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Best Book Publishing Companies in San Francisco
A comprehensive directory of the best publishers in 2023, vetted by the team at Reedsy. Showing 13 publishers.
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We hope this directory will help you find the right publisher for your book. To get the most out of it, make sure to:
- Research the publisher;
- Study their submission guidelines; and
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Montag Press
Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Short Story
Location - San Francisco, US
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Website - https://www.montagpress.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
💥 Hit titles
5 Clones
Edward Bonilla
Anarchy and Other Lies
Jesse McKinnell
M Against M
Declan Tan
Counterpoint Press
Politics, History, Biographies & Memoirs, Religion & Spirituality, Narrative Nonfiction, Literary Fiction, Comics & Graphic Novels, Diverse Literature, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
Location - San Francisco, US
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks, Audiobooks
Diversity - Diverse Literature
Website - https://www.counterpointpress.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
💥 Hit titles
A Kind of Freedom
Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
None But The Righteous
Chantal James
Colorful
Eto Mori
McSweeney's Books
Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Humor, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
Location - San Francisco, US
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Submission format - Manuscript entries - Submit here
Website - https://store.mcsweeneys.net/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
Indelible in the Hippocampus
Shelly Oria
Of Color
Jaswinder Bolina
The Fire In His Wake
Spencer Wolff
Chronicle Books
Picture Book, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Cookbook, Photography, Art, DIY, Architecture, Self-Help, Health & Wellbeing, Travel, Humor, Diverse Literature, Children's, Nonfiction
Location - San Francisco, US
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books
Diversity - Diverse Literature
Submission format - Manuscript entries & book proposals - Submit here
Website - https://www.chroniclebooks.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
From Crook to Cook
Snoop Dogg
Dolly Parton, Songteller
Dolly Parton & Robert K. Oermann
Men to Avoid in Art and Life
Nicole Tersigni
Stone Pier Press
Cookbook, Environmental, DIY, Nonfiction, Children's
Location - San Francisco, US
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books
Submission format - Book proposals - Submit here
Website - https://stonepierpress.org/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
Growing Good Food: A Citizen's Guide to Climate Victory Gardening
Acadia Tucker
Growing Perennial Foods
Acadia Tucker
Gwen the Rescue Hen
Leslie Crawford
City Lights Publishers
Biographies & Memoirs, Literary Fiction, LGBTQ+, Politics, Women's Fiction, Travel, African-American, Diverse Literature, BIPOC, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Short Story
Location - San Francisco, US
Size - Small press
Formats - , Physical Books, Ebooks
Diversity - Diverse Literature, BIPOC
Submission format - Manuscript entries -
Website - http://www.citylights.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
💥 Hit titles
Howl and Other Poems
Allen Ginsberg
Dispatches from the Race War
Tim Wise
Danger and Beauty
Jessica Hagedorn
Stanford University Press
Business, History, Jewish Literature, Law, Politics, Religion & Spirituality, Academic, Nonfiction
Location - San Francisco, US
Size - University press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Submission format - Book proposals - Submit here
Website - https://www.sup.org/
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
Guns, Guerillas, and the Great Leader
Benjamin R. Young
Changing on the Job
Jennifer Garvey Berger
The Lives and Deaths of Shelter Animals
Katja M. Guenther
Shalako Press
Westerns, Fiction
Location - San Francisco, US
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Website - http://shalakopress.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
💥 Hit titles
Cattle, Cards, Barbed Wire & Gold
Wiley Joiner
Mokelumne Gold
Major L. Mitchell
California Ranger
Michael G. Lynch
Tachyon Publications
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery & Crime, Biographies & Memoirs, Young Adult, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Short Story, Children's, Novella
Location - San Francisco, US
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Website - https://tachyonpublications.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
💥 Hit titles
The Midnight Circus
Jane Yolen
The Emperor's Soul
Brandon Sanderson
The Freeze-Frame Revolution
Peter Watts
Carnation Books
Romance, Historical Fiction, LGBTQ+, Diverse Literature, Fiction, Novella
Location - San Francisco, US
Size - Small press
Formats - Ebooks
Diversity - Diverse Literature
Submission format - Manuscript entries - Submit here
Website - http://carnationbooks.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
Alien Eyes
Storm Caywood
Dreams and Machines
Berlynn Wohl
Everywhere With You
Clara W. Barrow
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