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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

University of Queensland Press

Genres: Children's, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Short Story, and Young Adult

Location: Sydney, AU

Website: https://www.uqp.com.au/

Accepts unagented submissions

No Manuscript entry - View guidelines →

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Too Much Lip

Melissa Lucashenko

The Elephant

Peter Carnavas

Dropbear

Evelyn Araluen

Kogan Page Inc.

Genres: Business

Location: London, GB

Website: https://www.koganpage.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Book proposal - View guidelines →

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The Rebuilders

Sara Tate & Anna Vogt

Lateral Thinking for Every Day

Paul Sloane

Positively Purple

Kate Nash

Scarlet Suspense

Genres: Mystery & Crime and Thriller & Suspense

Part of: Penzler Publications

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://penzlerpublishers.com/product-category/scarlet/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

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The Rising Tide

Sam Lloyd

Chloe Cates is Missing

Mandy McHugh

The Cliff House

Chris Brookmyre

Dover Publications

Genres: Education & Reference, Math & Science, Picture Book, DIY, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Art, Nonfiction, and Fiction

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://store.doverpublications.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

No Manuscript entries & book proposals - View guidelines →

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Abraham Lincoln's Humor: Yarns, Stories, and Anecdotes by and about Our 16th President

John Grafton

Bless This House: Creating Sacred Space Where You Live, Work & Travel

Donna Henes

The Book of Wild Flowers

The National Geographic Society

BOA Editions

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

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://www.boaeditions.org/

Diversity: Diverse Literature

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Contests - View guidelines →

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Joytime Killbox

Brian Wood

The Year of the Dog

Deborah Paredez

The OK End of Funny Town

Mark Polanzak

Saraband

Genres: Environmental, Biographies & Memoirs, Narrative Nonfiction, Self-Help, Diverse Literature, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, Fiction, and Nonfiction

Location: Manchester, GB

Website: https://saraband.net/

Diversity: Diverse Literature, LGBTQ, BIPOC

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes

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Shocked Earth

Saskia Goldschmidt

Westering

Laurence Mitchell

Bleak

R.M. Murray

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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Here Below

Here Below champions ambitious books on everything from mysticism to technology that eschew binaries between the sacred and profane.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Religion & Spirituality

Part of: Eerdmans

Location: Grand Rapids, US

Website: https://herebelowbooks.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

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Firefinch Publishing

Firefinch aims to match their authors’ creative needs with an innovative, focused and world class publishing experience.

Genres: Fiction

Location: London, GB

Website: https://firefinchpublishing.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

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Starling Literary + Media

Genres: Children's, Fiction, Horror, Mystery & Crime, Romance, Thriller & Suspense, and Young Adult

Location: Los Angeles, US

Website: https://www.starlingliterary.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

No Digital - View guidelines →

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