![]() They are more frequent in fiction, which we find harder to sell than non-fiction. ![]() The number of subsidy contracts varies across the imprints. About one in ten of the titles on the list have a subsidy from the author, directed either towards more editorial or marketing work than we can normally provide. Depending on how many we think it could sell, we offer varying levels of contract. We only offer to publish if we like the book. The reports assess both the quality of the book and its "marketability". Our readers are experienced, knowledgeable about the market, and usually authors themselves. ![]() Each Proposal gets a number of in-house reader reports, visible to the author. Authors that make it through that are asked to fill in a full Proposal. This alchemic mix of author and subject is what makes our list so unique and successful. We want authors with talent, who are ambitious, committed to working with us to promote their books and know how to connect with their community. They have excellent distribution, their books have been reviewed in most major publications, and they know how to promote the books they publish.We are looking for books that will inspire, inform and illuminate the lives of readers - with subjects that push the boundaries, are unusual or definitive (maybe even both), delve into new areas of popular subjects, and could never be classed as generic. Unnamed Press is an independent publisher of literary fiction and nonfiction, based in Los Angeles and founded in 2014. They publish literary fiction and works of nonfiction. They're the oldest women’s publishing house in the world and are open to submissions from female/female identifying, and non-binary authors. The Feminist Press was established as an independent nonprofit literary publisher in 1970. They focus on publishing bold voices and original perspectives. They're generally open to unsolicited submissions of literary fiction. Soho Press is an established and respected literary independent publisher based out of New York. They also publish a wide variety of nonfiction including memoir, autobiography, biography, journalistic expose or narrative, true crime, art, culture, pop culture, world history, current events, science, and music. They publish literary fiction, short fiction collections, and crime fiction. Schaffner is an established press with distribution through IPG. Since then they have gained a reputation for publishing thoughtful books in a variety of literary genres, including literary fiction. Persea Books is an independent book publisher based out of New York that was established in the 1970s. The books they’ve published have won or been honorable mentions for many major awards, and are frequently mentioned on “best of” year- end lists. Ig Publishing is a New York-based small press that focuses on publishing literary fiction and progressive political nonfiction. Now they publish fiction, nonfiction, and poetry in English, as well as works in translation that fall into any of the previous categories.ĭouglas & McIntyre is Canada’s pre-eminent independent publisher, with books that have won many national and international awards, including the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Governor General’s Literary Award. Founded in 2013, they initially published works in translation. They are only open for short submission periods every year and these periods are capped at 300 submissions, so submit early.Ĭlash Books started in 2015 and they publish fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.ĭeep Vellum is a great press based in Dallas. Coffee House Press is a literary press with a great reputation. ![]()
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