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Best Book Publishing Companies in Chicago

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Dramatic Publishing Company

Genres: Screenplays and Fiction

Location: Chicago, US

Website: https://www.dramaticpublishing.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
The Night Witches

Rachel Bublitz

A Tale of Two Spectators

Peter Manos

Christmas, Virtually

Flip Kobler & Cindy Marcus

ABA Books

Genres: Law and Nonfiction

Part of: The American Bar Association > ABA Books

Location: Chicago, US

Website: https://www.americanbar.org/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
The Federal Information Manual

P. Stephen Gidiere III

Zero Tolerance

Gregory S Chiarello et al

Criminal Law Forms

Kenneth A. Vercammen

Cozy Cat Press

Genres: Mystery & Crime and Fiction

Location: Chicago, US

Website: https://www.cozycatpress.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Dead Dummy

Douglas Riley & Sheryl Riley

Shepherd by the Sea

Glen Ebisch

Memories of Malice

R.J. Rein

Inter-Varsity Press

Genres: Christian, Academic, and Nonfiction

Location: Chicago, US

Website: https://ivpbooks.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Book proposals - View guidelines →

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
The Cross of Christ

John Stott

Meeting God

J.I. Packer

The Faithful Creator

Ron Highfield

Journalstone

Genres: Horror and Fiction

Location: Chicago, US

Website: https://journalstone.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
A Still and Awful Red

Michael Howarth

Blue Hell

Greg Gifune & Sandy DeLuca

The Circle

Bentley Little

Tyndale House

Genres: Christian, Nonfiction, and Fiction

Location: Chicago, US

Website: https://www.tyndale.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Indie publisher

Mid size

💥 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

Moody Publishers

Genres: Christian, Religion & Spirituality, Diverse Literature, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Children's

Location: Chicago, US

Website: https://www.moodypublishers.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
The Five Love Languages

Gary Chapman

Jack vs. the Tornado

Amanda Cleary Eastep

Prevailing Prayer

Dwight L. Moody

Kazi Publications

Genres: Islam, Art, Architecture, Biographies & Memoirs, Environmental, History, Religion & Spirituality, and Nonfiction

Location: Chicago, US

Website: https://www.kazi.org/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
What Everyone Should Know About Islam and Muslims

Suzanne Haneef

Guide to Goodness

Dala'il al-Khayrat

Concordance of The Sublime Quran

Laleh Bakhtiar

Agate Surrey

Genres: Cookbook, Health & Wellbeing, and Nonfiction

Part of: Agate Publishing Group > Agate Surrey

Location: Chicago, US

Website: https://www.agatepublishing.com/imprints/agate-surrey

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Queries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Sourdough Culture

Eric Pallant

Fuel Your Body

Angie Asche

The Self-Care Cookbook

Frank Ardito

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