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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.

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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