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DIRECTORY

Best Book Publishing Companies

Showing 343 publishers that match your search.

💡 Publisher sizes are estimated. Our directory defines size as:

  • Small press: A publisher with annual sales below $25 million
  • Mid-size: A publisher with annual sales between $25-150 million
  • Largest: A publisher with annual sales over $150 million

Confluence Literary

Confluence Literary Agency was formed in 2026 through the merger of Bond Literary Agency and Copps Literary Services, uniting decades of industry expertise with a fresh vision for literary representation.

Genres: Children's, Cookbook, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Literary Fiction, Middle Grade, Mystery & Crime, Nonfiction, Science Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, and Young Adult

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://www.confluencelit.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

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Desert Palm Press

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, LGBTQ+, Mystery & Crime, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Westerns, and Women's Fiction

Location: San Francisco, US

Website: https://desertpalmpress.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

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Scatter

Molly J. Bragg

Evil's Echo

Jane Alden

Back in the Saddle

Toni Draper

Extraordinary Books

Extraordinary Books is a not-for-profit publisher with a radical mission: to disrupt the publishing industry and return it to what it was meant to be – a place for passion, not profit.

Genres: Fiction and Nonfiction

Location: London, GB

Website: https://extraordinarybooks.co.uk/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes

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Belize: Friends and Scammers

Steven Froelich

A Cool Head in Hell

Harry Silman

Running Amok

Paul E. Mullen

Da Capo

Da Capo publishes biographies, memoirs, and narrative nonfiction on music and musicians.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs and Narrative Nonfiction

Part of: Grand Central Publishing

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://www.dacapopress.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

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Copper Canyon Press

Genres: Literary Fiction and Poetry

Location: Seattle, US

Website: https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes

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The Book of Questions

Pablo Neruda

Crushing It

Jennifer L. Knox

Water I Won't Touch

Kayleb Rae Candrilli

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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Uproar Books

Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Fiction

Location: Nashville, US

Website: http://uproarbooks.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

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Asperfell

Jamie Thomas

Always Greener

J. R. H. Lawless

Foretold

Violet Lumani

Ideapress Publishing

Genres: Academic, BIPOC, Business, Diverse Literature, Economics, Nonfiction, Psychology, and Self-Help

Location: Richmond, US

Website: https://www.ideapresspublishing.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Book proposals - View guidelines →

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The Future Normal

Rohit Bhargava and Henry Coutinho-Mason

Tom Peters' Compact Guide to Excellence

Tom Peters

Wonderhell

Laura Gassner Otting

And Other Stories

Genres: Literary Fiction and Fiction

Location: London, GB

Website: https://www.andotherstories.org/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

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The Divorce

César Aira

What You Could Have Won

Rachel Genn

Barn 8

Deb Olin Unferth

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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