Book Companies Hiring

American Book Company

Woodstock, GA

American Book Company is a Woodstock, Georgia–based educational publisher founded in 1996 by former educators. It develops workbooks, ebooks, and online testing resources for K–12 schools, aligning its materials with state standards and assessments. Its mission is to improve student achievement through engaging print and digital content covering assessed standards.

Amplify Publishing Group

Vienna, VA

Amplify Publishing Group is an independent hybrid publisher founded in 2003 and headquartered near Washington, D.C. Working across six imprints, it acquires, produces, markets, and distributes books for established and debut authors. Its model combines professional publishing services with author investment, creative participation, and retained intellectual-property rights.

Andrews McMeel Publishing

Kansas City, MO

Andrews McMeel Publishing is a Kansas City–based independent publisher of humor, comics, and gift books. Its imprints include Andrews McMeel Universal and Quirk Books.

Audible

1 Washington Park · Newark NJ 07102

Founded in 1995, Audible is a global audio storytelling company and a member of the Amazon family. It works with established and emerging creators to produce audiobooks, podcasts, and original audio programming. From its headquarters in Newark, New Jersey, and international hubs, Audible combines editorial, production, technology, design, marketing, and customer-focused teams.

Baker Publishing Group

Ada, MI

Baker Publishing Group is a Christian trade publisher based in Ada, Michigan, with imprints including Baker Books, Baker Academic, Brazos Press, Revell, and Chosen. The house publishes biblically grounded books for church, academic, and general readers.

Beacon Press

24 Farnsworth Street · Boston MA 02210

Founded in 1854, Beacon Press is an independent publisher of serious nonfiction and a department of the Unitarian Universalist Association. Its program addresses history, religion, politics, education, race, gender, families, and the environment. Beacon’s publishing tradition joins scholarship and journalism with commitments to free expression, pluralism, anti-racism, equity, and democratic life.

BJU Press

Greenville, SC

BJU Press is a Greenville, South Carolina–based Christian textbook and curriculum publisher serving homeschool families, Christian schools, and educators.

BookBub

1 Broadway, 14th Floor · Cambridge MA 02142

Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, BookBub is a free book-discovery service connecting readers with ebook deals, personalized recommendations, and updates from authors they follow. It works with major ebook retailers while giving authors and publishers marketing tools for reaching dedicated readers, building audiences, and driving book sales across the digital marketplace.

Cengage Group

Boston, MA

Cengage is an education and learning-technology company serving higher education, schools, workforce, and English-language learning, connecting education to employment. Products include Cengage Unlimited, MindTap, National Geographic Learning, Gale, and career-focused programs in fields such as healthcare, cybersecurity, and the skilled trades.

Crossway

Wheaton, IL

Crossway is a nonprofit Christian publishing ministry founded in 1938 as Good News Publishers by Clyde and Muriel Dennis. It publishes gospel-centered books, tracts, and digital resources, as well as the English Standard Version Bible. The Crossway Books division began in 1979, followed by publication of the ESV in 2001.

Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH

Dartmouth’s Department of English and Creative Writing combines literary study with workshops in poetry, fiction, and literary nonfiction. Its Literary Arts Bridge, launched in 2025, provides space for seminars, consultations, student publications, audio projects, readings, and collaboration across genres, connecting students, faculty, visiting writers, and the wider literary community.

David C Cook

Colorado Springs, CO

David C Cook is a nonprofit Christian publisher and ministry founded in 1875, when David Caleb Cook began producing lessons and songs for churches serving children displaced by the Great Chicago Fire. Today it develops and distributes books, curriculum, leadership resources, and worship music internationally, with a mission to equip churches with Christ-centered discipleship materials.

EBSCO Information Services

Birmingham, AL

EBSCO Information Services provides research databases, e-journals, magazine subscriptions, and discovery services for libraries, schools, and corporations worldwide.

Elsevier

101 Park Avenue, 24th Floor · New York NY 10178

Elsevier is a global leader in information and decision support for science and healthcare, and part of RELX. The company partners with researchers and clinicians to move knowledge into practice through journals, books, and digital platforms including ScienceDirect, Scopus, ClinicalKey, and LeapSpace. Elsevier operates worldwide in research publishing, clinical reference, and research-workflow tools.

Entangled Publishing

United States

Entangled Publishing is an independent publisher of romance and romantasy, based in Fort Collins, Colorado. Founded in 2011 by Liz Pelletier, the house is known for Red Tower Books—including Rebecca Yarros’s Empyrean series—and for adult and young adult imprints including Amara, Mischief, and Mayhem.

Fine Arts Work Center

Provincetown, MA

The Fine Arts Work Center is an artist-led Provincetown organization supporting writers and visual artists through residencies, workshops, exhibitions, and public programs. Founded in 1968, it is best known for a fellowship that gives 20 emerging artists and writers seven months to pursue their work, alongside summer workshops and year-round online learning.

Goodheart-Willcox

Tinley Park, IL

Goodheart-Willcox is an employee-owned educational publisher whose roots date to 1921 and Dyke’s Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia. Its print and digital resources focus on career, technical, health, and wellness education, developed with authors, reviewers, and industry associations to give students practical, standards-based knowledge and skills for life and work.

Hachette Book Group

1290 Avenue of the Americas · New York NY 10104

Hachette Book Group is a New York–headquartered general-interest publisher and part of Hachette Livre. Its publishing groups include Little, Brown and Company, Grand Central Publishing, Orbit, Hachette Audio, Basic Books, and Workman Running Press. Alongside its own publishing program, HBG provides distribution, fulfillment, sales, and related services to other publishers.

HarperCollins Publishers

195 Broadway · New York NY 10007

HarperCollins traces its history to the New York print shop established by James and John Harper in 1817. Now a News Corp subsidiary, it is a global consumer publisher with operations across numerous countries, languages, and imprints. Its catalog spans genres and generations, supported by international editorial, marketing, sales, and consumer-insight teams.

Hay House

Carlsbad, CA

Founded by Louise Hay in 1984, Hay House publishes transformational resources focused on mind, body, and spirit. Its program spans print, electronic, and audio books, journals, card decks, podcasts, courses, and virtual events covering personal growth, wellness, meditation, and related subjects. Hay House LLC operates as a subsidiary of Penguin Random House LLC.

Inkitt

San Francisco, CA

Inkitt is a technology-driven entertainment publisher that uses reader data and predictive technology to discover promising stories. It brings selected works to readers through products including the Galatea reading app and develops successful properties for additional formats such as television. Its mission centers on finding emerging storytellers and helping their work reach wider audiences.

Kendall Hunt Publishing Company

Dubuque, IA

Kendall Hunt is an independent educational publisher based in Dubuque, Iowa, still owned by the Brown family. The company traces its roots to 1944 and today publishes more than 6,000 titles for higher education and K–12, including science, mathematics, and gifted curricula, custom course materials, and Catholic resources under RCL Benziger.

Lakeside Book Company

4101 Winfield Road · Warrenville IL 60555

Lakeside Book Company provides book manufacturing, warehousing, fulfillment, and distribution services across North America. Drawing on more than 160 years of bookmaking experience, it works with publishers to print, store, and distribute their books. Its family includes specialist businesses such as Phoenix Color, Marquis Book Printing, Dover Publications, and REA.

LOOM Literature

Dover, DE

LOOM is a slower social platform centered on thoughtful writing, reading, and personal expression. It welcomes everything from unfinished thoughts and journals to essays, creative writing, and fan fiction. Its product philosophy favors aesthetic sensitivity and meaningful interaction over speed, scale, algorithmic performance, or pressure to turn every contribution into polished content.

Mattel

El Segundo, CA

Mattel Press is the company-owned publishing imprint built around Mattel’s children’s and family entertainment franchises. Announced in 2023, the program encompasses print books, audiobooks, ebooks, and digital content, with formats ranging from board books and leveled readers to middle-grade and activity titles featuring brands such as Barbie, Hot Wheels, and Monster High.

McGraw Hill Education

2 Penn Plaza · New York NY 10121

McGraw Hill is a global education company serving PreK–12, higher education, and professional learning with print and digital course materials. Founded in 1888, when James H. McGraw acquired the American Journal of Railway Appliances, the company is known for platforms including Connect, ALEKS, AccessMedicine, and Sharpen. McGraw Hill listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2025 under the ticker MH.

MIT Press

Cambridge, MA

Established in 1962, the MIT Press publishes books, journals, and digital products spanning science, technology, art, design, and the social sciences. Its interdisciplinary program combines scholarly standards with distinctive design and experimental publishing technology. The Press also advances broad access to research through open-access initiatives including Direct to Open.

Moody Publishers

Chicago, IL

Moody Publishers is a Christian publishing house founded by D. L. Moody in Chicago in 1894 as the Bible Institute Colportage Association. It was created to make evangelical literature affordable and widely available and continues to publish books for Christian readers under the Moody Publishers name.

National Academies Press

500 Fifth Street NW · Washington DC 20001

National Academies Press publishes the work of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Its program produces more than 200 books annually across science, engineering, medicine, and science and health policy, presenting independently researched expert advice. Thousands of titles are available as downloadable PDFs, with nearly all offered free by chapter or as complete reports.

Neighborhood Literary

United States

Founded in 2025, Neighborhood Literary is a boutique literary agency headquartered in Philadelphia. It represents a diverse roster while championing distinctive, unconventional books across adult fiction, nonfiction, and children’s publishing. Alongside author representation, the agency participates in local writing communities through free workshops, bookstore write-ins, and other public literary events.

OverDrive

Cleveland, OH

Founded by Steve Potash in 1986, OverDrive provides digital reading and media services for libraries and schools. The company works with institutional partners to connect readers and students with digital books and other media, supporting access to reading and learning through library and education channels around the world.

Oxford University Press

546 Fifth Avenue, 14th Floor, 8th Floor · New York NY 10036

Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford and the world’s largest university press. Printing began in Oxford in 1478, with the institution that became OUP developing later under the University’s printers and delegates. OUP produces scholarly, educational, and reference works including journals, dictionaries, and school and higher-education materials.

Penguin Random House

1745 Broadway · New York NY 10019

Penguin Random House is the leading adult and children's publishing house in North America, the United Kingdom and many other regions around the world. In publishing the best books in every genre and subject for all ages, we are committed to quality, excellence in execution, and innovation throughout the entire publishing process: editorial, design, marketing, publicity, sales, production, and distribution. Our vibrant and diverse international community of nearly 300 publishing brands and imprints include Ballantine Bantam Dell, Berkley, Clarkson Potter, Crown, DK, Doubleday, Dutton, Grosset & Dunlap, Little Golden Books, Knopf, Modern Library, Pantheon, Penguin Books, Penguin Press, Penguin Random House Audio, Penguin Young Readers, Portfolio, Puffin, Putnam, Random House, Random House Children's Books, Riverhead, Ten Speed Press, Viking, and Vintage, among others. More information can be found at http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/.

Penn State University Press

112 University Support Building II, 22 University Drive · University Park PA 16802

Founded in 1956, Penn State University Press is Pennsylvania State University’s publishing arm and a division of the University Libraries. It publishes rigorously reviewed books, journals, and digital scholarship, concentrating on the humanities, social sciences, and subjects of regional interest. Its program also reflects the university’s land-grant responsibility to document Pennsylvania’s history, culture, and environment.

Phoenix International Publications

Chicago, IL

Phoenix International Publications is a Chicago-based children’s publisher with more than three decades in licensed and original publishing. Its imprints include PI Kids, Sunbird Books, Sequoia Children’s Publishing, and Sequoia Kids Media; it also distributes Cardinal Media. The company produces sound, picture, board, bath, activity, and search-and-find books for young readers.

Pocket FM

San Francisco, CA

Pocket FM is an audio-entertainment platform built around serialized audio dramas. Its programs span genres including romance, fantasy, thrillers, science fiction, and drama, with stories released episodically for listeners using the Pocket FM app. The platform focuses on non-music spoken entertainment and long-form narrative series.

Powell's Books

Portland, OR

Powell’s Books is an independent bookseller with deep roots in Portland and a worldwide readership through Powells.com. The company connects readers with new and used books while maintaining close relationships with publishers, authors, and fellow booksellers. Its work spans physical stores, online retail, book buying, marketing, technology, customer service, and fulfillment.

SAGE Publishing

2455 Teller Road · Thousand Oaks CA 91320

Sage is an independent academic publisher of books, journals, and library resources, with a mission of building bridges to knowledge. Founded in 1965 by Sara Miller McCune, Sage is known for the social and behavioral sciences and for research methods, and publishes more than 1,000 journals. The company is controlled by trustees charged with keeping it independent. Imprints and units include CQ Press, Corwin, AM Digital, Learning Matters, IOS Press, and Mary Ann Liebert.

Scholastic

557 Broadway · New York NY 10012

For more than 100 years, Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL) has been meeting children where they are – at school, at home and in their communities – by creating quality content and experiences, all beginning with literacy. Scholastic delivers stories, characters, and learning moments that empower all kids to become lifelong readers and learners through bestselling children's books, literacy- and knowledge-building resources for schools including classroom magazines, and award-winning, entertaining children's media. As the world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books through school-based book clubs and book fairs, classroom libraries, school and public libraries, retail, and online, and with a global reach into more than 135 countries, Scholastic encourages the personal and intellectual growth of all children, while nurturing a lifelong relationship with reading, themselves, and the world around them.

Scribd

New York, NY

Scribd, Inc. is a digital reading and knowledge company operating Scribd, Everand, SlideShare, and Fable. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company offers ebooks, audiobooks, documents, and social reading experiences to millions of subscribers worldwide, with a New York City office.

selfpublishing.com

Austin, TX

selfpublishing.com is an Austin-based author education and publishing-services company founded in 2014. It helps writers finish, publish, and launch books through online courses, coaching, and done-for-you production.

Simon & Schuster

1230 Avenue of the Americas · New York NY 10020

Simon & Schuster is a global leader in general interest publishing, dedicated to providing the best in fiction and nonfiction for readers of all ages, and in all printed, digital and audio formats. Its distinguished roster of authors includes many of the world's most popular and widely recognized writers, and winners of the most prestigious literary honors and awards. It is home to numerous well-known imprints and divisions such as Simon & Schuster, Scribner, Atria Books, Gallery Books, Pocket Books, Adams Media, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing and Simon & Schuster Audio and international companies in Australia, Canada, India and the United Kingdom, and proudly brings the works of its authors to readers in more than 200 countries and territories. Owned by private equity firm KKR since October 2023, Simon & Schuster operates as an independent company.

Sourcebooks

1935 Brookdale Road, Suite 139 · Naperville IL 60563

Sourcebooks began in 1987 when Dominique Raccah launched the company from a spare bedroom in suburban Chicago. It has grown into an entrepreneurial, data-informed trade publisher with numerous imprints and a broad adult and children’s program. The company emphasizes innovative ways of connecting books with readers, inclusive publishing, and professional development.

St. Paul Center

Steubenville, OH

The St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology is a Catholic nonprofit in Steubenville, Ohio, led by Dr. Scott Hahn. The organization operates Emmaus Road Publishing and Emmaus Academic, producing Scripture studies, theology books, and digital media for a broad Catholic audience.

Taylor & Francis

4 Park Drive, Milton Park · Philadelphia PA OX14 4RN

Taylor & Francis is one of the world’s leading academic publishers and part of Informa. With roots in 1798 and a London imprint founded in 1852, the group publishes more than 2,500 journals and 8,400 new books a year across the humanities, social sciences, STEM, and medicine. Imprints include Routledge, CRC Press, F1000 Research, Dovepress, and PeerJ.

ThriftBooks

Tukwila, WA

ThriftBooks began in Seattle in 2003 with a storage unit of used books and sales through online marketplaces. It soon launched ThriftBooks.com to reach readers directly. The company operates processing centers around the country, pairing bookselling with technology, customer service, and a commitment to finding new homes for usable books while responsibly recycling others.