Publishing Companies
Browse 44 book publishing companies across the United States.
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Macmillan
120 Broadway · New York NY 10005
Macmillan Publishers is the U.S. trade company that is part of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, a large family-owned group of media companies headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. Holtzbrinck Publishing Group's publishing companies include prominent imprints around the world that publish a broad range of award-winning books for children and adults in all categories and formats. U.S. publishers include Celadon Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Flatiron Books, Henry Holt & Company, Macmillan Audio, Macmillan Children's Publishing Group, The St. Martin's Publishing Group, and Tor Publishing Group. In the UK, Australia, India, and South Africa, companies in the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group publish under the Pan Macmillan name. The German publishing company, Holtzbrinck Deutsche Buchverlage, includes among its imprints S. Fischer, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Rowohlt, and Droemer Knaur.
Brave Books
United States
BRAVE Books is a Christian children’s publisher founded by Trent Talbot in 2021. Its books are designed for readers ages four to twelve and reinforce biblically based values through stories families can read together. The company has expanded beyond individual titles into a monthly book club, streaming content, and other family resources.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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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.
Turner Publishing Company
Nashville, TN
Turner Publishing Company is an independent, traditional publisher headquartered in Nashville and operating since 1984. Its catalog exceeds 6,000 titles across fiction and nonfiction, including mysteries, literary fiction, history, children’s books, business, and wellness. Turner manages acquisition, editorial development, design, marketing, sales, warehousing, and distribution within an integrated publishing operation.
Tyndale House Ministries
Carol Stream, IL
Tyndale House Publishers is one of the world’s largest independently owned Christian publishers, based in Carol Stream, Illinois. For more than 60 years Tyndale has published Bibles and books in English and Spanish—nonfiction, fiction, and children’s titles—with a mission to make Scripture available in language people can understand.
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W. W. Norton & Company
500 Fifth Avenue · New York NY 10110
Independent since 1923, W. W. Norton & Company is the world’s oldest and largest employee-owned book publisher. Norton publishes trade, college, professional, and educational books intended to educate and inspire, with lists spanning fiction, nonfiction, poetry, textbooks, reference, and literary anthologies.
Wiley
111 River Street · Hoboken NJ 07030
Wiley is a global research and learning publisher with a 200-year legacy. Its journals, books, platforms, and educational resources help researchers, educators, and professionals turn knowledge into practical impact. The publicly traded company combines publishing expertise with data and technology, supporting scientific discovery, professional development, and learning around the world.
Word on Fire
Elk Grove Village, IL
Word on Fire Publishing produces Catholic books intended to engage contemporary culture through beauty, goodness, and truth. Its program includes accessible works for general readers, illustrated faith-centered books for children, peer-reviewed scholarship in theology and related fields, and literary fiction, memoir, poetry, and short stories exploring a Catholic vision of life.