Best Book Publishing Companies

Genres: Action & Adventure, Comics & Graphic Novels, Fiction, and Middle Grade

Part of: Disney Hyperion > KugaliInk

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://kugali.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Indie publisher

Mid size

Genres: Fiction, Nonfiction, and Religion & Spirituality

Part of: Amazon Publishing > Waterfall Press

Location: Seattle, US

Website: https://amazonpublishing.amazon.com/waterfall-press.html

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Mid size

Genres: Cookbook, Architecture, Art, Biographies & Memoirs, Business, Historical Fiction, History, Literary Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Environmental, Politics, Math & Science, Religion & Spirituality, Sports & Outdoors, Travel, Self-Help, Comics & Graphic Novels, Nonfiction, and Fiction

Part of: Penguin Random House > Knopf Doubleday

Location: New York City, US

Website: http://knopfdoubleday.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes

Mid size

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

Indie publisher

Small press

Genres: Academic, Architecture, Biographies & Memoirs, Comics & Graphic Novels, Education & Reference, Environmental, Historical Fiction, History, Math & Science, Nonfiction, Photography, Picture Book, Politics, Psychology, Religion & Spirituality, Sports & Outdoors, Technology, and Travel

Location: San Francisco, US

Website: https://oroeditions.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

No Book proposals - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Horror, LGBTQ+, Literary Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Urban Fiction, Women's Fiction, and Young Adult

Location: Manchester, GB

Website: https://www.northodox.co.uk/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Partial manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

Genres: Picture Book, Middle Grade, Young Adult, and Children's

Part of: Walker Books > Candlewick Press

Location: Boston, US

Website: https://www.candlewick.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes

Indie publisher

Mid size

Genres: Education & Reference, Academic, Medical, Math & Science, Law, Diverse Literature, and Nonfiction

Location: Cambridge, GB

Website: https://www.cambridge.org/

Diversity: Diverse Literature

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Largest

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

Indie publisher

Small press

Ten Speed Young Readers is an imprint of Ten Speed Press, part of the Crown Publishing Group at Penguin Random House focused on publishing bold and imaginative fiction and nonfiction with a distinctive aesthetic and fresh perspective, delivering stories that inspire and entertain, ranging from the provocative to the profound to the seriously fun.

Genres: Children's, Fiction, Middle Grade, Nonfiction, and Picture Book

Part of: Penguin Random House > Crown Publishing Group > Ten Speed Press

Location: San Francisco, US

Website: https://sites.prh.com/tenspeedyoungreaders

Accepts unagented submissions

No Email submissions to tsyrsubmissions@tenspeed.com -

Small press