Looking For A Publisher?
I have scoured the Internet to bring you what I feel is a quality list of publishers for those of you who are ready, or near-ready to submit and have your manuscript published. I have omitted those who are either out of business or no longer taking submissions. None of these will charge you a penny to have your book put to print.
Black and White Publishing
What they publish:
commercial women’s fiction (chick lit, saga, romance)
crime and psychological thriller
children’s fiction and Young Adult
celebrity memoirs
sport (UK and Ireland in particular)
humor, gift, and activity books
food and drink
https://blackandwhitepublishing.com/pages/submissions
Chicago Review Press
They are interested in publishing high-quality nonfiction that will sell year after year. They look for books with a well-defined, passionate target audience.
https://www.chicagoreviewpress.com/information-for-authors--amp--agents-pages-100.php
Chronicle Books
Chronicle Books publishes an eclectic mixture of traditional and innovative children’s books. We are looking for projects that have a unique bent—be it in subject matter, writing style, or illustrative technique—and that will lend our list a distinctive flair. We are interested in fiction and nonfiction books for children of all ages, as well as board books, decks, activity kits, and other unusual or “novelty” formats.
On the Adult Trade side, we publish a wide range of books, stationery, kits, calendars, and novelty formats. Our list includes cookbooks, fine art, design, photography, pop culture, craft, fashion, beauty, home décor, relationships, lifestyle, and innovative formats such as interactive journals, kits, decks, stationery, and much more.
https://www.chroniclebooks.com/pages/submissions
DAW Publishing
They have been around forever. They are exclusive to the science fiction/fantasy genre.
https://submit.dawbooks.com/submit
Felony and Mayhem Press
They publish mystery fiction for adults.
https://felonyandmayhem.com/pages/submissions
Quirk Books
They are always on the lookout for strikingly unconventional manuscripts and book proposals. A well-written novel with an off-the-wall editorial premise? That’s Quirk. A playful cookbook or craft book with cool photography or crazy illustrations? That’s Quirk, too. They publish across a broad range of categories—always with the goal of delivering innovative books to discerning readers.
Put more simply, they publish books that are smart, original, cool, and fun.
https://www.quirkbooks.com/page/submissions#
Source Books – Casablanca Imprints
They are actively acquiring agented and unagented Romance fiction for their Casablanca imprint. They are looking for strong writers who are excited about marketing their books and building their community of readers, and whose books have something fresh to offer in the genre of Romance.
https://www.sourcebooks.com/sourcebooks-casablanca-submissions.html
Erewhon Books
Relatively new (started in 2018), they appear to have a lot to offer. Sadly, they have not been taking new submissions since 2019 other than to Black writer’s as it states on their webpage, but I put this here as a reminder to you, that they do offer updates on their website and appear upbeat and positive.
They are primarily considering novel-length works in any speculative fiction genre including science fiction, fantasy, horror, and other sub-genres, but we’re also open to other works of interest to the community of science fiction/fantasy readers.
https://www.erewhonbooks.com/submissions/
Also, in my book, Creative Writing, I give a list of other publishers and where to find their guidelines. You can find that here:
https://theprose.com/post/229114/creative-writing-phase-fourteen
If you found this interesting and/or helpful, I can continue this at a future date.