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Best Nonfiction Book Publishing Companies

Showing 333 publishers that match your search.

Keystone Literary Agency

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Fiction, Historical Fiction, History, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Romance, and Sports & Outdoors

Location: Seattle, US

Website: http://www.keystonelit.com/index.html

Accepts unagented submissions

No

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WayWord Books

Genres: Action & Adventure, Biographies & Memoirs, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Narrative Nonfiction, and Nonfiction

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://www.waywordbooks.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

No Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

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Catapult

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Diverse Literature, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Short Story

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://books.catapult.co/

Diversity: Diverse Literature

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes

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All You Can Ever Know

Nicole Chung

The Manningtree Witches

A.K. Blakemore

Lean Fall Stand

Jon McGregor

Springer Nature

Genres: Education & Reference, Academic, Math & Science, Business, Medical, and Nonfiction

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://www.springernature.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes

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The Circular Economy Handbook

Peter Lacy et al

Cracked it!

Bernard Garrette et al

The Practice of Surgical Pathology

Diana Molavi

Absurd Ventures Press

The Absurd Ventures Press imprint is distributed by Simon & Schuster and aims to publish interesting stories of all kinds from writers who understand the value of a daring tale well told, who grasp the absurd but fascinating nature of our world, or simply believe that humor, satire or humanity itself can be found in in the oddest situations.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Fiction, Nonfiction, Screenplays, and Short Story

Part of: Simon & Schuster

Location: Los Angeles, US

Website: https://www.absurdventures.com/absurdventurespress

Accepts unagented submissions

No

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University of Kentucky Press

Genres: Nonfiction

Location: Louisville, US

Website: https://www.kentuckypress.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

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Penguin Random House India

Genres: Literary Fiction, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Romance, Education & Reference, Biographies & Memoirs, Horror, Action & Adventure, Self-Help, Historical Fiction, Sports & Outdoors, Mystery & Crime, History, Business, Travel, Women's Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Architecture, Art, Cookbook, Humor, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Short Story

Location: New Delhi, IN

Website: https://penguin.co.in/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

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Azadi

Arundhati Roy

In an Antique Land

Amitav Ghosh

Sach Kahun Toh

Neena Gupta

Yale University Press

Genres: Academic, Photography, Art, Math & Science, Education & Reference, Biographies & Memoirs, Business, Economics, History, Politics, Religion & Spirituality, African-American, Nonfiction, and Law

Location: Hartford, GB

Website: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries & book proposals - View guidelines →

University press

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Atlas of AI

Kate Crawford

Reimagining Time

Tanya Bub & Jeffrey Bub

Radical Vision

Soyica Diggs Colbert

Navigator Books

Navigator Books publishes compelling works in the categories of history, biography, memoir, and historical fiction.

Genres: Nonfiction and Sports & Outdoors

Location: Philadelphia, US

Website: https://navigatorbooks.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

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Turner Publishing

Genres: Self-Help, Business, Young Adult, History, Romance, Mystery & Crime, Cookbook, Health & Wellbeing, Art, Nonfiction, and Fiction

Location: Nashville, US

Website: https://www.turnerpublishing.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes

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The Emperor's Sword

Andrew Klavan

One Stupid Thing

Stewart Lewis

My Mistress' Eyes Are Raven Black

Terry Roberts

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