The Book Maven's Small-Press/Indie Publishers List
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@futuretensebooks.bsky.social
30+ years of fine books and endless love in Portland, Oregon. We publish daring literary books by writers you should get to know. Editors: Kevin Sampsell (PDX) and Emma Alden (Philadelphia). Visit us at www.futuretensebooks.com
@schaffnerpress.bsky.social
We publish books. We like fiction, nonfiction, translation, poetry, and topics of social relevance. And you? https://schaffnerpress.com/
@spurleditions.bsky.social
Publisher of unusual literature, Las Vegas NV / Luigi Pirandello • Thomas Bernhard • Michel Leiris • Hervé Guibert • Barbara Payton • M.S. Coe / https://spurleditions.com
@saltpublishing.com
WELCOME to Salt, one of the UK’s great independent publishers, established in 1999. Over twenty-six years, we have grown into a daring literary powerhouse, winning scores of awards around the world. Directors: @chrisemery.me & @jenhemery.bsky.social
@beltpublishing.bsky.social
@stbrigidpress.bsky.social
Letterpress Printer & Small Press Publisher on Monacan Indian Nation Lands in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. Emily Hancock, proprietor. Website: stbrigidpress.net Language • Interbeing • Compassion
@leverpress.bsky.social
Lever Press is a collaborative #openaccess scholarly publisher driven by the values, ambitions, and imagination of the top liberal arts colleges. leverpress.org
@serpents-tail.bsky.social
Lighting up our readers' minds and opening spaces for them to think differently. Bringing you brilliant, award-winning new and classic fiction and non-fiction.
@pushkinpress.com
Publishes the world's best stories – to be read and read again. Follow the all new @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social 🎈 Newsletter, IG & more: http://linktr.ee/pushkinpress
@hauspublishing.bsky.social
Publisher of politics, history, biography, memoir and travel writing
@twolinespress.bsky.social
Award-winning, critically acclaimed literature in translation.
@twodollarradiohq.bsky.social
Indie bookstore/bar/vegan restaurant in Columbus, OH. 🌴
@transitbooks.bsky.social
Publishing award-winning literature from around the world in the San Francisco Bay Area. www.transitbooks.org
@sarabandebooks.bsky.social
Award-winning publisher of poetry, short fiction, and essay. Headquartered in Louisville, KY. linktr.ee/sarabandebooks
@deepvellum.bsky.social
Nonprofit publishing house & literary arts center bringing the world together in conversation through literature. Deep Ellum, Dallas TX. deepvellum.org
@dorothyproject.bsky.social
St. Louis-based press. Fiction & near fiction. Two books each Fall. Renee Gladman. Leonora Carrington. Cristina Rivera Garza. Nathalie Léger. Amina Cain. Giada Scodellaro. Pip Adam. Kate Briggs. Etc. Distributed by New York Review Books. dorothyproject.com
@bennisonbooks.bsky.social
Independent publisher of poetry, fiction and non-fiction by authors worldwide. bennisonbooks.wordpress.com
@starsandsabers.bsky.social
Stars and Sabers Publishing showcases fantasy, science fiction, horror, thrillers, and mystery. CEO and Editor-in-Chief: @jendiagammon.bsky.social. Managing Editor: @garethlpowell.bsky.social. CLOSED TO SUBMISSIONS. https://starsandsabers.com Los Angeles
@groveatlantic.bsky.social
Independent publisher of exceedingly good books. Founded in 1917. We can’t go on, we’ll go on. 🔗 lnk.bio/3fz3
@necessaryfiction.com
A webjournal publishing short fiction, book reviews, a weekly newsletter, & whatever else happens at http://www.necessaryfiction.com. Doing our best since 2009. Posts by http://shimmer.bsky.social.
@agatepublishing.bsky.social
Publisher of books by Midwestern authors; books on food, cooking, and nutrition; books by Black American writers; and books on business, coaching & leadership.
@mcsweeneys.net
The official Bluesky feed of McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, & McSweeney's Books. .
@sohopress.bsky.social
Independent book publisher of bold literary voices, award-winning international crime fiction, and groundbreaking horror.
@wtawpress.bsky.social
Nonprofit press publishing carefully curated titles since 2017 Imprint: Betty Books linktr.ee/wtawpress
@igpublishing.bsky.social
Literary Fiction. Check. Resistance Politics. Check. Social and LGBTQIA+ Justice. Check. And some kids books too! www.igpub.com
@citylightsbooks.bsky.social
A literary meetingplace since 1953, City Lights is a landmark bookstore and publishing house, known for our commitment to innovative writing and progressive ideals.
@versobooks.bsky.social
Verso Books is the largest independent, radical publishing house in the English speaking world.
@tupelopress.bsky.social
Literary non-profit. Publishing works of poetry, literary fiction, and creative nonfiction by emerging and established writers since 1999.
@feralhouse.bsky.social
We publish non-fiction books focused on micro-history, pop culture, occult, high-weirdness, unique memoirs, and more. We explore the dark and musty corners of culture and tell stories of forgotten creators and thinkers. (Posts by Christina.)
@coffeehousepress.bsky.social
Coffee House Press is an independent nonprofit publishing house based in Minneapolis. Literature forever.
@unnamedpress.bsky.social
We publish literature from around the world. UNlikely voices and UNexpected stories. Smith & Taylor Classics. Based in Los Angeles since 2014. ↪️ linktr.ee/unnamed.press
@hubcitypress.bsky.social
Nonprofit press publishing new and extraordinary voices from the American South. Learn more at hubcity.org/publishing. Shop our catalog at hubcity.org/books.
@rosemetalpress.bsky.social
Rose Metal Press is a non-profit publisher specializing in the publication of hybrid genre books. Founded in 2006. Posts by co-founders Abby Beckel and Kathleen Rooney. Check out our books and amazing authors here: www.rosemetalpress.com
@tinhouse.bsky.social
Publisher of award-winning fiction, nonfiction, and poetry & home to a renowned writers’ workshop.
@sevenstories.bsky.social
Political non-fiction, world literature, social justice children’s books, and other works of the radical imagination ✨ sevenstories.com
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
An independent publisher based in Brooklyn, US and London, UK.
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