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Bloomsbury Publishing
Traditional · United Kingdom · est. 1986
Also traded as Bloomsbury
Recommended
Verified track record, transparent terms, consistently positive author reports.
No author fees
1 documented item0 reviews
Chronicle Books
Traditional · United States · est. 1967
Recommended
Verified track record, transparent terms, consistently positive author reports.
No author fees
1 documented item0 reviews
EverCrest Publishing
Hybrid · United States · est. 2025
Also traded as EverCrest Publishing
Recommended
Verified track record, transparent terms, consistently positive author reports.
0 documented items0 reviews
Hachette Book Group
Traditional · United States · est. 1826
Also traded as HBG, Hachette
Recommended
Verified track record, transparent terms, consistently positive author reports.
No author fees
1 documented item0 reviews
HarperCollins Publishers
Traditional · United States · est. 1817
Also traded as HarperCollins, Harper & Row
Recommended
Verified track record, transparent terms, consistently positive author reports.
No author fees
1 documented item0 reviews
IngramSpark
Distributor · United States · est. 2013
Also traded as Ingram Content Group
Recommended
Verified track record, transparent terms, consistently positive author reports.
1 documented item0 reviews
Macmillan Publishers
Traditional · United States · est. 1843
Also traded as Macmillan
Recommended
Verified track record, transparent terms, consistently positive author reports.
No author fees
1 documented item0 reviews
Oxford University Press
Traditional · United Kingdom · est. 1586
Also traded as OUP
Recommended
Verified track record, transparent terms, consistently positive author reports.
No author fees
1 documented item0 reviews
Penguin Random House
Traditional · United States · est. 1927
Also traded as PRH, Random House, Penguin Group
Recommended
Verified track record, transparent terms, consistently positive author reports.
No author fees
1 documented item0 reviews
Reedsy
Service provider · United Kingdom · est. 2014
Recommended
Verified track record, transparent terms, consistently positive author reports.
1 documented item0 reviews
Scholastic
Traditional · United States · est. 1920
Also traded as Scholastic Inc.
Recommended
Verified track record, transparent terms, consistently positive author reports.
No author fees
1 documented item0 reviews
Simon & Schuster
Traditional · United States · est. 1924
Also traded as S&S
Recommended
Verified track record, transparent terms, consistently positive author reports.
No author fees
1 documented item0 reviews
Sourcebooks
Traditional · United States · est. 1987
Also traded as Sourcebooks Inc.
Recommended
Verified track record, transparent terms, consistently positive author reports.
No author fees
1 documented item0 reviews
Tor Books
Traditional · United States · est. 1980
Also traded as Tor, Tor-Forge
Recommended
Verified track record, transparent terms, consistently positive author reports.
No author fees
1 documented item0 reviews
W. W. Norton & Company
Traditional · United States · est. 1923
Also traded as Norton, W.W. Norton
Recommended
Verified track record, transparent terms, consistently positive author reports.
No author fees
1 documented item0 reviews