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Best Book Publishing Companies in Chicago

Showing 19 publishers that match your search.

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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

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

Featherproof Books

Genres: Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Fiction, and Nonfiction

Location: Chicago, US

Website: http://www.featherproof.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 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

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

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

Loyola Press

Genres: Catholic and Nonfiction

Location: Chicago, US

Website: https://www.loyolapress.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Queries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
An Invitation to Love

William A. Barry

Sharing the Wisdom of Time

Pope Francis

The Catechist's Backpack

Julianne Stanz & Joe Paprocki

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

Albert Whitman & Company

Genres: Picture Book, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Fantasy, Art, History, Historical Fiction, Environmental, Math & Science, Action & Adventure, Humor, Science Fiction, Diverse Literature, Children's, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Novella

Location: Chicago, US

Website: https://www.albertwhitman.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries & book proposals - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
The Boxcar Children

Gertrude Chandler Warner

Dust of Eden

Mariko Nagai

We Want to Go to School!

Maryann Cocca-Leffler & Janine Leffler

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, and Poetry

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

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