US

Headpress

Headpress was founded in Manchester, England, in 1991, ostensibly to release a film by cult German director Jörg Buttgereit on VHS. With revenue from the sales of that film (Der Todesking, limited to 500 copies), the publication of a magazine soon followed. Running concurrent to the magazine was the Headpress publishing arm, which began in 1992 and continues to this day. Subject matter is wide-ranging and includes cult film, strange music, pulp literature, fanzines, conspiracy theories, sex and gender, occult and folklore, true crime, and pop culture in general.

    London, England   UK

Igloo Books

Igloo Books are the global leader of mass market publishing and a key multi-territory and award-winning Disney Book Group licensee. Our content for children and adults spans the full spectrum of popular categories: illustrated story, activity, novelty, board, fiction, puzzle, reference, gift sets; available in 77 countries across 64 languages.

    Northampton, England   UK

Kensington Publishing

Established in 1974, Kensington, America's independent publisher, located in New York City, is the foremost independent publishing house in the United States publishing in hardcover, trade paperback, and mass market. We publish over 500 books annually in both fiction and non-fiction. Kensington has sweeping and diverse imprints, including Kensington, Citadel Press, Dafina Books, Zebra Books, Pinnacle Books, Brava, Aphrodisia, K-Teen and our digital imprints eKensington and the newly acquired Lyrical Press. These imprints are well-known for popular women's fiction, African-American titles, multicultural young adult fiction, nonfiction, as well as true crime, Western, and mystery titles. Kensington continues to be the foremost American publisher of romance novels.

    New York, NY   US

Korero Press

Korero Press is a London-based publisher. At the heart of everything we do is a love of lowbrow and kustom kulture. Our list is mainly made up of pop culture, street art, erotica and horror titles. We've published books by such renowned contemporary artists as Ron English, Patrick J. Jones and Derek Yaniger.

    London, England   UK

Last Gasp Books

Last Gasp is one of the largest and oldest publishers and purveyors of underground books and comics in the world, celebrating its 41st year in business. Over the years we have published, and in some cases brought to light, some of the most respected and talented artists working today. Today, we publish 12-20 new titles per year, focusing on 'lowbrow' and 'pop surrealist' artists, as well as graphic novels and pop culture titles. We also distribute all sorts of weird 'n' wonderful subversive literature, graphic novels, tattoo, and art books, supplying them to bookstores and art galleries on six continents.

    San Francisco, 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

Laurence King Publishers

Established in London in 1991, Laurence King Publishing is now recognised as one of the world's leading publishers of books on the creative arts.

    London, England   UK

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

Mango Publishing

We publish high-quality non-fiction books from fresh and distinct voices, in the hope of sparking new ideas with readers. We take pride in our forward-thinking ambition, our diversity as a team, and our strong emphasis on technology and innovation. Our goal is to be at the forefront of publishing and connect with readers around the world.

    Coral Gables, FL   US

McFarland & Company

A leading independent publisher of academic nonfiction, McFarland is recognized for noteworthy books about pop culture, sports, military history, transportation, body & mind, literature, history and medieval studies, among other topics. McFarland currently offers nearly 7000 books in print.

    Jefferson, NC   US

Octopus Publishing

Octopus is a leading publisher of non-fiction books. We have extensive experience of working with high profile authors, trusted partners and associations to produce exciting, market leading books. Our imprints each have their own identity and all publish highly successful titles of outstanding quality and content. They include Aster, Cassell, Conran Octopus, Endeavour, Gaia Books, Godsfield, Hamlyn, Ilex, Kyle, Miller’s, Mitchell Beazley, Monoray, Philip's, Pyramid, Spruce and Summersdale.

    London, England   UK

Omnibus Press

Omnibus Press’ substantial biographies of music artists have regularly won critical acclaim and achieved best-seller status. Subjects include Morrissey, Keith Moon, Kate Bush, The Velvet Underground, ABBA and Bob Marley. Alongside the life stories of established artists, Omnibus also publish books about rising stars and cult bands. This vigorous and eclectic output has established Omnibus Press as the UK’s definitive imprint for rock biographies.

    London, England   UK

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

Pen and Sword Books

Pen and Sword specialises in all areas of military history, naval and maritime, aviation, local history, genealogy, social history, transport, discovery and exploration, archaeology, nostalgia and true crime. In 2017, a new lifestyle imprint named White Owl was launched, which publishes books on areas such as health and diet, hobbies and sport, gardening and wildlife and space.

    South Yorkshire, England   UK

Polaris Publishing

Polaris is a publishing and digital media company that celebrates writers, stories and ideas that excite, inspire and entertain. We are immensely proud to publish a range of award-winning works by world-class authors and are committed to publishing important, thoughtful and gripping stories with passion, skill and dedication.

    Edinburgh, Scotland   UK

PowerHouse Books

powerHouse Books, world-renowned and critically acclaimed publisher, is best known for a diverse publishing program-specialized in fine art, documentary, pop culture, fashion, and celebrity books. We have blazed a trail through the staid book publishing industry, releasing books that have sparked cultural trends and redefined commonly held perceptions of the purpose and role of art books in contemporary culture. While much is known of our books, little is known of the people who have made powerHouse Books a global name.

    Brooklyn, NY   US

Quirk Books

Quirk publishes just 25 books per year and every title strives to surprise, entertain, and deliver something unprecedented for those who enjoy a fun and geeky sensibility.

    Philadelphia, PA   US

Ryland Peters & Small

Ryland Peters & Small and CICO Books is an independent, illustrated publisher creating beautifully produced books in the areas of interior design, food and drink, craft, mindfulness and spirituality, health, humour and pop culture. We also produce delightful gifts and stationery, as well as a cracking range of books for kids!

    London, England   US

Sandstone Press

Sandstone Press is an independent publisher based in Scotland, with an international outlook. We publish thoughtful, intelligent and emotionally engaging narratives, both fiction and non-fiction, from unique voices, which engage strongly with the contemporary world.

    Ross-Shire, Scotland   UK

Santa Monica Press

Santa Monica Press has been publishing an eclectic line of books since 1994. Our list of lively and modern non-fiction titles includes books in such categories as popular culture, film history, photography, humor, biography, travel, and reference.

    Solana Beach, CA   US

Sellers Publishing

Sellers Publishing is an independent publishers of trade and gift books, popular calendars, journals, stationery products and greeting cards.

    Portland, ME   US

Serpent's Tail

Serpent's Tail is London-based independent publishing firm founded in 1986, initially specializing in publishing work in translation, particularly European crime fiction. In January 2007, it was bought by British publisher Profile Books, also independent, where it continues as an imprint that celebrates originality.

    London, England   UK

TASCHEN

TASCHEN is the world’s leading art-book publisher, headquartered in Cologne with teams in Berlin, Brussels, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Miami, Milan, New York, Paris and Tokyo. For more than 40 years, we have been on a mission to publish innovative illustrated books on art, architecture, design, fashion, film, lifestyle, travel, photography and pop culture and to bring them to the world. We aspire to be inclusive, independent, inspirational.

    Cologne,   DE

Telos Publishing

Telos Publishing is a small, independent, UK-based press established by David J Howe and Stephen James Walker in October 2000. The name comes from that of the fictional planet Telos from the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The company’s first publication came in 2001 with a horror anthology based on the television series Urban Gothic. Since being formed, the company has published a wide variety of works, including an acclaimed range of original novellas based on Doctor Who; the Time Hunter novellas series; authoritative guide books on many cult TV and film subjects; and original and reissue fiction in several different genres, including horror, dark fantasy, crime and romance. Starburst magazine called Telos Publishing “perhaps the UK’s best-known independent publishers of Doctor Who books.”

    Kent, England   UK

teNeues Publishing

teNeues publishes books, stationery products, and calendars with a focus on design, photography, lifestyle, travel, architecture, fashion and popular culture.

    New York, NY   US

The Feminist Press

The Feminist Press publishes books that ignite movements and social transformation. Celebrating our legacy, we lift up insurgent and marginalized voices from around the world to build a more just future.

    New York, NY   US

The Illustrated Press

THE ILLUSTRATED PRESS, INC. is the publisher of fine books, magazines, CDs, DVDs, and other merchandise related to various aspects of popular culture. Our products are distinguished by a rigorous attention to detail, scholarship, and exemplary production values. Everything that we produce is a labor of love, and it shows in our work.

    Saint Louis, MO   US

Titan Books

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

    London, England   UK

Triumph Books

Triumph Books is the nation’s leading sports book publisher. Founded in 1989, the Chicago-based independent publisher is committed to building relationships at all levels, consistently raising the bar for its customers and partners. Triumph's catalog includes a wide range of titles, from biographies, memoirs, and reference books to “instant” collectible keepsakes that celebrate Super Bowl, World Series, Stanley Cup, and other national championships. Its "instant" program also features a mix of timely video game and entertainment titles.

    Chicago, IL   US

University of Illinois Press

Founded in 1918, the University of Illinois Press press publishes some 120 new books each year, plus 33 scholarly journals, and several electronic projects.

    Champaign, IL   US

Welbeck Publishing

Welbeck Publishing Group – a globally recognised, independent publisher based in London. Our mission is to deliver talent-driven publishing with leading authors and brands worldwide. Our books and products span a variety of categories including, fiction, non-fiction and stationery and gift. We are renowned for our innovative ideas, production values, and developing long-lasting content.

    London, England   US