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 and non-fiction. They publish mainly in print but have electronic options as well. They are a major independent publishing house that has a number of imprints. They publish everything from mystery to self help books.
They have published a number of well-known authors and bestselling books. They have good distribution. Their website is easy to navigate and well designed.
They added a current acquisitions wish-list a few years back. This is the current wish-list as of summer 2025:
Non-fiction:
- History
- Current events
- Business/Economics
- Psychology
- Science/Medicine
Fiction:
- Contemporary Romance
- Upmarket
- Romantasy
- Fantasy
- Sci-fi
- Dystopian
- Thriller
- Horror
All submissions must be made through email. They are open to agented or unagented submissions. They will contact you if they are interested, otherwise do not expect to hear from them. Unfortunately, they do not have any information around average turnaround time, but they allow simultaneous submissions.
To learn more about them I really encourage you to browse their catalog.
You can see their submission guidelines here.
