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Immedium: Now Accepting Book Submissions

Updated February 2025: While still technically open to submissions, they have not published a new book in over two years. Immedium was founded in 2004 and is led by experienced professionals, who have written critically acclaimed books, marketed print and digital media, and sold #1 nationwide best-sellers. Aquanauts, a series of books they published, was turned…
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Gibbs Smith: Now Accepting Book Submissions

Updated February 2026 Gibbs Smith is an established publisher with good distribution. They are open to submissions of nonfiction related to interior design, architecture, children’s, and cookbooks. They also accept submissions in the following subjects: arts and crafts, western humor with general appeal, general humor, and gift books. They also consider: children’s activity books, board books, and picture books. They have published…
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Douglas & McIntyre: Now Accepting Book Manuscript Submissions

Douglas & McIntyre is one of Canada’s pre-eminent independent publishers, with books that have won many national and international awards, including the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Governor General’s Literary Award. They filed for bankruptcy a number of years ago. Harbour Publishing purchased Douglas & McIntyre at that point. They specialize in publishing respected nonfiction and…
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The Quarto Publishing Group: Now Accepting Book Proposals

The Quarto Publishing Group is an international publishing house known for its illustrated books. They publish most of their work through a number of niche imprints each with their own focus. All of their US imprints are distributed by Hachette. Their imprints are all nonfiction. They publish a lot of cookbooks and gift books. They…
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North Atlantic Books: Now Seeking Nonfiction Book Proposals

North Atlantic Books is a publisher located in California. They have been publishing books since the 70s. They started out rather small and independent but now they are much larger and have excellent distribution through Penguin/Random House. Over the decades they have focused on publishing a diverse range of books in the areas of alternative…
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City Lights Books: Accepting Proposals

Updated March 31st 2022: They have indefinitely closed to unsolicited submissions. “City Lights Books is an independent publisher of fiction, essays, memoirs, translations, poetry, and books on social and political issues. We do not publish New Age, self-help, children’s literature, how-to guides, or genre works such as romance, westerns, or science fiction.” City Lights Books…
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Black Lyon Publishing: Accepting Book Manuscripts

Black Lyon Publishing is a small but established publisher of out of Oregon. They started out publishing Romance, and then expanded into nonfiction. Currently they are only accepting submissions of Thrillers as well as a variety of non-fiction. I am not a huge fan of the covers or of the design of the website, but…
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Diversion Books: Now Accepting Book Submissions

UPDATED April 16 2021: Writer’s Beware has additional details in depth and substantiated about the issue. There is a later update on the post that makes it clear some authors received payment but it’s not clear if the issue was fully resolved. UPDATED April 11 2021: International Thriller Writers has suspended Diversion from its list…
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Sterling Publishing: Now Accepting Book Submissions

UPDATED January 10th, 2021, they rebranded as Union Square Press and are no longer open to general submissions Sterling Publishing is owned by Barnes and Noble. They put it for sale a couple of years ago, but then after a period of time pulled it from the market. During this whole period Sterling has continued…
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Kensington Book Publishing: Now Accepting Book Queries

This large independent publisher is based out of New York. They publish a wide variety of mainstream fiction and nonfiction books, with a particular focus on romance. They publish an average of 600 books a year, so they accept a lot more submissions than most independent publishers. They are distributed through Penguin Random House. To…
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Free Spirit Publishing: Now Accepting Submissions

Updated March 2025 Free Spirit Publishing is an established publisher with good distribution that is part of the larger company Teacher Created Materials. They publish primarily non-fiction, mostly curriculum based, where they have a number of niche focuses. They also have a new imprint called Shell Materials which focuses on material for educators. They do…
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Turner Publishing Company: Now Seeking Submissions

Updated August 13th, 2025: Please note that the vanity press Turner Book Writers is in not linked to Turner Publishing and Turner Publishing has added a note about this to their about page and their submissions page, so they are aware of the situation. Turner publishes books in a wide range of categories and formats—fiction…
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Chicago Review Press: Now Seeking Book Submissions

Last Updated October 2023 Chicago Review Press was founded over 40 years ago. They are an established independent publisher of literary fiction, non-fiction and memoir. They also publish books for children (but not picture books). They are only open to non-fiction in terms of  unsolicited submissions. They were founded by Curt Matthews and his wife,…
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Charlesbridge Publishing: Now Seeking Submissions

March 3rd, 2026: They are currently paused to submissions for the first time since we reviewed them almost a decade ago. They plan to share an update in Spring 2026. Charlesbridge publishes high quality books for children and young adults with the goal of creating lifelong readers and lifelong learners. In 2010 Charlesbridge acquired Imagine…
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Quirk Books: Now Seeking Book Manuscripts

This Philadelphia based press publishes just 25 books a year in a whole range of genres, from children’s books to nonfiction to science fiction. Unlike most publishers that tackle a large range of topics, Quirk books has a clear marketing plan and to a certain degree their books have a cohesive feel, because they all…
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