Early Reviewers Publishers

Alcove Press is published by Crooked Lane Books, and focuses on upmarket book club fiction that explores family, friendship, and community.

Bellevue Literary Press is devoted to publishing literary fiction and nonfiction at the intersection of the arts and sciences because we believe that science and the humanities are natural companions for understanding the human experience. We feature exceptional literature that explores the nature of perception and the underpinnings of the social contract. With each book we publish, our goal is to foster a rich, interdisciplinary dialogue that will forge new tools for thinking and engaging with the world.

To us, books are more than just words on a page. A book is just like people, with a diverse selection of types, subjects, attitudes and opinions. We’ve been reading since we could remember, entertained as children, informed as young adults, and inspired even today. We love books, and always have. Despite having every form of electronic entertainment available today, we still read books avidly, as a comfort, a form of relaxation, and a way to learn more about the world around us.

Bigfoot Robot Books was formed out of that passion for the printed word. Like anybody, we all have stories to tell, and just as passionately, we want to read stories from others. That’s why we created this publishing house, to share the words that inspire us, that entertain us, and that make us smile, cringe or ponder.

Sharing the thoughts and creativity of people is at the heart of our mission statement, so beyond books we will offer other forms of entertainment, including an active Blog by authors, a selection of podcasts and other interesting and thought provoking content.

Our books will never fall into a single genre. We are open to a wide range of authors, subjects, genres and opinions. We can’t publish everything that is submitted, but we will always try to maintain diversity throughout our titles.

Broadleaf Books is the new adult nonfiction imprint of 1517 Media.

Our books inspire transformation in readers and their communities to foster a more open, just, and compassionate world.

Rooted in the progressive Christian tradition and reflecting the diversity of human creativity, we publish books that engage readers in fresh, substantive, timely, and inspiring reflection on what it is to live with meaning and connection.

We are committed to publishing authors who bring thoughtful perspective to explorations in religion, spirituality, social justice, culture, and personal growth with credibility and authenticity.

Coalesce Press is a publishing venture born from the passion and community-centered vision of Coalesce Bookstore (Established in 1973), founded by Janet Brown and Linna Thomas in Morro Bay, California. True to the word "coalesce"—which means to grow together and unite—the press extends the bookstore's original mission of creating an inclusive, welcoming space that connects people through literature, offering a platform for voices and stories that bring communities closer.

Crooked Lane Books was founded in 2014 to publish the highest quality crime fiction titles in both print and electronic editions. In 2020 we introduced a second line—Alcove Press—to publish upmarket book club fiction that explores family, friendship, and community.

Cynren Press is an independent publisher of nonfiction and poetry that illuminate overlooked histories, lived experience, and the complexities of being human. We publish books that challenge, connect, and endure.

We at Entrada want to make your "entrance" in the self-publishing world as successful as possible. Use some or all of our services, including Independent Book Reviews, Professional Editing Services and Marketing Professionals.

Espresso Publishing House is a boutique literary imprint dedicated to foreign-language fiction that merits an English-language life. We look for works that are legally available, commercially interesting, and — above all — genuinely worth reading: novels with literary ambition, historical depth, and the capacity to surprise readers who encounter them for the first time.

We do not republish existing translations. Each Espresso edition is a new translation made directly from the original-language source text, prepared specifically for a contemporary English-language audience. We care about the quality of the translation, the design of the book, and the framing that helps readers understand why they are holding something worth their time.

We are a small, indie publisher located in St. Paul, Minnesota.

"We edit, we layout books, we help authors publish."

Friesian Publishing champions bold, diverse stories in literary fiction and memoir. We believe in the transformative power of literature.

Friesian Publishing is a boutique literary press founded by award-winning novelist Andrew Chatora, whose work has become a vital contribution to contemporary African and diaspora literature. Rooted in Chatora's lifelong commitment to interrogating identity, race, migration, and the politics of belonging, the imprint exists to elevate writers whose stories disrupt the familiar and illuminate the overlooked.

Greystone Books is a trade book publisher that focuses on high-quality non-fiction books that appeal to regional, national, and international readers.

The company is a leading publisher of books about nature and the environment, travel and adventure, sports, social issues, science, and health, as well as books that are exceptional literary expressions of personal passions. Almost half of the books originated by Greystone sell overseas, and licensed editions are sold in more than fifteen countries. Digital editions of Greystone books are also available from all major e-book retailers.

Greystone publishes a wide range of thought-provoking and gifted Canadian and international authors, including David Suzuki, Candace Savage, Charlotte Gill, Andrew Nikiforuk, Mike Berners-Lee, Julie Angus, Brian Brett, Wayne Grady, Merilyn Simonds, Allan Casey, Wade Davis, Anita Albus, Giulia Enders, Harry Thurston, Lorna Crozier, and Peter Wohlleben, among many others.

Based in Nashville, Harper Horizon is focused on showcasing the diversity, values and experiences of Americana and beyond, publishing authors such as Willie Nelson, Syd & Shea McGee, Zachary Levi, Whoopi Goldberg and more.

Harper Muse is the only fiction imprint under HarperCollins Focus, with an emphasis on historical fiction, women’s fiction, and Southern fiction. It seeks to illuminate minds and captivate hearts through story.

Highlander Press, founded in 2019, is a hybrid publishing company committed to sharing big ideas and changing the world through words.

Highlander Press guides you from where you are in the writing-editing-publishing process to where you have an impactful book of which you are proud, making a long-time dream come true. Having authored a book improves your confidence, helps create clarity, and ensure that you claim your expertise. One of the best things about Highlander Press is its community of authors. We pool authors into cohorts, teach them about the publishing industry and their author journey, and nurture our community with ongoing open marketing calls.

We are a diverse publisher focused on poetry, story collections, novellas, novels and writing in all its glorious forms.

Identity Publications was started by educator-and-entrepreneur-turned-author, Gregory V. Diehl. The company was founded on the fundamental belief that ideas of great impact, influence, and meaning deserve visibility. For the right kind of author and message, writing and publishing a well-crafted nonfiction book is the ideal way to gain exposure, respect, and royalties. With targeted influence, a once-unknown message can change the world in a specific and powerful way.

Inferno Books is an independent Sword & Sorcery publisher dedicated to forging bold, heroic fantasy for a new era—without abandoning the grit, danger, and soul of the classics.

Inferno Books publishes original and interactive Sword & Sorcery fiction, producing premium editions designed to endure—both in story and in form.

Rooted in old-school pulp tradition and cinematic storytelling, we create collector-quality editions where steel matters, fate is earned, and legends are chosen through action, not birthright. From mist-drenched forests to scorched battlefields, Inferno Books delivers fantasy built on consequence, craft, and fire-forged myth.

Speculative fiction where monsters, madness, and horrors feed upon your fears.

We have an assortment of horror anthologies available.

Lantern Path Books is a small independent imprint based in Australia, one maker, working slowly, writing and producing calm picture books for young children.

Lantern Path Books publishes picture books for ages 2–7. The voice is quiet, considered, and concrete. No chase scenes, no crude humour, and no references to copyrighted characters.

Legacy Books Press was founded in 2007 by Robert B. Marks, with a focus on exploring those corners of history that are lesser known or misunderstood. Since then, it has published almost 40 books, branching out into new translations and fiction.

Light Publications is an independent craft publisher dedicated to bringing new work to light. We produce a variety of limited-edition and trade publications for adults, families and children.

Light Publications has always been a leader.

We published the first novel to be serialized via email, one of the first digital-designed books to address issues of race, and color, and the first audio book to be serialized on Spotify.

Our books have been written up in The New York Times and reviewed in Publishers Weekly, AudioFile, The Providence Journal, School Library Journal and many more.

A division of eSpec Books focusing on cryptid, horror, and paranormal fiction.

New Vessel Press is an independent publishing house based in New York City and specializing in fiction and narrative nonfiction in translation.

In bringing books from other countries to English-speaking readers, we offer captivating, thought-provoking works with beautifully-designed covers and high production values. We scour the globe looking for the best stories, knowing that only a fraction of the books published in the United States each year are translations. That leaves a lot of great literature still to be discovered.

At New Vessel Press, we believe that knowledge of a multitude of cultures and literatures enriches our lives by offering passageways to understand and embrace the world. We also regard literary translation as both craft and art, enabling us to traverse borders and open minds. We are committed to books that offer erudition and enjoyment, that stimulate and scintillate, that transform and transport.

And of course, what matters most is not where the authors hail from, or what language they write in. The most important thing is the quality of the work itself. And hence our name. We publish great books, just in a new vessel.

NewCon Press is a multiple award-winning independent publisher specialising in science fiction, fantasy, dark fantasy and horror. Founded in 2006 by author and editor Ian Whates, NewCon Press has established a reputation for quality, working with some of genre fiction’s best known names as well as with exciting new voices.

NewCon produces signed limited edition hardback, paperback, and eBook editions, and we are never frightened to showcase the talents of debut authors alongside those of more established writers. In 2015, we launched sister imprint Steel Quill books, featuring genre-related non-fiction and other projects that fall outside our normal remit.

Whether through novels, novellas, anthologies, or single author collections, NewCon Press remains determined to stay at the forefront of speculative fiction in the UK and beyond, willing to venture where traditional publishing houses dare not go.

A division of eSpec Books focusing primarily on reprint titles.

Pocketbook Press is devoted to reviving the charm of nostalgic novels from the 1980s to early 2000s, along with timeless works from a century ago—featuring distinctive stories from unconventional authors that spark memories and inspire the imagination.

At Prolific Pulse Press LLC, we work with our writers on their literary journey, helping to bring out the most from their work. It starts with an idea, then moves on to a rough draft, editing, and finally, publication.​

Prolific Pulse Press LLC helps authors produce high quality, interesting and entertaining books. Prolific Pulse Press LLC, we believe every author has a story to tell, and that every story deserves to be told. ​

We provide easy and affordable self publishing, marketing, and editorial services for writers.

Restless Books is an independent, nonprofit publisher devoted to championing essential voices from around the world whose stories speak to us across linguistic and cultural borders. We seek extraordinary international literature for adults and young readers that feeds our restlessness: our hunger for new perspectives, passion for other cultures and languages, and eagerness to explore beyond the confines of the familiar.

Through cultural programming, we aim to celebrate immigrant writing and bring literature to underserved communities. We believe that immigrant stories are a vital component of our cultural consciousness; they help to ensure awareness of our communities, build empathy for our neighbors, and strengthen our democracy.

Riverfolk Publishing is an independent publishing house that's passionate about great stories and take pride in bringing them to you.

We’re more than just a progression or litRPG based publishing house, we’re interested in stories. Books that suck us into the action and make us care about the characters are exactly what we want to read and publish!

Rootstock Publishing is an innovative, hybrid partnership publishing company that collaborates with authors, whom we think of as the rootstock—the primary source. We are not unique, modeling ourselves after other relatively new, non-traditional hybrid publishing-partnership houses that have met with success for many new writers.

We seek writers who want more control over their work, who seek higher earnings per book sold, and who are willing to invest toward that end. But just as important, we seek authors who have solid marketing ideas about their book, who understand their audience(s), and who are willing to self-promote and work hard to publicize and market their book.

Running Wild Press grew out of a desire to share stories that break barriers. We believe that great stories don’t fit neatly in a box. Most stories available today are simply run-of-the-mill, unoriginal, and in the end, boring, which makes you feel tired and unheard. Our stories can’t be contained, neatly categorized, or homogenized; just like you.

Scribe has been operating as a wholly independent trade-publishing house for more than 40 years. What started off in 1976 as a desire on publisher Henry Rosenbloom’s part to publish ‘serious nonfiction’ as a one-man band has turned into a multi-award-winning company with more than 25 staff members in two locations — Melbourne, Australia and London, England — as well as a scout in New York, and a dedicated publicity and marketing team on the ground in the US.

Scribe publishes over 65 nonfiction and fiction titles annually in Australia, about 60 in the United Kingdom, and as of 2017, about 30 titles in the US.

We currently have acquiring editors working in both our Melbourne and London offices. We spend each day sifting through submissions and manuscripts from around the world, and commissioning and editing local titles, in an uncompromising pursuit of the best books we can find, help create, and deliver to readers.

We love what we do, and we hope you will, too.

Simon & Schuster is a global leader in the field of general interest publishing, providing consumers worldwide with a diverse range of quality books across a wide variety of genres and formats. It is the publishing operation of CBS Corporation, one of the world’s premier media companies.

Its publishing groups and divisions – the Simon & Schuster Publishing Group, The Scribner Publishing Group, the Atria Publishing Group, the Gallery Publishing Group, Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, Simon & Schuster Audio, and Simon & Schuster Digital, and international companies in Australia, Canada, India and the United Kingdom — are home to some of the most distinguished imprints and recognizable authors in the world of publishing. Simon & Schuster and its imprints have won 56 Pulitzer Prizes, and been the recipient of numerous National Book Awards, National Book Critics Circle Awards, Grammy Awards, and Newbery and Caldecott Medals.

Sunrise River Press began publishing books by releasing several award winning titles for the medical professional markets in the early 1990s. In 2007, we redirected our efforts to publishing for the consumer markets with an emphasis on self-help, weight loss, nutrition, diet, food and recipes, with an additional focus on family health, fitness and specific diseases such as cancer, anorexia, Alzheimer's, autism and depression.

We are continually searching for compelling self-help manuscripts written by experts on these important subjects, especially as they relate to the baby boomer generation.

Sunrise River Press is located just north of Minneapolis/ St. Paul in Forest Lake, Minnesota.

Type Eighteen Books publishes inspiring and innovative writing—well-crafted, well-considered stories with the potential to change lives. By prioritizing literary excellence and searching out a wide range of voices, our goal is to share books that will entertain, resonate, and enrich our collective human experience.

Founded in 1961 by Robert Laxalt, the University of Nevada Press publishes high-quality, deserving works that advance scholarly research, contribute to the understanding and appreciation of regional history and culture, and reach a wide range of academic and general readers. Publication is done in a fiscally responsible manner that reflects the highest editorial, design, and production standards. The citizens of Nevada, readers, and authors are the Press’s most valuable asset.

Our publishing plan is defined in two ways: geographic focus as well as discipline and subject matter. If a book enhances our understanding of Nevada, the Great Basin, or American West—regardless of its field or approach—we’re interested. If it fits a topic we publish on—regardless of its geographic focus—we’re interested. We publish in a wide range of humanities and social science disciplines, including environmental studies, Basque studies, Native American studies, public health, mining, urban studies, and gambling and gaming studies.

Established in 1929 by the Regents of the University of New Mexico, the University of New Mexico Press ranks within the top third of publishing houses in the Association of University Presses (AUP) and is the fourth largest university press west of the Rocky Mountains in publishing new titles. With over 1,200 titles currently in print and as a distributor for local and regional publishers, the Press has been an important element in enhancing the scholarly reputation and worldwide visibility of the university.

The University of New Mexico Press participates in the public mission of the University of New Mexico through a publishing program that seeks to maintain the professional excellence of American university presses in general and to present the finest national and international scholarship in the academic areas in which we publish. We produce scholarly books in the arts, humanities, and natural and social sciences—more specifically, in the areas of fine arts, Western history, Latin American studies, literature, poetry, environmental studies, archaeology, anthropology, and natural history. In recognition of the university’s educational outreach and public role, we also publish books of general interest and significance for our state and our region.

Founded in 1965, the University Press of Colorado is a nonprofit cooperative publishing enterprise supported, in part, by Adams State University, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University, Colorado State University–Pueblo, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University of Denver, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Denver, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University. These institutional members manage the publication output of four imprints: University Press of Colorado, Utah State University Press, University of Wyoming Press, and University of Alaska Press.

Across imprints we publish books in anthropology; archaeology; composition, rhetoric, and writing studies; education; environmental justice; ethnohistory; folklore; history; Indigenous studies; natural history; public humanities; and social sciences with the goal of facilitating communication among scholars and providing the peoples of the region with a fair assessment of their histories, cultures, and resources.

The Press has extended the reach and reputation of our supporting institutions and has made scholarship of the highest level in many diverse fields widely available. Vital also to our mission is publication for a broader community, including students, who use our books in their studies, and general readers, who find in them enjoyment as well as enlightenment.

Books that make you glad to be part of the human race

UpLit Press is a new indie digital-first publisher of novels that inspire hope. We believe that uplifting literature comes in multiple genres, and we champion excellent writing from diverse voices.

There is something in our catalogue to suit everyone. The one thing our books have in common is that they will make you smile, make you grow, and make you glad to be alive.

We are open for submissions.

W4 Publishing is an independent, woman-owned publishing company dedicated to creating high-quality, informative, and engaging books. We focus on practical guides that empower readers with knowledge, whether in gardening, pet care, or homesteading.

Workhouse Editions is a literary imprint operating between London and New York, publishing contemporary literary fiction by American writers. An imprint of Workhouse, a creative and public relations agency founded in 1999. Workhouse Editions engages with the country's unresolved questions about race, performance, identity, and history. Its debut title, Huckleberry Jim by Adam Nelson, publishes October 6, 2026, in the year of America's Semiquincentennial.

The book was always good. Zeitmark Press makes sure the world knows it.

You wrote the book, published it, and then... nothing. Zeitmark Press exists for exactly this reason: we identify books that deserve more readers than they found, and give them a second chance. Our services include light editing and polish, reformatting, cover design, targeted marketing, and the infrastructure to actually move copies, all designed to give your book the platform it never had.