This site uses cookies and other tracking technologies to assist with navigation and your ability to provide feedback, analyse your use of our products and services, assist with our promotional and marketing efforts, and provide content from third parties. Here are six science fiction and fantasy publishers that dont require an agent. We will still be selling mostly ebooks here, our own baen books and those of other distinguished science fiction publishers. If youve written a book belonging to the fantasy genre, or one of its subgenres such as urban fantasy, and you want to make a submission directly to a publishing house, a list of fantasy publishers would come in handy. Salvatore, patrick rothfuss, lev grossman, terry brooks and daniel abraham below.
A number of online, virtual literary festivals are scheduled that you can attend from the comfort of your own home, including a crime and thriller book festival on march 28, and a historical fiction festival. In need of a publishing house for your fantasy novel. Despite its high profile, daw is still a small private company, owned exclusively by its publishers. Around 1946, lloyd arthur eshbach, who eventually founded fantasy press, ordered a copy of skylark of space from its publisher, the buffalo book company. A team of highly experienced editors who share the same passion for writing and designers will work with you personally all. Our del rey list is the science fiction and fantasy imprint at penguin random house uk, dedicated to publishing a select range of the very best in commercial. Plus, see our picks for the best science fiction and fantasy of the year so far. We pride ourselves on delivering extremely high quality e, print and audio books while maintaining our foundation of charitable giving with all of our projects.
Over a decade ago, chris czajkowski walked into the wilderness, intent on carving a life and a business from the unforgiving terrain in british columbias coast. A longneglected antifeminist fantasy franchise could be just the thing to capitalise on the actors. Self publish science fiction amazon kindle direct publishing. This is a californiabased publisher of science fiction, urban fantasy, and speculative fiction, among other things. Weve combined the ebooks and print books pages, so everyone can find everything they want in one place. Can you recommend a nice long book or series to buystart. The oldest comic publishing company on this list is the nowdefunct book publishing company, david mckay publications that was founded in 1882 and published comics from 1935 to 1950. Salt publishing uk the uks foremost independent literary publisher. Nov 02, 2015 based in central london, persephone have been going since 1998 after their establishment by nicola beauman. Book publishers taking submissions, childrens book publishers. As quarantine drags on, virtual communities and a shared love of science fiction, fantasy, and horror have been the glue holding us all together. Booktrackr highlights the books youve read, your favorites, what youre reading now and what you want to read next. For more on our cookies and changing your settings click here.
Baen books is a longtime publisher of science fiction and fantasy works. From heartpounding romance to mystery, erotica and thriller, bella books celebrate the girlnextdoor, the best. Westwood books publishing offers a personal touch to each of our authors. I didnt go the agent route with flank hawk, and i currently have a science fiction novel that has run the slush pile gauntlet at a major publisher. Were thrilled to announce that the thousand deaths us category uk category. Fantastic books publishing is a family run, independent publishing house based in east yorkshire. The official home of penguin books usa, publishers of bestselling fiction, nonfiction, classics, and childrens books. The uk publisher gollancz has been around since 1927, with a program dedicated solely to publishing science fiction since 1961.
Fiction publishers directory of united states list of. Discover thousands of books and authors, plus get exclusives on new releases, bestsellers, and more, at. Science fiction and fantasy from tor uk pan macmillan. Cherryh, mercedes lackey, kristen britain, melanie rawn, c.
All of persephones book covers are grey, because they had a vision of a woman who comes home tired from work, and there is a book waiting for her, and it doesnt matter what it looks like because she knows she will enjoy it. Formed in 20 through the merger of penguin books and random house, penguin random house prh is not only a big 5 publisher its considered to be the biggest publishing house in the industry. Come in and browse our large selection of comic books and graphic novels, trade paper backs, toys and figures, cards, collectibles and so much more. Unique, powerful, and entertaining fantasy worlds and stories beyond our wildest dreams. What are some epic fantasy novelsseries that we love because of their female characters. Newest press books have won or been shortlisted for numerous national and international awards, including the governor generals literary awards, the giller prize, the commonwealth writers prize, the canadajapan book award, the leacock memorial medal, the kobo emerging writer prize, the danuta gleed, the lambda literary awards, the arthur. New books from some of the biggest names in sff, including peter. Epic fantasy sagas in which women are the weak links seem to be pretty common, even now. Listing of fantasy publishers metaphysical fantasy. The result of french publisher hachette livres acquisition of time warner book group, hachette book group comprises imprints little, brown and company, grand central publishing formerly warner books, and orbit, a science fiction and fantasy. Updated dec 12th, 2019 our updated and expanded 2018 list of traditional childrens book publishers is available here. Fantasy books united states black raven publishing. This creature has been around for as long as there have been campfires.
Welcome to fantastic fiction search and browse bibliographies of over 50,000 bestselling fiction authors, with the latest books and series information join our 99,999 members. Their imprint abaddon focuses on authors that are masters of. Her craft will be continued by the current crop of talented fantasy authors, and you can check out interviews with a few current greats like r. Phantasm books fantasy books on the edge of imagination. Tck publishing is a massmarket book publishing company publishing both fiction and nonfiction books in all major genres. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. If you do not consent to us sending you cookies, then your browsing functions may be limited on our site. Barking rain press is an imprint of the brp publishing group brp, which is a nonprofit publisher located in the greater portlandvancouver metropolitan areaa thriving hub for independent publishers, writers, and literary venues. Tor is a worldleading brand in this area, publishing globally through sister imprints in the us, germany and the uk.
An anthology by australian speculativefiction publisher twelfth planet press has won a 2018 locus award for sciencefiction and fantasy, announced at a ceremony in seattle, in the us, on 23. Orbit is an englishlanguage publisher of science fiction and fantasy with dedicated publishing teams in the us and uk. This ukbased publisher of fantasy, scifi, horror, and paranormal fiction is upfront about their terms on their website. I am currently reading dresden cold days with skin game on deck. Getting published in the fantasy genre mythic scribes. These listings are for book publishers that are taking submissions or publishing books in the adventure book genre. We sell fiction, short stories, poetry and nonfiction with free uk shipping on all orders. Fantasy books is your best choice for new comics, back issues, action figures, ccgs, gaming and collectibles. Mar 08, 2016 6 science fiction and fantasy publishers accepting manuscripts from writers. Fantasy and science fiction publishers who accept unsolicited. Bella books is the premiere publisher of vibrant and irresistible fiction for and about lesbians. Scifi, fantasy and horror publisher, in both uk and us. If youve written a childrens book and want to get it published, you have a few options. The second book in the authors manifold worlds series sees protagonist saffron coulter struggling to adjust to the real world after her adventures in the fantasy realm of kenaa place that.
The book does take a little while to really get sucked into about 20 30 pages however, this is mainly due to the fact that you have to really come to terms with the rules of the universe she writes. The book of dust volume two intertwines the stories of lyra silvertongue and malcom polstead as they face new and dangerous secrets. The 51 best fantasy series ever written whether youre a swords and sorcery type of fantasy reader, a fan of battles and betrayal, or you just want a few more goddamn elves in your life, theres. I usually get my books from the library, but thats not happening for a while, so i need to buy online. It is a popular and established science and fantasy fiction publisher.
All information in these listings are submitted by the publishers. Established in 1974 by walter zacharius and roberta bender grossman, kensington publishing corp is a leading new york city publisher of fiction and nonfiction titles. Baen was one of the first publishers to use the internet as a means of spreading the word about a book or author. British book awards balance art and selling power to decide best writer in 30 years. Become a member and enjoy the enhanced features only available to registered members. Many stars of the science fiction and fantasy field made their debuts in the pages of a daw book, including patrick rothfuss, tad williams, c. To avoid that, the thirty publishers below are looking specifically. Most comic publishing companies were established in the united states of america. All of the publishers on this list publish childrens books. The publisher has been featured in a number of respected publications, including time magazine and the stranger. Eshbach was soon frustrated by buffalos delays in publishing and lack of marketing, an area in which eshbach had gained expertise from his job as a copywriter for glidden. Baen books was founded in 1983 by science fiction editor and publisher jim baen now deceased.
In publishing, as with all businesses, it is brand. Wool began as a short novelette, which i published through createspace and kindle direct publishing. Authors are very much welcome and if you have an original story, no matter how short or long, and you would like to post it to our library please check out our authors page for more information. Stevens weaves a tale of murder, necromancy, and demonic possession that brings together characters from her whitechapel paranormal society victorian horror series and awardwinning ivy granger psychic detective urban fantasy series on the fogshrouded cobblestones of craven street. The uks foremost specialist genre publisher of horror, fantasy, crime, speculative and science fiction.
Below is a list of the top sffh publishers, the large and the small, who have made it possible for us to enjoy all those science fiction fantasy and horror awardwinning authors. Fantasy publishers who want your manuscript no agent required. The wwend database contains over 650 publishers for you to peruse. Finding a home for your science fiction or fantasy novel can be difficult, especially if youre looking at publishers who take all genres. See how booktrackr lets you customize wwend to reflect your reading history. Our fearless leaderreader, madeline mcintosh, gives us a peek at some of her favorite books novels, business books, memoirs, and everything in between. Jo fletcher books is part of the quercus family, a small but perfectly formed list publishing the very best in best science fiction, fantasy and horror. Some just publish picture books, some publish only middlegrade fiction. Book two in the bestselling tommi grayson series is a gutsy, furflying, feminist read for fans of urban fantasy and strong heroines. Wollheim, daw books was the first publishing company ever devoted exclusively to science fiction and fantasy. We are currently acquiring titles in the genres listed below. The whollyowned subsidiary of hachette livre comprised of grand central publishing formerly warner books, little, brown and company, faithwords, center street, little, brown books. Brp currently operates three imprints, including barking rain press, virtual tales, and nitis books. Be sure to check out our featured publisher as well.
Pages in category fantasy book publishers the following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. This is a list of science fiction and fantasy publishers, publishers of science fiction, sf studies, speculative fiction, fantasy literature, and related genres. Heres our list of 75 publishers that publish childrens book. You can selfpublish your book, hire a publishing services company or hybrid publisher, or find a legitimate childrens book publisher childrens book publishers. I didnt go the agent route with flank hawk, and i currently have a science fiction novel that has run the slush pile gauntlet at a major publisher and is on the desk of. Polis books is an independent publishing company actively seeking new and established authors for our growing list. In addition to publishing emerging authors, baen republishes older science fiction. If youre writing young adult or new adult fantasy, this ukbased publisher. Sign me up for the latest news from penguin random house, including science fiction books. An imprint of the ukbased publisher john hunt publishing, cosmic egg books publishes a. Other names for bigfoot sasquatch canada contains current. Located in london, uk, jo fletcher books publishes in a number of.
This page features the sites of the best independent book publishers in the united states as selected by john kremer, author of 1001 ways to market your books. Academy chicago publishers is a trade book publisher founded in chicago, illinois in 1975 by anita and jordan miller. Another uk publisher, rebellion started as a games development company before expanding to include publishing scifi and fantasy novels. It is known by as many different names as there are cultures. Fantasy press first edition identification and publisher. Orbit books science fiction, fantasy, urban fantasy. Fortunately, most publishers of fantasy, including the major houses in the united states, accept unsolicited manuscripts.
An example, for me, would be spirit gate, the first book in kate elliotts crossroads trilogy. It has over 200 divisions and imprints, in addition to those listed above. Theres a huge market for speculative fiction, as long as it doesnt get lost in a mess of books of other genres. Adventure book publishers book publishing companies. Discover all relevant statistics and facts on the u. Having spent more than 40 years in business, the company publishes almost 600 fiction and nonfiction titles annually. Apr 19, 2018 fourth on our top list of new fantasy books of 2017 is the stars are legion by kameron hurley. High fantasy, dark fantasy, urban fantasy, and steampunk must have vivid, beautifully drawn world building that excites our senses, and strong characters that hold our attention. Black raven publishing, home of epic fantasy author ron snider, author of the wizards of covington series, the darkling war and the parallel land. How to survive an undead honeymoon the beginners guide to necromancy book 8. If you love books, follow us on instagram, facebook and twitter.