Finding a nonfiction publisher can be tough.

For me, it took six years of writing book proposals, querying literary agents, and pitching publishers until I finally got my first book published.

That experience of emailing, calling, and mailing submission after submission to countless agents and publishers left me feeling ignored, defeated, and depressed.

The good news is that experience also taught me to work hard, be patient, and keep honing my writing skills. It also inspired me to create TCK Publishing and to help our authors sell hundreds of thousands of books.

That’s also why our team created this list of nonfiction publishers to help make the process of finding the right publisher for your nonfiction book so much easier.

List of Nonfiction Publishers

Below you’ll find a list of nonfiction book publishing companies. Many of them are currently accepting submissions, while some only accept submissions from literary agents.

If you would like to find a literary agent to represent you and help you get a book deal, you can see our list of nonfiction literary agents and our free guide on how to find a literary agent.

Publishers Accepting Unsolicited Submissions

These publishers currently accept unsolicited submissions, which means you don’t need a literary agent to represent you or submit on your behalf.

1. TCK Publishing

We are currently accepting nonfiction submissions. You can submit a book proposal or completed nonfiction manuscript for review whether or not you are currently working with a literary agent directly on our submission guidelines page.

Website: www.tckpublishing.com
FAQ Page: www.tckpublishing.com/publishing-faq

2. Phoenix Publishing and Media Company

This publisher has been China’s largest book publishing company for the past eight years.

Website: www.en.ppm.cn
Submission Guidelines: www.en.ppm.cn/submissions

3. Arcade Publishing

This publisher is currently open for book submissions and proposals in a variety of nonfiction and fiction genres.

Website: www.arcade-publishing.com
Submission Guidelines: www.arcade-publishing.com/submissions

4. Armida Publications

This publisher prefers seeing submissions with a Mediterranean theme but they will consider all manuscript submissions.

Website: www.armidabooks.com
Submission Guidelines: www.armidabooks.com/submissions

5. B & W Publishing

This publisher accepts one-page proposals for nonfiction submissions.

Website: www.blackandwhitepublishing.com
Submission Guidelines: www.blackandwhitepublishing.com/submissions

6. Beacon Publishing

This publisher accepts manuscripts across all genres, with or without an agent.

Website: www.beaconpublishinggroup.com
Submission Guidelines: www.beaconpublishinggroup.com/submissions

7. Morgan James Publishing

This publisher teaches authors strategies to leverage their books and grow their businesses.

Website: www.morgan-james-publishing.com
Submission Guidelines: www.morgan-james-publishing.com/submissions

8. Graywolf Press

This publisher accepts submissions for the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize every other year.

Website: www.graywolfpress.org
Submission Guidelines: www.graywolfpress.org/submissions

9. North Atlantic Books

This publisher is an independent, nonprofit publisher committed to a bold exploration of the relationships between mind, body, spirit, and nature.

Website: www.northatlanticbooks.com
Submission Guidelines: www.northatlanticbooks.com/submissions

10. Anchor Book Press

This publisher is currently accepting unsolicited submissions. They are looking for books that inspire, entertain, or instruct.

Website: www.anchorbookpress.com
Submission Guidelines: www.anchorbookpress.com/submissions

11. Hidden Brook Press

This publisher publishes mostly Canadian royalty/trade edition books but they do consider work from other countries.

Website: www.hiddenbrookpress.com
Submission Guidelines: www.hiddenbrookpress.com/submissions

12. Autumn House Press

This publisher will accept full-length manuscripts in all genres for publication.

Website: www.autumnhouse.org
Submission Guidelines: www.autumnhouse.org/submissions

13. TouchPoint Press

This publisher is a traditional royalty-paying publisher currently accepting proposals for nonfiction and fiction.

Website: www.touchpointpress.com
Submission Guidelines: www.touchpointpress.com/submissions

14. Blossom Spring Publishing

This publisher accepts unsolicited manuscripts.

Website: www.blossomspringpublishing.com
Submission Guidelines: www.blossomspringpublishing.com/submissions

15. Coffeetown Press

This publisher accepts both agented and non-agented submissions.

Website: www.coffeetownpress.com
Submission Guidelines: www.coffeetownpress.com/submissions

16. Eerdmans

This publisher is now accepting proposals only via email.

Website: www.eerdmans.com
Submission Guidelines: www.eerdmans.com/submissions

17. Conundrum Press

This publisher is currently accepting submissions.

Website: www.bowerhousebooks.com
Submission Guidelines: www.bowerhousebooks.com/submissions

18. Chelsea Green Publishing

This publisher specializes in books that promote the politics and practice of sustainable living.

Website: www.chelseagreen.com
Submission Guidelines: www.chelseagreen.com/submissions

19. House of Anansi Press

This publisher publishes literary fiction, poetry, nonfiction, graphic novels, and crime fiction from Canada and around the world.

Website: www.houseofanansi.com
Submission Guidelines: www.houseofanansi.com/submissions

20. Cove Publishing, LLC

This publisher is not a vanity press, subsidy publisher or so-called self-publisher, their authors do not pay them anything at all to have their books published.

Website: www.moonshinecovepublishing.com
Submission Guidelines: www.moonshinecovepublishing.com/submissions

21. WiDo Publishing

This publisher is accepting promising, well-written manuscripts that meet their standards.

Website: www.widopublishing.com
Submission Guidelines: www.widopublishing.com/submissions

22. John Hunt Publishing

This publisher is currently accepting unsolicited manuscripts.

Website: www.johnhuntpublishing.com
Submission Guidelines: www.johnhuntpublishing.com/submissions

23. Biblio Publishing

This publisher is accepting all manuscript submissions.

Website: www.bibliopublishing.com
Submission Guidelines: www.bibliopublishing.com/submissions

24. Kensington Publishing Corp

This publisher currently accepts unsolicited query letters and proposals.

Website: www.kensingtonbooks.com
Submission Guidelines: www.kensingtonbooks.com/submissions

25. Wiley

This publisher has always focused on helping their customers succeed, wherever they are in their education and professional careers.

Website: www.wiley.com
Submission Guidelines: www.wiley.com/submissions

26. Allworth Press

This publisher is open to receive submissions for proposed books in the different categories.

Website: www.allworth.com
Submission Guidelines: www.allworth.com/submissions

27. Andrews McMeel Publishing

This publisher prefers to receive submissions by email.

Website: www.andrewsmcmeel.com
Submission Guidelines: www.andrewsmcmeel.com/submissions

28. Ben Bella

This publisher places a strong value on marketing.

Website: www.benbellabooks.com
Submission Guidelines: www.benbellabooks.com/submissions

29. Career Press

Career Press was founded in 1985 as a niche publisher of career titles and now encompasses all areas of business.

Website: www.careerpress.com
Submission Guidelines: www.careerpress.com/submissions

30. Free Spirit Publishing

This publisher publishes high-quality nonfiction books and learning materials for children and teens, parents, educators, counselors, and others who live and work with young people.

Website: www.freespirit.com
Submission Guidelines: www.freespirit.com/submissions

31. Gryphon House, Inc.

This publisher prefers to receive a letter of inquiry and/or a proposal, rather than the entire manuscript.

Website: www.gryphonhouse.com
Submission Guidelines: www.gryphonhouse.com/submissions

32. Menasha Ridge Press

This publisher has been a leading independent book publisher for more than thirty-five years.

Website: www.menasharidge.com
Submission Guidelines: www.menasharidge.com/submissions

33. OneWorld Publications

This publisher does not accept unsolicited submissions currently, but you can check their submissions page for future updates.

Website: www.oneworld-publications.com
Submission Guidelines: www.oneworld-publications.com/submissions

34. Skyhorse

This publisher is open in receiving submissions for proposed books in different categories.

Website: www.skyhorsepublishing.com
Submission Guidelines: www.skyhorsepublishing.com/submissions

35. Ulysses Press

This publisher focuses on publishing non-fiction books aimed at niche markets.

Website: www.ulyssespress.com
Submission Guidelines: www.ulyssespress.com/submissions

36. Greystone Press

This publisher prefers email submissions and pursues high-quality non-fiction books about nature and the environment, travel and adventure, health, and current issues.

Website: www.greystonebooks.com
Submission Guidelines: www.greystonebooks.com/submissions

37. New Internationalist

This publisher welcomes author submissions across the subjects areas and genres that you see on their site.

Website: https://newint.org
Submission Guidelines: https://newint.org/submissions

38. Rowman & Littlefield

This publisher provides quality reference works for the patrons of public, school, and college libraries, as well as professional books for the librarians that serve them.

Website: www.rowman.com
Submission Guidelines: www.rowman.com/submissions

39. Shambhala

This publisher does not accept phone calls regarding book ideas for submissions but you can check their submissions page for guidelines.

Website: www.shambhala.com
Submission Guidelines: www.shambhala.com/submissions

40. 39 West Press

This publisher specializes in creative nonfiction and is open to unsolicited submissions at the beginning of each year.

Website: www.39westpress.com
Submission Guidelines: www.39westpress.com/submissions

41. Blue River Press

This publisher is currently looking for non-fiction content suitable for producing in book format and appealing to a general or specialized audience.

Website: www.brpressbooks.com
Submission Guidelines: www.brpressbooks.com/submissions

42. Brandt Street Press

This publisher is temporarily closed to book submissions because their publishing pipeline is currently full but you can check their submissions page for future updates.

Website: www.brandtstreetpress.com
Submission Guidelines: www.brandtstreetpress.com/submissions

43. By Light Unseen Media

This publisher is currently seeking outstanding and unique manuscripts in the area of vampire fiction and non-fiction.

Website: www.bylightunseenmedia.com
Submission Guidelines: www.bylightunseenmedia.com/submissions

44. Convurgent Publishing

This publisher is actively soliciting book proposals on a wide range of healthcare operations and information technology related topics.

Website: www.convurgent.com
Submission Guidelines: www.convurgent.com/submissions

45. eLectio Publishing

This publisher is looking for anything that is marketable to a wide audience, whether it is fiction or non-fiction.

Website: www.electiopublishing.com
Submission Guidelines: www.electiopublishing.com/index.php/submissions/

46. Elevation Book Publishing

This publisher welcomes queries from unpublished and previously published authors, agented or un-agented.

Website: www.elevationbookpublishing.com
Submission Guidelines: www.elevationbookpublishing.com/submissions

47. Fat Dog Books

This publisher will consider nonfiction submissions, however the subject matter should not be so narrow that it would only appeal to a very small segment of the population.

Website: www.fatdogbooks.com
Submission Guidelines: www.fatdogbooks.com/submissions

48. Kal-Ba Publishing Company

This publisher publishes and distributes quality nonfiction and fiction books for adult, young adult, and children readers.

Website: www.kal-ba.com
Submission Guidelines: www.kal-ba.com/submissions

49. Kharis Publishing

This publisher is an independent, traditional publisher with a social mission.

Website: www.kharispublishing.com
Submission Guidelines: www.kharispublishing.com/submissions

50. KiCam Projects

This publisher accepts proposals and manuscripts from creatives of all backgrounds, including those who are new to the publishing and production process.

Website: www.kicamprojects.com
Submission Guidelines: www.kicamprojects.com/submissions

51. Korero Press

This publisher accepts book submissions by email and reviews all proposals.

Website: www.koreropress.com
Submission Guidelines: www.koreropress.com/submissions

52. Little Curlew Press

This publisher is looking for finely tuned, completed fiction manuscripts for publication.

Website: www.littlecurlewpress.com
Submission Guidelines: www.littlecurlewpress.com/submissions

53. Malachite Quills Publishing

This publisher was founded to promote quality innovation in publishing.

Website: www.mquills.com
Submission Guidelines: www.mquills.com/submissions

54. Open Books Publisher

This publisher strives to publish high-quality fiction and non-fiction.

Website: www.openbookpublishers.com
Submission Guidelines: www.openbookpublishers.com/submissions

55. Plain View Press

This publisher is a 35-year-old issue-based literary publishing house and they have published over 350 titles and nearly 500 writers from many countries.

Website: www.plainviewpress.net
Submission Guidelines: www.plainviewpress.net/submissions

56. Riddle Brook Publishing LLC

This publisher only accepts electronic submissions.

Website: www.riddlebrookpublishing.com
Submission Guidelines: www.riddlebrookpublishing.com/submissions

57. Thought Collection Publishing

This is an indie publisher supporting social change through our narrative nonfiction publications.

Website: www.thoughtcollection.org
Submission Guidelines: www.thoughtcollection.org/submissions

Publishers Open to Agented Submissions

These publishers only accept submissions from literary agents.

58. Random House

This publisher does not accept unsolicited submissions currently, but you can check their submissions page for future updates.

Website: www.penguinrandomhouse.com
Submission Guidelines: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/submissions

59. Pan Macmillan

This publisher is no longer accepting submissions outside of Manuscript Monday.

Website: www.panmacmillan.com
Submission Guidelines: www.panmacmillan.com.au/submissions

60. Bloomsbury

This publisher does not accept unsolicited submissions and does not assume responsibility for any unsolicited manuscripts that they may receive.

Website: www.bloomsbury.com
Submission Guidelines: www.bloomsbury.com/submissions

61. Bonnier Books

This publisher does not currently accept unsolicited submissions.

Website: www.bonnierbooks.co.uk
Submission Guidelines: www.bonnierbooks.co.uk/contact-us/

62. Capstone Publishers

This publisher is closed to unsolicited submissions but they are always seeking new authors and illustrators interested in work-for-hire assignments.

Website: www.capstonepub.com
Submission Guidelines: www.capstonepub.com/submissions

63. Green Frog Publishing

This publisher does not accept unsolicited submissions currently, but you can check their submissions page for future updates.

Website: www.greenfrogpublishing.com
Submission Guidelines: www.greenfrogpublishing.com/about.html

64. Coventry House Publishing

This publisher is interested in partnering with ambitious, talented authors to deliver the very best adult fiction and non-fiction content to our readers. They currently do not accept unsolicited submissions.

Website: www.coventrybooks.com
Submission Guidelines: www.coventrybooks.com/submissions

65. Hohm Press

This publisher does not accept unsolicited manuscripts.

Website: www.hohmpress.com
Submission Guidelines: www.hohmpress.com/submissions

66. The New Press

This publisher accepts unsolicited proposals, but mostly accepts agented manuscripts.

Website: www.thenewpress.com
Submission Guidelines: www.thenewpress.com/submissions

67. Haymarket Books

This publisher is interested in manuscripts that are accessible to a wide range of progressive and radical political activists, while also being useful to an academic audience. They are currently closed for submissions, but you can check back on their site for updates.

Website: www.haymarketbooks.org
Submission Guidelines: www.haymarketbooks.org/submissions

68. Hohm Press

This publisher welcomes author submissions across multiple subject areas and genres.

Website: www.hohmpress.com
Submission Guidelines: www.hohmpress.com/submissions

69. Terrapin Hollow Press

This publisher is not open to solicitations for new material but they offer numerous editorial services such as manuscript editing, book layout and eBook conversions.

Website: www.terrapinhollow.org
Submission Guidelines: www.terrapinhollow.org/submissions

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