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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 16 publishers.
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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
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
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
Immedium
Picture Book, Diverse Literature, BIPOC, Children's
Location - San Francisco, US
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Diversity - Diverse Literature, BIPOC
Submission format - Book proposals - Submit here
Website - http://www.immedium.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
Sora and the Cloud
Felicia Hoshino
The Adventures of Wonderbaby
Oliver Chin
Year of the Dragon
Oliver Chin & Jennifer Wood
University of California Press
Academic, History, Education & Reference, Art, Environmental, Health & Wellbeing, Medical, Politics, Religion & Spirituality, Math & Science, Law, Nonfiction
Location - San Francisco, US
Size - University press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Website - https://www.ucpress.edu/
💥 Hit titles
The Scarcity Plot
Amanda L. Logan
Documenting Death
Adrienne E. Strong
Homegrown Hate
Sara Kamali
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
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