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Best Book Publishing Companies in Chicago
A comprehensive directory of the best publishers in 2023, vetted by the team at Reedsy. Showing 18 publishers.
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Chicago Review Press
Middle Grade, Young Adult, African-American, Biographies & Memoirs, DIY, History, Politics, Sports & Outdoors, True Crime, Feminism, Education & Reference, Self-Help, Diverse Literature, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, Children's, Nonfiction
Location - Chicago, US
Size - Mid size
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Diversity - Diverse Literature, LGBTQ, BIPOC
Submission format - Book proposals - Submit here
Website - https://www.chicagoreviewpress.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
Abe & Fido
Matthew Algeo
Absinthe & Flamethrowers
William Gurstelle
The Admiral and the Ambassador
Scott Martelle
Sourcebooks Fire
Young Adult, Fantasy, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Diverse Literature, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, Children's, Fiction
Part of - Sourcebooks > Sourcebooks Fire
Location - Chicago, US
Size - Mid size
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks, Audiobooks
Diversity - Diverse Literature, LGBTQ, BIPOC
Submission format - Book proposals - Submit here
Website - https://www.sourcebooks.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
The Bone Witch
Rin Chupeco
The Dark Tide
Alicia Jasinska
It Came From the Sky
Chelsea Sedoti
ABA Books
Law, Nonfiction
Part of - The American Bar Association > ABA Books
Location - Chicago, US
Size - Mid size
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Website - https://www.americanbar.org/
💥 Hit titles
The Federal Information Manual
P. Stephen Gidiere III
Zero Tolerance
Gregory S Chiarello et al
Criminal Law Forms
Kenneth A. Vercammen
Dramatic Publishing Company
Screenplays, Fiction
Location - Chicago, US
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Submission format - Manuscript entries - Submit here
Website - https://www.dramaticpublishing.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
The Night Witches
Rachel Bublitz
A Tale of Two Spectators
Peter Manos
Christmas, Virtually
Flip Kobler & Cindy Marcus
Featherproof Books
Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Fiction, Nonfiction
Location - Chicago, US
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Website - http://www.featherproof.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
💥 Hit titles
I'm Fine, But You Appear To Be Sinking
Leyna Krow
History In One Act
William M. Arkin
Sunshine on an Open Tomb
Tim Kinsella
Moody Publishers
Christian, Religion & Spirituality, Diverse Literature, Fiction, Nonfiction, Children's
Location - Chicago, US
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Diversity - Diverse Literature
Website - https://www.moodypublishers.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
💥 Hit titles
The Five Love Languages
Gary Chapman
Jack vs. the Tornado
Amanda Cleary Eastep
Prevailing Prayer
Dwight L. Moody
Tyndale House
Christian, Nonfiction, Fiction, Children's
Location - Chicago, US
Size - Mid size
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks, Audiobooks
Website - https://www.tyndale.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
💥 Hit titles
Left Behind
Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins
A Lineage of Grace: Five Stories of Unlikely Women Who Changed Eternity
Francine Rivers
Your Brain is Always Listening
Daniel Amen
Journalstone
Horror, Fiction
Location - Chicago, US
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Submission format - Manuscript entries - Submit here
Website - https://journalstone.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
A Still and Awful Red
Michael Howarth
Blue Hell
Greg Gifune & Sandy DeLuca
The Circle
Bentley Little
Haymarket Press
Art, Biographies & Memoirs, Environmental, Feminism, History, Literary Fiction, Diverse Literature, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry
Location - Chicago, US
Size - Mid size
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Diversity - Diverse Literature, LGBTQ, BIPOC
Submission format - Book proposals - Submit here
Website - https://www.haymarketbooks.org/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
Flying Kites
Stranford Graphic Novel Project
Songlands
John Feffer
Smoking Lovely
Willie Perdomo
Third World Press Foundation
Screenplays, Young Adult, African-American, Middle Grade, Education & Reference, History, Politics, Urban Fiction, Academic, Biographies & Memoirs, Diverse Literature, BIPOC, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Children's
Location - Chicago, US
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books
Diversity - Diverse Literature, BIPOC
Submission format - Manuscript entries - Submit here
Website - https://thirdworldpressfoundation.org/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
Taught by Women
Haki Madhubuti
Harlem Renaissance Redux
Herb Boyd
Aloneness
Gwendolyn Brooks
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