LibGuides: Where (and Where Not) to Publish Your Work: Finding Publishers for Your BOOKS

Book Publishers

It can also be difficult to find book publishers. The first step in finding a publisher for your book might be to ask your colleagues or ask your library liaison. Other resources include:

Member Presses: A listing of over 140 members of the Association of University Presses (AUP). An 8-page grid can help you identify university publishers in your subject area.

Search WorldCat and other library databases (limit to books), and find out who's publishing books on your topic. Then, review the publisher's website for their policies, etc.

Open Access Books: Consider publishing an open access book. Find more information about Open Access book collections on our Open Access guide.

Predatory book publishing does exist. As with predatory journal publishing, authors are charged exorbitant publication fees, receive no royalties, and often relinquish their copyrights. It is worthwhile to check the following by publisher name, since journal publishers also publish books:

Cabells
Current (Restricted to ODU)
Journalytics Academic includes a curated list of journals covering 18 disciplines in business, education, health, computer science, psychology and psychiatry, and sciences. Find metrics about where a journal falls within a discipline, acceptance rates, peer review processes, and altmetric attention. Use the Predatory Reports listing to find details about why a particular journal is considered predatory.

List of Predatory Publishers
This is a list of possible predatory publishers -- also search by "Vanity Press." The kernel for this list was extracted from the archive of Beall’s List at web.archive.org. It will be updated as new information or suggested edits are submitted or found by the maintainers of this site.