They have excellent distribution in Australia. This is the only way to submit to Macmillan directly. They are the Australian imprint of Macmillan, one of the big five publishers. Pan Macmillan Australia is open to direct submissions. They also add that “We will consider almost any well-written work by an author who understands promotion.” They focus on publishing art/architecture books, cooking/cookbooks, motivational, popular history (especially Louisiana/regional), children’s books (illustrated and otherwise), and social commentary. They publish between 40 to 70 new titles yearly. They have a back list of over 2,500 titles. They have been around for the a long time and they published William Faulkner’s first trade paperback book. Pelican Publishing Company is a publisher based out of New Orleans. They have published a number of bestsellers, including a board book version of Pride & Prejudice. Gibbs Smith is an established publisher with good distribution and a focus on cook books, interior design and architecture books, and board books for children. They publish nonfiction for adults, and fiction and nonfiction for children. ![]() They favor Irish voices, but are open to international submissions. The O’Brien Press is an established and respected publisher that is based in Ireland. Their books have won a wide variety of awards, all of them are listed here. They have good regional distribution in the Midwest and ok distribution in North America. Sleeping Bear Press is a well regarded publisher of board books, picture books, middle grade readers, and young adult fiction. It is a good idea to go through their catalog before submitting to see if your work is a good fit for their press. ![]() They focus on publishing nonfiction books aimed at niche markets. Ulysses Press is an independent publisher that has been around for almost a decade. They accept based on pitches, and have a system known as the “Friday Pitch” which ensures that at least one editor reviews each unsolicited pitch. They have won a number of Australian publisher awards. They have published many award winning and nominated books, as well as a number of very well known and respected authors.Īllen & Unwin is a large independent Australian Press that is open to submissions on a wide range of topics. They publish hardcover literary fiction and nonfiction for children and teenagers (and discerning adults). that was founded in 1996 and as of 2019 they parted ways with Scholastic and since 2019 they have been Lavine Querido. Levine Books was an imprint of Scholastic Inc. You can get a feel for what they publish here. All of the work is clean, free of excessive violence. Future House focuses on publishing “adult science fiction and fantasy, as well as middle grade adventure books that embrace community, liberty, and family”. They do seem to make exceptions, but for the most part they are not interested in matching illustrators with authors.įuture House Publishing is an imprint of Familius press, which in turn is an imprint of Workman. Nobrow Press and Flying Eye are both different from what we normally review because they are looking for either an author/illustrator or an already formed author-illustrator pair with a book to pitch. Flying Eye publishes both fiction and nonfiction picture books. Nobrow Press is a respected publisher of graphic novels and Flying Eye is their children’s book imprint. Page Street Publishing has also started to focus on publishing children’s and young adult books. They are distributed through Macmillan in every country but Canada (where they have a different distributor). Most of them have an important visual component. Page Street Publishing is a publisher of full color, mostly hardcover, gift books, cookbooks, and craft-books. None of the publishers we review require agents or previous publications. The publishers are listed in no particular order. However, if you click on the heading with their name you will be able to read the full review of the company or access the company webpage. In fact more than usual are closed to submissions because of COVID-19 this year, but many do plan to reopen in the fall.įor this article, we have written a brief review of every publisher, focusing on the essentials. The majority are currently open to submissions, but not all of them are. A number of these publishers are large and established. ![]() Some are looking for educational work, others are open to anything. Some just publish picture books, some publish only middle-grade fiction, and some publish a wide variety of genres aimed at adults as well. All of the publishers on this list publish children’s books.
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