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Best Book Publishing Companies in Chicago

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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

Tyndale House

Genres: Christian, Nonfiction, Fiction, and Children's

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

Kazi Publications

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

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

Cozy Cat Press

Genres: Mystery & Crime and Fiction

Location: Chicago, US

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

Accepts unagented submissions

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Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Dead Dummy

Douglas Riley & Sheryl Riley

Shepherd by the Sea

Glen Ebisch

Memories of Malice

R.J. Rein

University of Illinois Press

Genres: African-American, Jewish Literature, Architecture, Art, Business, Environmental, History, Humor, Law, Math & Science, Photography, Religion & Spirituality, Sports & Outdoors, Diverse Literature, BIPOC, and Nonfiction

Location: Chicago, US

Website: https://www.press.uillinois.edu

Diversity: Diverse Literature, BIPOC

Accepts unagented submissions

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University press

💥 Hit titles
The Revolt of the Black Athlete

Harry Edwards

Illegal

José Ángel N

Dockworker Power

Peter Cole

Third World Press Foundation

Genres: Screenplays, Young Adult, African-American, Middle Grade, Education & Reference, History, Politics, Urban Fiction, Academic, Biographies & Memoirs, Diverse Literature, BIPOC, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Children's

Location: Chicago, US

Website: https://thirdworldpressfoundation.org/

Diversity: Diverse Literature, BIPOC

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Taught by Women

Haki Madhubuti

Harlem Renaissance Redux

Herb Boyd

Aloneness

Gwendolyn Brooks

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

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

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