Format: eBook
Genre: Southwest, Romance, Fiction
Formats: eBooks, Paperback
Genre: Romance, Erotica
Imprints: Blank Slate Press – Historical, Crime, Contemporary, Mystery, Thriller, Literary
Walrus Publishing – SciFi, Romance, Regional, Humor
Treehouse Publishing Group – Picture Books, Middle Grade, and Young Adult, Non-fiction
Acquired Goldminds Publishing
Genre: Literary, Romance, Historical, Sci Fi, LGBTQ, Mystery, Thriller
Genre: Romance, Heat Levels
MyRomanceStory.com
Award-winning, independent publisher
Format: eBooks, Audio
Genre: Young Adult, History, Romance, Mystery, Horror, Comedy
Out of print books
Formats: eBooks
Genre: Women’s Fiction, Mystery, Contemporary, Historical, Regency, Young Adult, Paranormal, Romance
Imprint: Bell Bridge Books, ImaJinn Books
70 – 80 titles per year
Format: eBook, Print
Genre: Mystery, Suspense, Fantasy, Sci Fi, Young Adult, Romance, Southern, General Fiction, Women’s Fiction, Literary
Afrikan writers.
Format: eBook, Paperback
Genre: Afrikan stories
Format: Electronic
Genre: Romance, Contemporary, Paranormal, Historical,. Inspirational, Adventure, Literary, Novellas
Genre: Fiction, Mystery, Romance
Genre: Erotica, Sweet, Romance, Suspense, Supernatural, Thrillers, Contemporary, Action
Bloomsbury
A leading independent publisher
Imprints: Bloomsbury Academic and Professional, Bloomsbury Spark, Bloomsbury Information, Bloomsbury Adult Publishing and Bloomsbury Children’s Publishing.
Genre: Adult Fiction, Young Adult
Small, traditional, independent press
Formats: Print, eBook
Imprint: Blue Crow Books – adult Fiction
Goldenjay Books – Young Adult
Snowraven Books – Adult Non-fiction
Formats: eBooks, Print
Genre: Contemporary, Romance, Historical, Sci Fi, Fantasy, LGBT, Christian
Genre: LGBTQ, Romance, Mystery, Intrigue, Crime, Erotica, Speculative, Sci Fi, Fantasy, Horror, General Fiction, Young Adult
Formats: Print, Digital, Audio
Formats: eBooks
Genre: Romance, Historical. New Adult. Fantasy, Erotica. Dystopian, Paranormal,. Suspense, Thriller. Urban Fantasy, Young Adult, LGBTQ, Novellas, Short Stories
Format: Print-on-demand
Genre: Contemporary, Romance, Heat Levels
Independent small press
Genre: Vampire, Folklore, Romance
Format: eBooks
Genre: Wholesome, Inspirational, Romance, Northern, Suspense, Mystery, Southern
Independent publisher
Format: eBooks
Genre: LGBTQ, Romance, Fantasy, Fandom
Genre: Romance, Contemporary, Erotic, Suspense, Fantasy and Historical
25,000 to 80,000 words
Formats: eBooks, Paperback
Genre: Romance, Dark Fantasy, Action Adventure, Contemporary, Paranormal, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Fetish, LGBTQ, Futuristic, Heat Levels
Imprint: Ruby Fiction
Formats: eBooks, Print
Genre: Fantasy, Contemporary, Thriller, Fantasy, Historical, Chick-lit, Mystery
Formerly, Astraea Press
Formats:
Genre: Romance, Young Adult, New Adult, Drama
Format: eBooks, Print
Genre: Sensual, Erotica, Romance
10,000 to 100,000 words
Genre: General Fiction, Romance, Young Adult, Post-apocalyptic, New Adult, Sci Fi, Thriller, Zombies
Genre: Romance, Short Stories, Heat Level
Tropes
Independent publisher
Format: Print on Demand, eBooks
Genre: Young Adult. Mystery, Sci Fi, Fantasy, Short Stories
Imprint: eXtasy
Format: Digital, Audiobook
Genre: Heat Level, Romance, Steamy, Sweet
Dreamspinner Press – Gay Romance
Harmony Ink Press – LGBTQ+ Teen and New Adult
DSP Publications – Genre Fiction
Genre: Romance, Mystery, Young Adult, LGBTQ, Contemporary
Small press
Formats: eBooks, Print on Demand
Genre: Romance
Independent publisher
Genre: Mystery, Romance, Sci Fi, Fantasy, History
Format: ePublishing
Genre: Romance, Sensual, Light, Heat Levels, Contemporary, Dark
Imprint: Devine Destinies – sub genres
Formats: eBooks, Audiobooks
Genre: Erotica
12,000 to 100,000 words
Imprint: Grand Central Publishing, Hachette Book Group, Forever
Formats: eBooks, Print on Demand
Genre: Romance, Cowboy, Contemporary, Suspense, Historical, Diverse, Paranormal
No Young Adult, Fantasy, Mystery, General Fiction
Genre: Speculative Fiction, Sci Fi, Fantasy, Horror, Post-apocalyptic, Superhero, Mystery, Thriller, Romance, True Crime
Imprints: Formerly Warner Books, then Time Warner Book Group. Now, Hachette Livre, Hachette Book Group USA
Nicholas Sparks, James Patterson, Sandra Brown and David Baldacci are New York Times bestselling authors
Genre: Commercial, Romance, Adventure, Women’s Fiction
New authors.
Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, eBook, Audiobook
Genre: Romance, Sci Fi, Fantasy
Genre: Spicy
Genre: Romance
Specifics: Unlikely heroes
Formats: eBook
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Suspense
Imprint: 24 imprints
Genre: Fiction, Romance, Christian
Specifics: Mid-list books that cross boundaries
America’s independent publisher
500 books annually
Imprints: Citadel Press, Dafina Books, Zebra Books, Pinnacle Books, Brava, Aphrodisia, K-Teen
Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, eBooks
Genre: Women’s Fiction, African-American, Multicultural Young Adult, Western, Mystery, Romance
Independent publisher
Formats: eBooks, Print
Genre: Paranormal, Romance, Urban Fantasy, Cross-Genre
Specifics: Diverse heroines, Alpha heroes, Exceptional characterization
Formats: eBook, Print
Genre: Romance, Novellas
Specifics: Outstanding plots, Narrative and descriptive language. No erotica.
Small publisher
Genre: Suspense, Dramas, Comedies, Epic, Romance, Thrillers
MB Publishing, LLC
Genre: Young Adult
Formats: eBook, Print on Demand
Genre: Romance, Sweet, Sensual, Erotica, Western, Sci Fi, Horror, Contemporary, Chic-lit, Men’s, Women’s Fiction, Action-adventure, Speculative, Drama, LGBT, Urban Fantasy, Paranormal, Young Adult
Mills & Boon
Genre: GT Romance, Erotica
Mocha Memoirs
Genres: Sci Fi, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Steampunk, Cyberpunk, Diesel, Punk, Alternate History, Westerns, and Mash-ups.
Moonshine Cove Publishing
Formats: eBook, Print
Genre: Adventure, Action, Historical, Mystery, Suspense, Sci-Fi, Thriller, True Crime, Legal
New Concepts Publications
Formats: eBooks, Print
Genre: Romantic, Sci-fi, Futuristic, Historical, Contemporary, Paranormal, Short Stories
Formats: ePublisher
Genre: Romance, Erotica, LGBTQA+
Independent publisher of 300 books
Genre: Occasionally publish Romances, Westerns, Children’s, Young Adult
Imprints: Abrams, Black & Ruth, Cameron, Booth-Clibborn, Cameron Kids, Getty, Alain Ducasse. Lucky Spool, Ludion, Tate, Veendome, Museum of Modern Art. V&A, Obvious State
100 books per year
Formats: Hardcover, Paperback
Genre: Romance, History, Biography, Drama
Independent publisher
Imprints: Cup of Tea, Pagespring, Lucy Marble
Genre: Romance, Women’s Fiction, Young Adult
Imprints: Harbourlight Books, White Rose, Pure Amore, Watershed, Prism
Formats: eBooks
Genre: Romance, Holiday, Christian
Independent publisher
Imprint: Agora
Formats: Print, eBook
Genre: Fiction, Romance, Horror, Fantasy, Mystery
Independent publisher
Genre: Fiction and Non-fiction
Genre: Young Adult, New Adult, Romance
Genre: LGBTQ, Romance, Erotica
Indie publisher
Genre: Adult Fiction, Fantasy, Romance, and Sci Fi
Formats: eBook and Print
Genre: Romance, Fiction
Traditional publisher
Genre: Southern, Fiction, Non-fiction
Genre: Fiction and Non-fiction, Science, Medical
Genre: Library copies and large-print editions, Romance, Out of Print
Small independent publisher
Genre: American Western, Historic, Contemporary
Formats: eBooks, Print
Genre: Romance, Erotica
Specifics: Happily Ever After. Romance is 70% of the plot. No characters under 20 years old
Soul Mate Publishing
Formats: Electronic, Paperback
Genre: Romance
Imprint: Casablanca – 85,000 to 100,000 words
Genre: Young Adult, Commercial, Literary, Romance
Southern Yellow Pine Publishing
Southern Authors
Imprint: SYPm Kids
Independent publisher
Genre: Young Adult and Adult Contemporary, Romance
Specifics: No Urban Fantasy or Paranormal. Prefer series.
Imprints: Gale
Formats: Print and hardback editions, Libraries
Genre: Fiction, Christian
Imprint: City Nights/Knights
Formats: eBooks
Genre: Thriller, Sci-fi, Mystery, Fantasy, HEA, HFN
Small publisher
Genre: Fiction, Short Stories
Imprint: Pride Publishing, Totally Entwined Group
Genre: Romance, Erotica, Sweet
Totally Entwined
Genre: Romantica
Touchpoint Press
Imprints: Touchpoint Faith, Touchpoint Romance, Red Writing Hood Ink
Formats: Digital, Print, Fiction and Non-fiction
Genres: Romance, Christian
Formats: eBook, Print
Genre: Horror, Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Western, Zombie, LGBT
Imprint: Muse, Southern Born, Montana Born, Texas Born, Eros, Holiday, American Heart
Genre: Southern Women’s Fiction, Romance, Commercial, Cozy, Mystery
Genre: Romance, Regency
Small, traditional publisher
Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery, Romance
Formats: Paperback, eBooks, Audio
Genre: Young Adult, Historical, Family, Southern Fiction, Mystery, Fantasy, Literary, Inspirational
Independent publisher
Genre: Young Adult, Romance
Family-owned, 12 – 15 per year
Genre: Literary, Romance, Fantasy
Formats: Electronic, Print
Genre: Sweet, Erotica, Romance, Mainstream, Women’s Fiction
Indie publisher
Genre: Romance, Thrillers, Mystery, History, Sci Fi, Fantasy, True Crime
Small independent press.
Imprint: Freya’s Bower
Genre: Romance, Erotica
Formats: eBooks, Audio
Genre: Mainstream Fiction, General, Romance
Imprint: eXtasy Books
Formats: Paperback, eBooks
Genre: Romance
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