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From LIKE Magazine: The World's Publishing Houses — our editors' guide.
| Publisher | Type | Country | Region | Home Base | Parent Group | Key Imprints / Satellites | Known For | Website | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penguin Random House | Global Trade Group | United States | North America | New York | Bertelsmann | Viking; Riverhead; G.P. Putnam's Sons; Dutton; Alfred A. Knopf; Crown; Random House; Ballantine; Del Rey; Doubleday; Pantheon; Vintage; DK; Hay House; Boom! Studios | The world's largest trade publisher, with more than 300 imprints worldwide | penguinrandomhouse.com | Bertelsmann took full ownership in 2020; its proposed acquisition of Simon & Schuster was blocked by a US federal court in 2022; acquired Hay House and Boom! Studios in 2024 |
| HarperCollins | Global Trade Group | United States | North America | New York | News Corp | William Morrow; Avon; Harper; Ecco; Amistad; HarperOne; HQ; Mills & Boon; HarperCollins Children's Books; Thomas Nelson; Zondervan | Second-largest consumer publisher in the English-speaking world | harpercollins.com | Formed from Harper & Row and Collins (1989); Christian publishing arm is the world's largest Bible publisher |
| Hachette Livre | Global Trade Group | France | Western Europe | Paris | Lagardère (Louis Hachette Group) | Hachette Book Group (Grand Central, Little, Brown); Hodder & Stoughton; Orion; Octopus; Larousse; Fayard; Bragelonne; Grupo Anaya; Yen Press (US, with Kadokawa) | France's largest publisher and the world's third-largest trade and educational publisher | hachette.com | Part of Lagardère Publishing; since December 2024 Lagardère has been majority-held by Louis Hachette Group, spun off from Vivendi, with the Bolloré family as anchor shareholder |
| Simon & Schuster | Global Trade Group | United States | North America | New York | KKR | Scribner; Atria; Gallery; Avid Reader Press; Simon & Schuster Children's; Veen Bosch & Keuning (Netherlands/Belgium, since 2024) | One of the US 'Big Five' trade publishers, founded 1924 | simonandschuster.com | Sold by Paramount Global to private equity firm KKR in 2023 for $1.62 billion after the Penguin Random House merger was blocked; bought Dutch publisher VBK in 2024, its first non-English-language acquisition |
| Macmillan Publishers | Global Trade Group | United States | North America | New York | Holtzbrinck Publishing Group | Farrar, Straus and Giroux; Henry Holt; St. Martin's Press; Tor; Celadon; Flatiron; Minotaur; Macmillan Children's Publishing Group | A US 'Big Five' trade publisher under German family ownership | macmillan.com | US trade arm of the Holtzbrinck group (separate from Macmillan Education and Springer Nature, also Holtzbrinck-held) |
| Bonnier Books | Global Trade Group | Sweden | Northern Europe | Stockholm | Bonnier Group | Albert Bonniers Förlag; Wahlström & Widstrand; Bonnier Fakta; Bonnier Audio; Bonnier Media Deutschland (Ullstein, Piper, Carlsen); Bonnier Books UK; WSOY and Tammi (Finland) | The Nordic region's leading book group, publishing in around ten European countries | bonnierbooks.com | Publishing arm of the family-owned Bonnier media group, founded on bookselling in 1837 |
| Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial | Global Trade Group | Spain | Southern Europe | Barcelona | Bertelsmann (Penguin Random House) | Aguilar; Alfaguara; Debate; Debolsillo; Lumen; Plaza & Janés; Suma de Letras; Salamandra; Objetiva and Companhia das Letras (Brazil) | The leading Spanish-language trade publisher, across Spain and Latin America | penguinrandomhouse.com | Greatly expanded in 2014 when it acquired Santillana's trade publishing (Alfaguara, Objetiva and other imprints) from Prisa |
| Penguin Random House India | National Major | India | South Asia | Gurugram | Bertelsmann (Penguin Random House) | Penguin; Viking; Allen Lane; Hamish Hamilton; Duckbill; Ebury; Red Panda | India's largest English-language trade publisher | penguin.co.in | Acquired children's publisher Duckbill in 2019 |
| Penguin Random House Australia & New Zealand | National Major | Australia | Oceania & Pacific | Melbourne | Bertelsmann (Penguin Random House) | Penguin; Viking; Michael Joseph; Ebury; Vintage; UQP distribution partner lines | Australia's largest trade publisher | penguin.com.au | — |
| Penguin Random House South Africa | National Major | South Africa | Africa | Cape Town | Bertelsmann (Penguin Random House) | Umuzi; Struik; Penguin; Viking | One of South Africa's largest trade publishers, in English and Afrikaans | penguinrandomhouse.co.za | Formed from the merger of Penguin Books South Africa and Random House Struik |
| Elsevier | Academic & STM | Netherlands | Western Europe | Amsterdam | RELX | Cell Press; Academic Press; Mosby; Saunders; Churchill Livingstone; ScienceDirect (platform) | The world's largest scientific, technical and medical publisher | elsevier.com | Publishing arm of RELX; publishes roughly 3,000 journals including The Lancet and Cell family titles |
| Springer Nature | Academic & STM | Germany | Western Europe | Berlin | Holtzbrinck Publishing Group (majority) | Springer; Nature Portfolio; BioMed Central; Palgrave Macmillan; Apress; Scientific American | A leading academic publisher, home of Nature (founded 1869) and the Springer imprint family | springernature.com | Listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in October 2024, with Holtzbrinck retaining a majority stake and BC Partners a minority |
| Wiley | Academic & STM | United States | North America | Hoboken | Public (NYSE: WLY) | Wiley-Blackwell; Jossey-Bass; For Dummies; Wiley-VCH; Hindawi (brand retired 2023) | A leading global research and education publisher, founded 1807 | wiley.com | Family-influenced public company; wound down the Hindawi open-access brand in 2023 after paper-mill fraud problems |
| Taylor & Francis | Academic & STM | United Kingdom | Northern Europe | Abingdon | Informa | Routledge; CRC Press; Garland; Europa Publications; F1000 | One of the world's largest academic publishers, with Routledge as its humanities and social sciences flagship | taylorandfrancis.com | The academic publishing arm of Informa plc |
| SAGE Publishing | Academic & STM | United States | North America | Thousand Oaks | Independent | SAGE; Corwin; CQ Press; SAGE Business; Adam Matthew (digital collections) | A leading independent academic publisher in the social sciences, founded 1965 | sagepub.com | Still controlled by founder Sara Miller McCune's arrangements and committed to remaining independent |
| Wolters Kluwer | Academic & STM | Netherlands | Western Europe | Alphen aan den Rijn | Public (Euronext Amsterdam) | Ovid; Lippincott; Kluwer Law International; CCH | A global provider of professional information in health, tax, law and compliance | wolterskluwer.com | — |
| Thieme Group | Academic & STM | Germany | Western Europe | Stuttgart | Thieme family | Thieme Medical Publishers; Thieme Chemistry; Thieme Brazil and India | A leading family-owned medical and science publisher, founded 1886 | thieme.com | — |
| De Gruyter Brill | Academic & STM | Germany | Western Europe | Berlin | De Gruyter | De Gruyter; Brill; Brill Nijhoff; De Gruyter Mouton; De Gruyter Oldenbourg; Jovis | A major humanities and social sciences academic publisher | degruyter.com | Formed in 2024 when De Gruyter acquired the Dutch academic publisher Brill (founded 1683) |
| World Scientific | Academic & STM | Singapore | Southeast Asia | Singapore | Phua family | World Scientific; Imperial College Press (heritage); WS Education | One of Asia's largest scientific publishers, strong in physics and Nobel laureate titles | worldscientific.com | Founded 1981 by Phua Kok Khoo and Doreen Liu |
| Emerald Publishing | Academic & STM | United Kingdom | Northern Europe | Leeds | Cambridge Information Group | Emerald Publishing; Emerald Insight (platform) | A social sciences and management publisher founded by academics in 1967 | emeraldgrouppublishing.com | Acquired by the US-based Cambridge Information Group in 2022 |
| Pearson | Children's & Education | United Kingdom | Northern Europe | London | Public (LSE: PSON) | Pearson Education; Edexcel; Pearson Test of English; Connections Academy | The world's largest education company, refocused on learning and assessment | pearson.com | Sold its remaining Penguin Random House stake to Bertelsmann in 2019-2020, ending a century in trade books |
| McGraw Hill | Children's & Education | United States | North America | New York | Platinum Equity | McGraw Hill Education; ALEKS; Glencoe heritage imprints | A leading US education publisher across K-12, higher education and professional learning | mcgrawhill.com | Sold by Apollo Global Management to Platinum Equity in 2021 |
| Cengage | Children's & Education | United States | North America | Boston | Cengage Group | National Geographic Learning; Gale; Wadsworth; Brooks/Cole; Delmar | A major US higher-education and library reference publisher | cengage.com | Emerged from a 2013-14 restructuring; a planned merger with McGraw Hill was abandoned in 2020 |
| Scholastic | Children's & Education | United States | North America | New York | Public (NASDAQ: SCHL) | Graphix; Arthur A. Levine Books; Cartwheel; Orchard Books; Klutz; Scholastic Press | The world's largest children's book publisher and distributor, US publisher of Harry Potter and The Hunger Games | scholastic.com | Acquired full ownership of animation studio 9 Story Media Group in 2024; runs the US Book Fairs and Book Clubs channels |
| Klett Group | Children's & Education | Germany | Western Europe | Stuttgart | Klett family | Ernst Klett Verlag; Auer; PONS; Klett Sprachen; Raabe | Germany's largest education publishing group | klett-gruppe.de | Family-owned since 1897; also operates schools and distance-learning businesses |
| Cornelsen | Children's & Education | Germany | Western Europe | Berlin | Franz Cornelsen Stiftung (foundation) | Cornelsen Verlag; Duden (via Bibliographisches Institut); Oldenbourg Schulbuch; Volk und Wissen heritage | One of Germany's big three school publishers, publisher of the Duden dictionary line | cornelsen.de | Owned by a charitable foundation established by founder Franz Cornelsen |
| Westermann Gruppe | Children's & Education | Germany | Western Europe | Braunschweig | Medien Union | Westermann; Schroedel; Diesterweg; Schöningh; Arena (children's) | A leading German education and children's publisher | westermann.de | Part of the Ludwigshafen-based Medien Union group |
| Sanoma Learning | Children's & Education | Finland | Northern Europe | Helsinki | Sanoma | Santillana Spain; Malmberg; Sanoma Pro; Nowa Era; De Boeck; Van In | One of Europe's largest K-12 learning companies | sanoma.com | Acquired Spain's Santillana K-12 business from Prisa for a EUR 465 million enterprise value, completed 31 December 2020 |
| Santillana | Children's & Education | Spain | Southern Europe | Madrid | Grupo Prisa | Santillana; Richmond; Loqueleo; Sistema UNO; Editora Moderna (Brazil) | The leading Spanish-language education publisher in Latin America, now focused on edtech subscriptions | santillana.com | Sold its trade publishing (Alfaguara, Objetiva) to Penguin Random House in 2014 and its Spanish K-12 business to Sanoma in 2020; the Latin American education business remains with Prisa |
| S. Chand Group | Children's & Education | India | South Asia | New Delhi | Public (NSE: SCHAND) | S. Chand; Vikas; Saraswati; Madhubun; New Saraswati House | One of India's largest education publishers, founded 1939 | schandgroup.com | — |
| Oxford University Press | University Press | United Kingdom | Northern Europe | Oxford | University of Oxford | Oxford World's Classics; Oxford Reference; OUP ELT; Oxford Academic | The world's largest university press, printing since 1478 | oup.com | A department of the University of Oxford; profits fund the university |
| Cambridge University Press | University Press | United Kingdom | Northern Europe | Cambridge | University of Cambridge | Cambridge Academic; Cambridge ELT; Cambridge Core (platform) | The world's oldest publishing house, operating since 1534 | cambridge.org | Combined with Cambridge Assessment in 2021 to form Cambridge University Press & Assessment |
| Harvard University Press | University Press | United States | North America | Cambridge, Massachusetts | Harvard University | Harvard University Press; Belknap Press; Loeb Classical Library | A leading US university press, publisher of the Loeb Classical Library | hup.harvard.edu | Founded 1913 |
| Yale University Press | University Press | United States | North America | New Haven | Yale University | Yale University Press; Yale Series of Younger Poets; Margellos World Republic of Letters | A leading US university press with a major art and world literature list | yalebooks.yale.edu | Founded 1908 |
| Princeton University Press | University Press | United States | North America | Princeton | Princeton University | Princeton University Press; Princeton Science Library; Bollingen Series | An independent nonprofit university press closely affiliated with Princeton University | press.princeton.edu | Founded 1905 |
| University of Chicago Press | University Press | United States | North America | Chicago | University of Chicago | University of Chicago Press; Phoenix Books heritage | The largest US university press by journals programme and a major scholarly book publisher | press.uchicago.edu | Founded 1890; also a major book distributor for other presses |
| MIT Press | University Press | United States | North America | Cambridge, Massachusetts | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | MIT Press; Bradford Books; Cell Press distribution context | A leading publisher in science, technology, design and economics | mitpress.mit.edu | Known for open access innovation and a distinctive design-led list |
| Columbia University Press | University Press | United States | North America | New York | Columbia University | Columbia University Press; Wallflower Press | A major US university press, founded 1893, strong in Asian studies and film | cup.columbia.edu | Distributes several partner presses including Hong Kong University Press in North America |
| Stanford University Press | University Press | United States | North America | Stanford | Stanford University | Stanford University Press; Redwood Press (trade) | A leading humanities and social sciences press | sup.org | Pioneered born-digital scholarly monographs |
| Johns Hopkins University Press | University Press | United States | North America | Baltimore | Johns Hopkins University | Johns Hopkins University Press; Project MUSE (platform) | The oldest US university press in continuous operation (1878), operator of Project MUSE | press.jhu.edu | — |
| Duke University Press | University Press | United States | North America | Durham | Duke University | Duke University Press | A leading humanities and social sciences press and journals publisher | dukeupress.edu | Founded 1921 |
| University of California Press | University Press | United States | North America | Oakland | University of California | UC Press; Luminos (open access) | A major US university press with a large open access programme | ucpress.edu | Founded 1893 |
| University of Toronto Press | University Press | Canada | North America | Toronto | University of Toronto | UTP; UTP Higher Education; Rotman-UTP Publishing | Canada's largest scholarly publisher | utorontopress.com | Also operates Canada's largest scholarly journals programme |
| McGill-Queen's University Press | University Press | Canada | North America | Montreal | McGill University and Queen's University | McGill-Queen's University Press | A leading Canadian scholarly publisher, jointly owned by two universities | — | Founded 1969 as two presses, merged in 1989 |
| Edinburgh University Press | University Press | United Kingdom | Northern Europe | Edinburgh | University of Edinburgh | Edinburgh University Press | A major UK university press, especially in humanities and Islamic and film studies | euppublishing.com | — |
| Manchester University Press | University Press | United Kingdom | Northern Europe | Manchester | University of Manchester | Manchester University Press | A leading UK university press and early open access adopter | manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk | Founded 1904 |
| Amsterdam University Press | University Press | Netherlands | Western Europe | Amsterdam | Independent | Amsterdam University Press; ARC Humanities Press (sister) | A leading humanities press in English from the Netherlands | aup.nl | Founded 1992; operates in partnership with ARC Humanities Press |
| Hong Kong University Press | University Press | Hong Kong | East Asia | Hong Kong | University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong University Press | A leading English-language scholarly publisher on China and Asia | hkupress.hku.hk | Founded 1956 |
| NUS Press | University Press | Singapore | Southeast Asia | Singapore | National University of Singapore | NUS Press | A leading Southeast Asian scholarly publisher | nuspress.nus.edu.sg | Successor to Singapore University Press |
| Ateneo de Manila University Press | University Press | Philippines | Southeast Asia | Quezon City | Ateneo de Manila University | Ateneo de Manila University Press | The Philippines' leading university press and a multiple National Book Award winner | — | Founded 1972 |
| University of Queensland Press | University Press | Australia | Oceania & Pacific | Brisbane | University of Queensland | UQP | Australia's oldest university press with a major literary and First Nations list | uqp.com.au | Founded 1948 |
| Melbourne University Publishing | University Press | Australia | Oceania & Pacific | Melbourne | University of Melbourne | MUP; The Miegunyah Press | Australia's oldest university press (1922) | mup.com.au | Publishes the Miegunyah Press fine editions series |
| Te Herenga Waka University Press | University Press | New Zealand | Oceania & Pacific | Wellington | Victoria University of Wellington | Te Herenga Waka University Press | New Zealand's leading literary and scholarly press | — | Known until 2022 as Victoria University Press |
| Wits University Press | University Press | South Africa | Africa | Johannesburg | University of the Witwatersrand | Wits University Press | South Africa's oldest university press (1922) | witspress.co.za | — |
| W. W. Norton & Company | Independent | United States | North America | New York | Employee-owned | Liveright; W. W. Norton; Countryman Press | The largest US employee-owned trade publisher, founded 1923, publisher of the Norton Anthologies | wwnorton.com | Independent since its founding; ownership passed to employees |
| Grove Atlantic | Independent | United States | North America | New York | Independent | Atlantic Monthly Press; Grove Press; The Mysterious Press | A leading US literary independent, home of Atlantic Monthly Press and the Grove backlist | groveatlantic.com | Led by Morgan Entrekin since 1993 |
| Sourcebooks | Independent | United States | North America | Naperville | Penguin Random House (75% stake) | Sourcebooks Landmark; Sourcebooks Casablanca; Bloom Books; Poisoned Pen Press; Sourcebooks Kids; Callisto | Among the largest US publishers by print units, powered by the Bloom Books romance programme | sourcebooks.com | Founded by Dominique Raccah in 1987; Penguin Random House took 45% in 2019, a majority in 2023, and raised its stake to 75% in 2024; acquired Callisto Media assets in 2023 |
| Chronicle Books | Independent | United States | North America | San Francisco | Independent | Chronicle Books; Princeton Architectural Press; Hardie Grant North America context | A leading illustrated and gift publisher, founded 1967 | chroniclebooks.com | — |
| Abrams | Independent | United States | North America | New York | Média-Participations (via La Martinière Groupe) | Abrams; Abrams ComicArts; Abrams Press; Amulet Books; Stewart, Tabori & Chang | The leading US publisher of illustrated and art books, founded 1949 | abramsbooks.com | Acquired by France's La Martinière Groupe in 2017, itself part of Média-Participations |
| Kensington Publishing | Independent | United States | North America | New York | Independent | Kensington; Zebra; Dafina; Lyrical Press; Citadel | The largest US independent mass-market publisher, strong in romance and African American fiction | kensingtonbooks.com | Founded 1974 by Walter Zacharius |
| Entangled Publishing | Independent | United States | North America | Fort Collins | Independent | Red Tower Books; Amara; Teen Crush; Lovespun | A fast-growing US romance and romantasy publisher, home of Fourth Wing (Rebecca Yarros) | entangledpublishing.com | Red Tower Books launched in 2023 and became a romantasy market leader |
| Andrews McMeel Publishing | Independent | United States | North America | Kansas City | Independent | Andrews McMeel; AMP Children's; Accord | A leading US publisher of humour, comics collections and gift books | andrewsmcmeel.com | Publishing arm of the Andrews McMeel syndication and entertainment group |
| Counterpoint Press | Independent | United States | North America | Berkeley | Counterpoint LLC | Counterpoint; Catapult; Soft Skull Press | A West Coast literary group combining three respected independent lists | counterpointpress.com | Catapult and Soft Skull operate as sister imprints under Counterpoint LLC |
| Graywolf Press | Independent | United States | North America | Minneapolis | Nonprofit (independent) | Graywolf Press | A leading US nonprofit literary publisher of poetry, fiction and essays | graywolfpress.org | Founded 1974; publisher of many Pulitzer and National Book Award winners |
| Disney Publishing Worldwide | Children's & Education | United States | North America | New York | The Walt Disney Company | Disney Press; Hyperion; Marvel Press; Lucasfilm Press; National Geographic Kids Books (with Penguin Random House distribution context) | The book publishing arm of Disney, among the world's largest children's publishers | books.disney.com | Publishes across Disney, Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars franchises |
| Lerner Publishing Group | Children's & Education | United States | North America | Minneapolis | Independent | Lerner Publications; Carolrhoda; Millbrook; Graphic Universe; LernerClassroom | One of the largest US independent children's publishers, strong in school and library markets | lernerbooks.com | Founded 1959; family-owned |
| House of Anansi Press | Independent | Canada | North America | Toronto | Independent | Anansi; Groundwood Books; Astoria | A leading Canadian literary publisher, founded 1967 | houseofanansi.com | Owns the children's publisher Groundwood Books |
| McClelland & Stewart | National Major | Canada | North America | Toronto | Penguin Random House Canada (Bertelsmann) | McClelland & Stewart; Signal; Tundra Books (sister division) | Canada's oldest and most storied trade publisher, 'the Canadian publisher' | penguinrandomhouse.ca | Founded 1906; fully owned by Penguin Random House Canada since the University of Toronto sold its remaining stake |
| Drawn & Quarterly | Independent | Canada | North America | Montreal | Independent | Drawn & Quarterly | The leading Canadian publisher of literary comics and graphic novels | drawnandquarterly.com | Founded 1989 by Chris Oliveros |
| Groundwood Books | Children's & Education | Canada | North America | Toronto | House of Anansi Press | Groundwood Books | A leading Canadian children's publisher with a strong Latin American and Indigenous list | groundwoodbooks.com | Founded 1978 |
| Kids Can Press | Children's & Education | Canada | North America | Toronto | Corus Entertainment | Kids Can Press | Canada's largest children's publisher, home of Franklin the Turtle and Scaredy Squirrel | kidscanpress.com | Owned by Corus Entertainment alongside Nelvana |
| Éditions du Boréal | Independent | Canada | North America | Montreal | Independent | Boréal; Boréal Junior | A leading French-language literary publisher in Quebec, founded 1963 | editionsboreal.qc.ca | — |
| Bloomsbury | Independent | United Kingdom | Northern Europe | London | Public (LSE: BMY) | Bloomsbury; A&C Black; Methuen Drama; Osprey; Head of Zeus; Bloomsbury Academic; Bloomsbury Institute | A leading UK independent and the original UK publisher of Harry Potter | bloomsbury.com | Founded by Nigel Newton in 1986; acquired Head of Zeus in 2022 and the academic list of US-based Rowman & Littlefield in 2024 |
| Faber and Faber | Independent | United Kingdom | Northern Europe | London | Independent | Faber; Faber Children's; Faber Music (sister) | One of Britain's great literary houses, founded 1929, publisher of T.S. Eliot and many Nobel laureates | faber.co.uk | Remains independent; anchor of the Independent Alliance of publishers |
| Canongate Books | Independent | United Kingdom | Northern Europe | Edinburgh | Independent | Canongate; Canons; Payback Press | A leading Scottish independent, publisher of Life of Pi | canongate.co.uk | Founded 1973; led by Jamie Byng since a 1994 buyout |
| Profile Books | Independent | United Kingdom | Northern Europe | London | Independent | Profile; Serpent's Tail; Sort Of Books; Profile Paperbacks | A leading UK nonfiction independent, publisher of Eats, Shoots & Leaves | profilebooks.co.uk | Acquired Serpent's Tail in 2010; also runs the Wellcome Collection publishing partnership |
| Granta Publications | Independent | United Kingdom | Northern Europe | London | Granta Trust (Sigrid Rausing) | Granta Books; Portobello heritage; Granta magazine | Publisher of the Granta literary magazine and a respected fiction and memoir list | granta.com | Owned by philanthropist Sigrid Rausing since 2005 |
| Thames & Hudson | Independent | United Kingdom | Northern Europe | London | Independent | Thames & Hudson; Thames & Hudson Australia and USA | The leading English-language art book publisher, founded 1949 | thamesandhudson.com | Long family-influenced and independent; named for the rivers of London and New York |
| Usborne Publishing | Children's & Education | United Kingdom | Northern Europe | London | Usborne family | Usborne; Usborne YA; Kane Miller (US) | One of the world's largest children's publishers, famous for sticker, novelty and early learning books | usborne.com | Founded by Peter Usborne in 1973; still family-led |
| Walker Books | Children's & Education | United Kingdom | Northern Europe | London | Trustbridge Global Media | Walker Books; Walker Studio; Candlewick Press (US sister) | A leading UK children's publisher, home of We're Going on a Bear Hunt and Maisy | walker.co.uk | Sister company to US-based Candlewick Press; acquired by Trustbridge Global Media in 2020 |
| Nosy Crow | Children's & Education | United Kingdom | Northern Europe | London | Independent | Nosy Crow | An award-winning independent children's publisher founded 2010 | nosycrow.com | Founded by Kate Wilson, formerly of Scholastic UK |
| Andersen Press | Children's & Education | United Kingdom | Northern Europe | London | Independent | Andersen Press | A leading independent children's publisher, home of Elmer the Patchwork Elephant | andersenpress.co.uk | Founded by Klaus Flugge in 1976 |
| Éditions Gallimard | National Major | France | Western Europe | Paris | Madrigall | Gallimard; Bibliothèque de la Pléiade; Folio; Denoël; Mercure de France; Gallimard Jeunesse | France's most prestigious literary publisher, founded 1911 | gallimard.fr | Flagship of the family-controlled Madrigall group; the Pléiade is France's definitive classics edition |
| Groupe Flammarion | National Major | France | Western Europe | Paris | Madrigall | Flammarion; J'ai lu; Casterman; Autrement; Flammarion Jeunesse; Pygmalion | A major French trade and illustrated publisher, leader in mass-market paperbacks via J'ai lu | flammarion.fr | Joined Madrigall (Gallimard's parent) in 2012 |
| Éditions Albin Michel | Independent | France | Western Europe | Paris | Albin Michel group (Esmenard family) | Albin Michel; Magnard; Vuibert; De Boeck Supérieur (with Média-Participations context) | One of France's largest independent publishers, strong in fiction and education | albin-michel.fr | Founded 1900; still family-controlled |
| Éditions du Seuil | Independent | France | Western Europe | Paris | Média-Participations | Seuil; Points; Seuil Jeunesse; L'Olivier; Sous-Sol | A major French literary and humanities publisher, founded 1935 | seuil.com | Part of Média-Participations since 2004 |
| Actes Sud | Independent | France | Western Europe | Arles | Actes Sud group (Nyssen family) | Actes Sud; Babel; Actes Sud Junior; Sindbad; Leméac (Canada partner) | A leading French independent famed for translated literature and the Babel paperback line | actes-sud.fr | Founded 1978 in Arles by Hubert Nyssen |
| Editis | National Major | France | Western Europe | Paris | Czech Media Invest (International Media Invest) | Robert Laffont; Plon; Presses de la Cité; Belfond; XO; Nathan; Bordas; Le Robert; 10/18; Pocket | France's second-largest publishing group | editis.com | Sold by Vivendi to Daniel Křetínský's Czech Media Invest in November 2023 as a condition of Vivendi's Lagardère takeover |
| Média-Participations | National Major | France | Western Europe | Paris | Média-Participations | Dargaud; Dupuis; Le Lombard; Seuil; Fleurus; La Martinière; Abrams (US); Michel Lafon (stake) | A Franco-Belgian group that is Europe's leading comics publisher and a major general publisher | media-participations.com | Roots in the Remy family's Catholic publishing; expanded into the US with Abrams |
| Groupe Bayard | Children's & Education | France | Western Europe | Paris | Augustinians of the Assumption | Bayard Jeunesse; Milan; Bayard Éditions; Pomme d'Api (brand) | A leading French children's and religious publisher, founded 1873 | groupebayard.com | Owned by the Assumptionist religious congregation |
| Grupo Planeta | National Major | Spain | Southern Europe | Barcelona | Planeta (Lara family) | Editorial Planeta; Destino; Seix Barral; Tusquets; Crítica; Paidós; Martínez Roca; Booket; Deusto; Planeta Gastro | The largest Spanish-language publishing group in the world by catalogue breadth, founded 1949 | planetadelibros.com | Still controlled by the Lara family; also a major media and education group (Atresmedia stake, Planeta Formación) |
| Grupo Anaya | National Major | Spain | Southern Europe | Madrid | Hachette Livre (Lagardère) | Anaya; Alianza Editorial; Cátedra; Pirámide; Barcanova; Anaya ELE; Oberon | Spain's leading education publisher with major trade imprints Alianza and Cátedra | grupoanaya.es | A wholly owned Hachette Livre subsidiary for two decades |
| RBA Libros | Independent | Spain | Southern Europe | Barcelona | RBA Holding de Comunicación | RBA; Molino; Gredos; Integral; National Geographic Books España | A major Spanish trade publisher and part-work specialist | rbalibros.com | Part of the family-led RBA media group |
| Edhasa | Independent | Spain | Southern Europe | Barcelona | Independent | Edhasa; Castalia | A respected Spanish literary and history publisher, founded 1946, also active in Argentina | edhasa.es | — |
| Grupo Porto Editora | National Major | Portugal | Southern Europe | Porto | Porto Editora (family) | Porto Editora; Sextante; Assírio & Alvim; Ideias de Ler; Bertrand Editora | Portugal's largest publishing group, founded 1944 | portoeditora.pt | Also owns the Bertrand bookselling chain |
| LeYa | National Major | Portugal | Southern Europe | Alfragide | LeYa group | Dom Quixote; Oficina do Livro; Bis; Texto; LeYa Educação | One of Portugal's two largest publishing groups, with operations in Brazil, Angola and Mozambique | leya.com | Formed in 2008 by consolidating several Portuguese houses |
| Gruppo Mondadori (Mondadori Libri) | National Major | Italy | Southern Europe | Segrate (Milan) | Fininvest (Berlusconi family) | Mondadori; Einaudi; Piemme; Sperling & Kupfer; Frassinelli; Rizzoli; Fabbri; Mondadori Electa; Rizzoli International (New York) | Italy's largest publisher, founded 1907 | mondadori.it | Controlled by the Berlusconi family's Fininvest; absorbed RCS's book business (Rizzoli) in 2016 |
| Giunti Editore | National Major | Italy | Southern Europe | Florence | Giunti group (family) | Giunti; Bompiani; Giunti Psychometrics; Giunti Scuola; Disney Libri (licence) | Italy's second-largest publishing group, with roots to 1841 | giunti.it | Acquired Bompiani from Mondadori in 2018 under antitrust conditions on the Rizzoli deal |
| Feltrinelli Editore | Independent | Italy | Southern Europe | Milan | Feltrinelli group (family) | Feltrinelli; Apogeo; Gribaudo; Feltrinelli Traveller | A leading Italian independent, founded 1954 by Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, publisher of Doctor Zhivago and The Leopard | feltrinellieditore.it | Part of a group that also runs Italy's largest bookstore chain |
| GeMS (Gruppo editoriale Mauri Spagnol) | Independent | Italy | Southern Europe | Milan | Mauri and Spagnol families | Garzanti; Longanesi; Salani; Nord; TEA; Guanda; Vallardi; Bollati Boringhieri | One of Italy's largest independent groups, home of Garzanti and Salani | maurispagnol.it | The Garzanti and Salani backlists anchor the group; Bollati Boringhieri joined in 2019 |
| Adelphi | Independent | Italy | Southern Europe | Milan | Independent | Adelphi; Biblioteca Adelphi | Italy's most prestigious literary publisher, founded 1962 by Luciano Foà and Roberto Calasso | adelphi.it | Long directed by Roberto Calasso until his death in 2021 |
| Sellerio | Independent | Italy | Southern Europe | Palermo | Sellerio family | Sellerio; La Memoria (series) | A Sicilian literary publisher famed for Andrea Camilleri's Montalbano novels | sellerio.it | Founded 1969 by Elvira and Enzo Sellerio |
| Holtzbrinck Buchverlage | National Major | Germany | Western Europe | Stuttgart | Holtzbrinck Publishing Group | S. Fischer; Rowohlt; Kiepenheuer & Witsch; Droemer Knaur; Argon (audio); Fischer Kinder- und Jugendbuch | The German trade publishing arm of Holtzbrinck, home of S. Fischer and Rowohlt | — | Separate from Macmillan (US) and Springer Nature within the same family group |
| Bonnier Media Deutschland | National Major | Germany | Western Europe | Munich | Bonnier Books (Bonnier Group) | Ullstein; Piper; Carlsen; arsEdition; Thienemann-Esslinger; Hörbuch Hamburg | One of Germany's largest trade groups, leader in comics and manga via Carlsen | bonniermedia.de | — |
| Suhrkamp Verlag | Independent | Germany | Western Europe | Berlin | Suhrkamp (foundation and family interests) | Suhrkamp; Insel Verlag; Deutscher Klassiker Verlag | Germany's most prestigious literary publisher, founded 1950, home of the Insel Bücherei | suhrkamp.de | Founded by Peter Suhrkamp; long directed by Siegfried Unseld and then Ulla Unseld-Berkéwicz |
| Carl Hanser Verlag | Independent | Germany | Western Europe | Munich | Hanser family | Hanser; Hanser Berlin; Zsolnay (Vienna); Hanser Kinderbuch | A leading German independent literary and technical publisher, founded 1928 | hanser-literaturverlage.de | Still family-owned; includes the Austrian Zsolnay house |
| dtv Verlagsgesellschaft | Independent | Germany | Western Europe | Munich | Consortium of German-language publishers | dtv; dtv junior; dtv premium | Germany's leading paperback publisher, founded 1960 as a joint venture of hardcover houses | dtv.de | Owned collectively by a consortium of German, Austrian and Swiss publishers |
| Bastei Lübbe | Independent | Germany | Western Europe | Cologne | Public (Frankfurt Stock Exchange) | Lübbe; Eichborn; LYX; beTHRILLED; ONE | One of Germany's largest popular fiction publishers, leader in romance via LYX | luebbe.de | Founded 1953; listed since 2013 |
| Aufbau Verlage | Independent | Germany | Western Europe | Berlin | Independent (Matthias Koch) | Aufbau; Aufbau Taschenbuch; Blumenbar; Rütten & Loening | A historic Berlin literary house, founded 1945 in the Soviet occupation zone | aufbau-verlage.de | Privatised after reunification; owned by Matthias Koch since 2014 |
| Klett-Cotta | Independent | Germany | Western Europe | Stuttgart | Klett Group | Klett-Cotta; Hobbit Presse; Tropen | A leading German literary and psychology publisher, German home of Tolkien via Hobbit Presse | klett-cotta.de | Part of the Klett education group |
| Diogenes Verlag | Independent | Switzerland | Western Europe | Zurich | Keel family | Diogenes | The largest independent German-language literary publisher, founded 1952 | diogenes.ch | Founded by Daniel Keel; famed for its uniform white-cover design |
| Veen Bosch & Keuning (VBK) | National Major | Netherlands | Western Europe | Utrecht | Simon & Schuster (KKR) | Kosmos; De Fontein; Luitingh-Sijthoff; AnkhHermes; Gottmer; VBK Literair | The largest book publisher in the Netherlands | vbk.nl | Acquired by Simon & Schuster in May 2024, including audiobook producer Thinium and subscription platform Bookchoice |
| Singel Uitgevers | Independent | Netherlands | Western Europe | Amsterdam | Independent | De Bezige Bij; Querido; Athenaeum-Polak & Van Gennep; Nijgh & Van Ditmar; De Arbeiderspers; Ploegsma | The leading Dutch literary publishing house, centred on De Bezige Bij (founded 1944 as a resistance publisher) | singeluitgevers.nl | — |
| Uitgeverij Lannoo | National Major | Belgium | Western Europe | Tielt | Lannoo group (family) | Lannoo; LannooCampus; Racine; Meulenhoff Boekerij (Netherlands); Manteau | Belgium's largest publishing group, also a top-three Dutch publisher via Meulenhoff Boekerij | lannoo.be | Founded 1909; family-owned; acquired the Dutch Meulenhoff Boekerij in 2017 |
| WPG Uitgevers | Independent | Netherlands | Western Europe | Amsterdam | Independent | A.W. Bruna; Xander; Van Dale; Podium; Signatuur | A major Dutch trade group, publisher of the Van Dale dictionary | wpguitgevers.nl | — |
| Gyldendal | National Major | Denmark | Northern Europe | Copenhagen | Public (Nasdaq Copenhagen), foundation-backed | Gyldendal; Rosinante; Gyldendal Uddannelse; Systime | Denmark's largest and oldest publisher, founded 1770 | gyldendal.dk | — |
| Lindhardt og Ringhof | National Major | Denmark | Northern Europe | Copenhagen | Egmont | Lindhardt og Ringhof; Carlsen (Denmark); Saga (audiobooks); Alvilda | Denmark's second-largest publisher and a European audiobook leader via Saga | lindhardtogringhof.dk | Part of Egmont since 1999; Saga publishes thousands of audiobooks a year |
| Egmont (Story House Egmont) | National Major | Denmark | Northern Europe | Copenhagen | Egmont Foundation | Story House Egmont; Lindhardt og Ringhof; Cappelen Damm (joint venture with Bonnier) | A Nordic media and publishing group owned by a charitable foundation | egmont.com | Egmont profits support vulnerable children and young people; co-owns Norway's Cappelen Damm with Bonnier |
| Gyldendal Norsk Forlag | National Major | Norway | Northern Europe | Oslo | Public (Oslo Børs) | Gyldendal; Kolon; Tiden; Gyldendal Akademisk; Rettsdata | Norway's largest publisher, founded 1925 | gyldendal.no | Independent of the Danish Gyldendal despite the shared name and history |
| Cappelen Damm | National Major | Norway | Northern Europe | Oslo | Egmont and Bonnier (joint venture) | Cappelen Damm; Akadémisk; Høyskoleforlaget | Norway's largest or second-largest publisher, formed by a 2007 merger | cappelendamm.no | Owned 50/50 by Egmont and Bonnier since the merger of Cappelen and Damm |
| Aschehoug | Independent | Norway | Northern Europe | Oslo | Independent (foundation and family) | Aschehoug; Oktober; Universitetsforlaget; Lydbokforlaget (stake) | One of Norway's oldest publishers, founded 1872, home of Universitetsforlaget | aschehoug.no | — |
| Norstedts Förlagsgrupp | National Major | Sweden | Northern Europe | Stockholm | Storytel | Norstedts; Rabén & Sjögren; Norstedts Kartor; Printz Publishing | Sweden's oldest publisher (1823) and a leading trade group, including children's house Rabén & Sjögren | norstedts.se | Acquired by audiobook group Storytel in 2016 |
| Lind & Co | Independent | Sweden | Northern Europe | Stockholm | Independent | Lind & Co; Historiska Media | A fast-growing Swedish trade publisher strong in audio-first fiction | lindco.se | Founded by Kristoffer Lind in 1999 |
| Otava | National Major | Finland | Northern Europe | Helsinki | Otava Group (family) | Otava; Like; F-Kustannus; Otavamedia (magazines) | Finland's largest book publisher, founded 1890 | otava.fi | Part of the family-owned Otava media group |
| WSOY (Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö) | National Major | Finland | Northern Europe | Helsinki | Bonnier Books (Bonnier Group) | WSOY; Tammi; Johnny Kniga; Bazar; Minerva (stake) | One of Finland's two largest trade publishers, founded 1878 | wsoy.fi | Sold by Sanoma to Bonnier in 2011 together with Tammi |
| Forlagið | Independent | Iceland | Northern Europe | Reykjavík | Independent | Forlagið; Mál og menning; JPV | Iceland's largest publisher, formed in 2007 from historic houses | forlagid.is | Publishes a large share of Iceland's famous 'book flood' Christmas titles |
| Albatros Media | National Major | Czech Republic | Eastern Europe & Black Sea | Prague | Independent | Albatros; XYZ; Computer Press; CooBoo; Edika | The largest publisher in the Czech Republic, founded 1934 (as Albatros) | albatrosmedia.cz | Also the largest children's publisher in Czechia and Slovakia |
| Host | Independent | Czech Republic | Eastern Europe & Black Sea | Brno | Independent | Host | The leading Czech literary publisher, home of many of the country's bestselling authors | hostbrno.cz | — |
| Społeczny Instytut Wydawniczy Znak | Independent | Poland | Eastern Europe & Black Sea | Kraków | Independent | Znak; Znak Literanova; Otwarte; Znak JednymSłowem | One of Poland's largest and most prestigious publishers, founded 1959 | znak.com.pl | Grew out of the Catholic intellectual milieu around Tygodnik Powszechny |
| Wydawnictwo Literackie | Independent | Poland | Eastern Europe & Black Sea | Kraków | Independent | Wydawnictwo Literackie | Poland's classic literary house, publisher of Wisława Szymborska and other Nobel laureates | wydawnictwoliterackie.pl | Founded 1953 |
| Wydawnictwo Agora | Independent | Poland | Eastern Europe & Black Sea | Warsaw | Agora SA | Wydawnictwo Agora; Czarna Owca; Linia | The book arm of Poland's Agora media group, expanded by the Czarna Owca acquisition | agora.pl | Acquired crime and fiction publisher Czarna Owca in 2021 |
| Libri Kiadói Csoport (Libri-Bookline) | National Major | Hungary | Eastern Europe & Black Sea | Budapest | Libri-Bookline (Mathias Corvinus Collegium majority) | Libri; Helikon; Jelenkor; Kolibri; Park | Hungary's largest book publishing and retail group | libri.hu | The Mathias Corvinus Collegium foundation became majority owner of Libri-Bookline in 2023, prompting public debate over cultural independence |
| Humanitas | Independent | Romania | Eastern Europe & Black Sea | Bucharest | Independent | Humanitas; Humanitas Fiction; Humanitas Junior | Romania's leading post-1989 literary publisher, founded by Gabriel Liiceanu | humanitas.ro | — |
| Polirom | Independent | Romania | Eastern Europe & Black Sea | Iași | Independent | Polirom; Biblioteca Polirom (series) | One of Romania's largest publishers, strong in translated fiction and academia | polirom.ro | Founded 1995 |
| Vivat Publishing | National Major | Ukraine | Eastern Europe & Black Sea | Kharkiv | Factor Group | Vivat | One of Ukraine's largest trade publishers | vivat-publishing.com | Continued publishing through the full-scale invasion; its Kharkiv printing partner Faktor-Druk was hit by a Russian missile strike in May 2024 |
| The Old Lion Publishing House | Independent | Ukraine | Eastern Europe & Black Sea | Lviv | Independent | Vydavnytstvo Staroho Leva | Ukraine's best-known children's and illustrated publisher | starylev.com.ua | Founded 2001; its books are widely licensed abroad |
| Eksmo-AST | National Major | Russia | Eastern Europe & Black Sea | Moscow | Eksmo and AST (jointly operated) | Eksmo; AST; Corpus; Redaktsiya Eleny Shubinoy; Mann, Ivanov i Ferber (MIF) | Russia's largest publishing group | eksmo.ru | Formed by the 2012 operational merger of rivals Eksmo and AST; operates under Russian state censorship constraints since 2022 |
| Azbuka-Atticus | National Major | Russia | Eastern Europe & Black Sea | Moscow | Independent (Hachette Livre minority stake) | Azbuka; Inostranka; KoLibri; Mahaon | A leading Russian literary publisher, the Russian home of many translated bestsellers | azbooka.ru | Hachette Livre took a minority stake in 2011 |
| Laguna | National Major | Serbia | Eastern Europe & Black Sea | Belgrade | Independent | Laguna | Serbia's largest trade publisher, founded 1998, paired with the Delfi bookstore chain | laguna.rs | — |
| Psichogios Publications | National Major | Greece | Southern Europe | Athens | Independent | Psichogios | Greece's largest trade publisher, founded 1979 | psichogios.gr | — |
| Metaichmio | Independent | Greece | Southern Europe | Athens | Independent | Metaichmio | One of Greece's largest publishers across trade and education | metaixmio.gr | Founded 1993 |
| Yapı Kredi Yayınları | National Major | Turkey | Eastern Europe & Black Sea | Istanbul | Yapı Kredi (Koç Holding and UniCredit heritage) | Yapı Kredi Yayınları; YKY | Turkey's most prestigious cultural publisher, backed by Yapı Kredi bank | ykykultur.com.tr | Publishes the collected works of many of Turkey's canonical authors |
| Can Yayınları | Independent | Turkey | Eastern Europe & Black Sea | Istanbul | Independent | Can; Can Çocuk | A leading Turkish literary publisher, founded 1981 by Erdal Öz | canyayinlari.com | — |
| Doğan Kitap | National Major | Turkey | Eastern Europe & Black Sea | Istanbul | Doğan Holding | Doğan Kitap; Doğan Novus; DEX | One of Turkey's largest trade publishers | dogankitap.com.tr | Part of the Doğan family's holding company |
| Kodansha | National Major | Japan | East Asia | Tokyo | Noma family (unlisted) | Kodansha; Kodansha Comics; Vertical (US); Kodansha USA; King Record (affiliate) | Japan's largest general publisher, a giant of manga (Weekly Shōnen Magazine) and trade books | kodansha.co.jp | Founded 1909; still unlisted and family-influenced |
| Shueisha | National Major | Japan | East Asia | Tokyo | Hitotsubashi Group | Shueisha; Shōnen Jump; Margaret; Shueisha Bunko; Homesha | Japan's largest manga publisher, home of Weekly Shōnen Jump and One Piece | shueisha.co.jp | Part of the Hitotsubashi Group with Shogakukan; co-owner of VIZ Media in the US |
| Shogakukan | National Major | Japan | East Asia | Tokyo | Hitotsubashi Group | Shogakukan; CoroCoro Comic; Big Comic; Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions | A top-three Japanese publisher, strong in children's manga and education | shogakukan.co.jp | Parent of studio ShoPro; with Shueisha co-owns VIZ Media |
| KADOKAWA Corporation | National Major | Japan | East Asia | Tokyo | Public (TSE); Sony is largest shareholder (about 10%) | Kadokawa Shoten; Enterbrain; Media Factory; ASCII Media Works (Dengeki); Fujimi Shobo; Yen Press (US, with Hachette) | A Japanese media conglomerate built on light novels, manga and magazines | kadokawa.co.jp | Sony became its largest shareholder with about 10% in December 2024 under a strategic alliance; Tencent holds about 8% |
| Shinchosha | Independent | Japan | East Asia | Tokyo | Satō family (unlisted) | Shinchosha; Shincho Bunko; Shincho Magazine | One of Japan's great literary houses, founded 1896, publisher of the Shincho Prize | shinchosha.co.jp | — |
| Bungeishunjū | Independent | Japan | East Asia | Tokyo | Independent (unlisted) | Bungeishunjū; Bunshun Bunko; Bungei Shunjū (magazine) | A leading Japanese publisher of literature and nonfiction, administrator of the Akutagawa and Naoki prizes | bunshun.co.jp | Founded 1923 by Kan Kikuchi |
| Hayakawa Publishing | Independent | Japan | East Asia | Tokyo | Hayakawa family (unlisted) | Hayakawa Shobō; Hayakawa Bunko; SF Magazine | Japan's leading science fiction and mystery publisher, founded 1945 | hayakawa-online.co.jp | Introduced much of world SF and crime fiction to Japanese readers |
| China Publishing Group | National Major | China | East Asia | Beijing | State-owned (central government) | The Commercial Press; Zhonghua Book Company; SDX Joint Publishing; People's Literature Publishing House; China National Publications Import & Export (affiliate) | China's largest publishing group, home of its oldest modern houses | — | A central state-owned cultural enterprise formed in 2002 from historic Beijing publishers |
| China South Publishing & Media Group | National Major | China | East Asia | Changsha | State-owned (Hunan provincial government, listed) | Hunan Literature & Art; Hunan People's; Hunan Education; Tianwen Kadokawa (JV heritage) | One of China's largest listed publishing groups, based in Hunan | — | Listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2010 as the first full-chain listed publisher |
| Phoenix Publishing & Media Group | National Major | China | East Asia | Nanjing | State-owned (Jiangsu provincial government, listed) | Yilin Press; Jiangsu Education; Phoenix Literature & Art; Jiangsu Phoenix Children's | One of China's largest publishing groups, with the leading translation house Yilin Press | — | Yilin Press is China's best-known publisher of translated world literature |
| China Education Publishing & Media Group | Children's & Education | China | East Asia | Beijing | State-owned (Ministry of Education) | People's Education Press; Higher Education Press; Chinese Language Press | China's national education publishing group; People's Education Press produces the standard school textbooks | — | Formed in 2010 around the Ministry of Education's publishing houses |
| CITIC Press | National Major | China | East Asia | Beijing | CITIC Group (state financial conglomerate) | CITIC Press; CITIC Kids; Xiron (acquired) | China's leading business and nonfiction publisher, part of the CITIC financial group | — | Known for importing global business and science bestsellers into China |
| Motie Group | Independent | China | East Asia | Beijing | Independent (private) | Motie; Motie Books; Guomai (partnership heritage) | One of China's largest private trade publishers | — | A leader among China's private 'minying' publishing planners and producers |
| Crown Publishing Group | National Major | Taiwan | East Asia | Taipei | Independent (Chao family) | Crown; Crown Culture; Ping's (Ping Lu) imprint heritage | One of Taiwan's largest trade publishers, founded 1954 | crown.com.tw | Long the Taiwanese home of many leading Chinese-language authors |
| Minumsa Publishing Group | National Major | South Korea | East Asia | Seoul | Minumsa group | Minumsa; Segyesa; Goldenbough; Panmunhak (Bandi heritage) | South Korea's leading literary publisher, founded 1966 | minumsa.com | Publishes the Segyesa world literature series |
| Changbi Publishers | Independent | South Korea | East Asia | Paju | Independent | Changbi; Changbi Children | A leading Korean literary and social thought publisher, founded 1966 | changbi.com | Based in Paju Book City; long associated with Korea's democratisation-era literature |
| Munhakdongne | Independent | South Korea | East Asia | Paju | Independent | Munhakdongne; Namujaju (children's) | One of Korea's largest literary publishers, founded 1993 | munhak.com | Based in Paju Book City |
| Gramedia (Kompas Gramedia) | National Major | Indonesia | Southeast Asia | Jakarta | Kompas Gramedia | Gramedia Pustaka Utama; Elex Media Komputindo; Bhuana Ilmu Populer; Grasindo; Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia | Indonesia's largest publisher, part of the Kompas media group | gramedia.com | Operates Indonesia's largest bookstore chain of the same name |
| Mizan | Independent | Indonesia | Southeast Asia | Bandung | Independent | Mizan; Bentang Pustaka; Mizan Fantasi; Qanita | One of Indonesia's largest publishers, founded 1983, strong in Islamic and general trade titles | mizan.com | — |
| Karangkraf | National Major | Malaysia | Southeast Asia | Shah Alam | Karangkraf group (family) | Karangkraf; Buku Prima; Alaf 21; Karya Bestari | Malaysia's largest Malay-language publisher | karangkraf.com | Part of a media group built around the Sinar Harian newspaper |
| MPH Publishing | Independent | Malaysia | Southeast Asia | Kuala Lumpur | MPH Group | MPH Publishing | One of Malaysia's oldest publishers and booksellers, founded 1890 | mph.com.my | MPH began as a Methodist Publishing House in Singapore in 1890 |
| Marshall Cavendish | National Major | Singapore | Southeast Asia | Singapore | Times Publishing (Fraser and Neave) | Marshall Cavendish Editions; Marshall Cavendish Education; MC International | Singapore's leading general and education publisher with a global reference list | marshallcavendish.com | Named for its British founders; owned by Times Publishing since the 1980s |
| Epigram Books | Independent | Singapore | Southeast Asia | Singapore | Independent | Epigram Books | Singapore's best-known literary publisher, founder of the Epigram Books Fiction Prize | epigrambooks.sg | Founded 2011 by Edmund Wee |
| Amarin Publishing | National Major | Thailand | Southeast Asia | Bangkok | Public (SET: AMARIN) | Amarin; Amarin Comics; Springbooks; Praew | One of Thailand's largest publishers, part of the Amarin media group | amarin.co.th | — |
| Kim Đồng Publishing House | Children's & Education | Vietnam | Southeast Asia | Hanoi | State (Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union) | Kim Đồng | Vietnam's largest and oldest children's publisher, founded 1957 | nxbkimdong.com.vn | Named after a young revolutionary hero; publisher of Doraemon in Vietnam |
| Nhã Nam | Independent | Vietnam | Southeast Asia | Hanoi | Independent | Nhã Nam | Vietnam's leading literary publisher in translation, founded 2005 | nhanam.vn | Credited with creating a young urban readership for world literature in Vietnam |
| Anvil Publishing | National Major | Philippines | Southeast Asia | Manila | National Book Store group | Anvil; Anvil Classics | The Philippines' largest trade publisher | anvilpublishing.com.ph | Publishing arm of the National Book Store retail group |
| Adarna House | Children's & Education | Philippines | Southeast Asia | Quezon City | Independent | Adarna House | The Philippines' pioneering children's publisher, founded 1980 | adarna.com.ph | Founded by Virgilio S. Almario |
| Rex Education | Children's & Education | Philippines | Southeast Asia | Manila | Rex group (family) | Rex Book Store; Rex Knowledge Center | The Philippines' largest educational publisher | rex.com.ph | Founded 1950 as Rex Book Store |
| Rupa Publications | Independent | India | South Asia | New Delhi | Independent (Mehra family) | Rupa; Red Turtle (children's) | One of India's oldest trade publishers, founded 1936, famed for low-priced mass editions | rupapublications.co.in | Founded in Kolkata by D. Mehra; now led by Kapish Mehra |
| Aleph Book Company | Independent | India | South Asia | New Delhi | Independent | Aleph | A leading Indian literary publisher founded 2011 by David Davidar and Kapish Mehra | alephbookcompany.com | Publishes many of India's most decorated contemporary authors |
| Jaico Publishing House | Independent | India | South Asia | Mumbai | Independent | Jaico; Jaico Cricket | India's first English-language paperback publisher (1946), strong in self-help and translation | jaicobooks.com | Founded by Jaman Shah in 1946 |
| Westland Books | Independent | India | South Asia | Chennai | Pratilipi | Westland; Tranquebar; Context; Red Panda (with PRH context) | A major Indian trade publisher revived under new ownership | — | Closed by Amazon in 2022 and acquired the same year by the digital storytelling platform Pratilipi, which relaunched the list |
| Speaking Tiger | Independent | India | South Asia | New Delhi | Independent | Speaking Tiger; Tiger Series | A respected Indian independent founded 2014 by Ravi Singh, former head of Penguin India | speakingtigerbooks.com | — |
| Juggernaut Books | Independent | India | South Asia | New Delhi | Independent | Juggernaut | India's best-known digital-first publisher, founded 2015 by Durga Raghunath | juggernaut.in | Built around a mobile reading app alongside print editions |
| Orient Blackswan | Academic & STM | India | South Asia | Hyderabad | Independent | Orient Blackswan; Orient Longman heritage; Universities Press (distributor) | One of India's oldest academic publishers, founded 1948 as Orient Longman | orientblackswan.com | Long the Indian partner of British academic houses; fully Indian-owned since 2007 |
| Vanguard Books | Independent | Pakistan | South Asia | Lahore | Independent | Vanguard Books | Pakistan's leading English-language trade and academic publisher | vanguardbooks.com | Founded in the 1980s by Mahtab Karim |
| University Press Limited (UPL) | Independent | Bangladesh | South Asia | Dhaka | Independent | UPL | Bangladesh's leading scholarly and general publisher, founded 1975 | uplbooks.com | Founded by Mohiuddin Ahmed, formerly of Oxford University Press Pakistan |
| Dar El Shorouk | National Major | Egypt | Africa | Cairo | Shorouk group | Dar El Shorouk; Shorouk International Bookshop | The Arab world's leading trade publisher, founded 1968 in Cairo | shorouk.com | Part of a group that also owns Egypt's Al-Shorouk newspaper |
| Arab Scientific Publishers | Independent | Lebanon | Middle East | Beirut | Independent | Arab Scientific Publishers; Thaqafa (imprint) | A leading Arabic science and translated nonfiction publisher | aspbooks.com | Known for Arabic editions of global popular-science bestsellers |
| Dar Al Saqi (Saqi Books) | Independent | Lebanon | Middle East | Beirut | Independent | Dar Al Saqi; Saqi Books (London); Saqi Essentials | A leading Arabic literary publisher with a London English-language arm | saqibooks.com | Founded 1979 in London and Beirut |
| Kalimat Group | Children's & Education | United Arab Emirates | Middle East | Sharjah | Independent | Kalimat; Horouf; Qindeel; Comics | The first UAE publisher dedicated to Arabic children's books, founded 2007 | kalimatgroup.ae | Founded by Bodour Al Qasimi, former president of the International Publishers Association |
| Jarir Marketing Company (Jarir Bookstore) | National Major | Saudi Arabia | Middle East | Riyadh | Public (Tadawul) | Jarir Publications | Saudi Arabia's dominant bookseller-publisher, the leading source of Arabic self-help translations | jarir.com | Founded 1979; its publishing arm issues Arabic editions of global bestsellers |
| Kinneret Zmora-Bitan Dvir | National Major | Israel | Middle East | Or Yehuda | Independent | Kinneret; Zmora-Bitan; Dvir; Ahat | Israel's largest Hebrew-language trade publisher | — | Formed by the merger of three historic houses: Kinneret (1958), Zmora-Bitan and Dvir (1924) |
| Cassava Republic Press | Independent | Nigeria | Africa | Abuja | Independent | Cassava Republic; Ankara Press | Africa's best-known literary publisher internationally, founded 2006 by Bibi Bakare-Yusuf | cassavarepublic.biz | Also operates from London; publishes Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Nigerian editions among others |
| Kachifo Limited (Farafina) | Independent | Nigeria | Africa | Lagos | Independent | Farafina; Farafina Educational | A leading Nigerian literary publisher under the Farafina imprint | kachifo.com | Farafina published Adichie's Purple Hibiscus in Nigeria |
| Masobe Books | Independent | Nigeria | Africa | Lagos | Independent | Masobe Books | A fast-growing Nigerian trade publisher founded 2018 | masobebooks.com | Part of a new generation of Nigerian independent houses |
| Jacana Media | Independent | South Africa | Africa | Johannesburg | Independent | Jacana; Russell Stone Group (partner) | A leading South African independent, founded 1998 | jacana.co.za | Known for prize-winning fiction and political nonfiction |
| Jonathan Ball Publishers | Independent | South Africa | Africa | Johannesburg | Independent | Jonathan Ball; AD Donker heritage | One of South Africa's largest trade publishers, founded 1976 | jonathanball.co.za | — |
| NB Publishers | National Major | South Africa | Africa | Cape Town | Media24 (Naspers) | Human & Rousseau; Tafelberg; Kwela; Best Books; Pharos | South Africa's largest general publisher, in Afrikaans and English | nb.co.za | Part of Naspers' Media24; Human & Rousseau and Tafelberg date to the 1950s |
| East African Educational Publishers | Children's & Education | Kenya | Africa | Nairobi | Independent | EAEP | East Africa's largest indigenous education publisher | — | Successor to Heinemann Kenya's local programme after a management buyout |
| Companhia das Letras | National Major | Brazil | South America | São Paulo | Penguin Random House (70%) | Companhia das Letras; Objetiva; Alfaguara Brasil; Suma; Paralela; Penguin-Companhia; Zahar; Brinque-Book | Brazil's most prestigious literary publisher, founded 1986 by Luiz Schwarcz | companhiadasletras.com.br | Penguin took 45% in 2012 and majority control (70%) in 2018; the Schwarcz founders retain 30%; absorbed Objetiva in 2015 and Zahar in 2019 |
| Grupo Editorial Record | National Major | Brazil | South America | Rio de Janeiro | Record group (family) | Record; José Olympio; Civilização Brasileira; Bertrand Brasil; Rosa dos Tempos; BestSeller; Galera | One of Brazil's largest and oldest publishing groups, founded 1937 | record.com.br | Still family-controlled; José Olympio (1931) is Brazil's historic literary house |
| Intrínseca | Independent | Brazil | South America | Rio de Janeiro | Independent | Intrínseca | A leading Brazilian trade publisher of translated bestsellers, founded 2003 by Jorge Oakim | intrinseca.com.br | Brought series such as Twilight and Percy Jackson to Brazilian readers |
| Editora Sextante | Independent | Brazil | South America | Rio de Janeiro | Independent (Sextante group) | Sextante; Arqueiro; Saída de Emergência (Brazil) | Brazil's leading self-help and inspirational publisher, founded 1998 | sextante.com.br | Arqueiro is its commercial fiction arm |
| Globo Livros | National Major | Brazil | South America | São Paulo | Grupo Globo | Globo Livros; Biblioteca Azul; Globo Alt | The book arm of Brazil's Globo media conglomerate | globolivros.globo.com | — |
| Editora Rocco | Independent | Brazil | South America | Rio de Janeiro | Independent (family) | Rocco; Rocco Jovens Leitores; Anfiteatro | A leading Brazilian literary publisher, the Brazilian home of Harry Potter | rocco.com.br | Founded 1975 by Paulo Roberto Rocco |
| Fondo de Cultura Económica | National Major | Mexico | North America | Mexico City | Mexican state | FCE; Fondo de Cultura Económica España and Latin American subsidiaries | The Spanish-speaking world's great state publisher, founded 1934 by Daniel Cosío Villegas | fondodeculturaeconomica.com | Operates bookshops and subsidiaries across Latin America and Spain |
| Siglo XXI Editores | Independent | Mexico | North America | Mexico City | Independent | Siglo XXI | A leading Spanish-language social sciences publisher, founded 1965 in Mexico by Arnaldo Orfila | sigloxxieditores.com.mx | Founded by the former director of the Fondo de Cultura Económica; long had an Argentine sister house |
| Allen & Unwin | Independent | Australia | Oceania & Pacific | Sydney | Independent | Allen & Unwin; Murdoch Books; Albert Street Books | Australia's largest independent publisher, founded 1976 | allenandunwin.com | Began as the Australian arm of the British George Allen & Unwin; independent since a 1990 management buyout |
| Text Publishing | Independent | Australia | Oceania & Pacific | Melbourne | Independent | Text; Text Classics | Australia's most decorated literary independent, publisher of The Rosie Project | textpublishing.com.au | Founded 1990; led by Michael Heyward |
| Scribe Publications | Independent | Australia | Oceania & Pacific | Melbourne | Independent | Scribe; Scribe UK and US offices | A leading Australian nonfiction independent with its own UK and US arms | scribepublications.com.au | Founded 1976 by Henry Rosenbloom |
| Affirm Press | Independent | Australia | Oceania & Pacific | Melbourne | Independent | Affirm Press | A fast-growing Australian commercial publisher, founded 2010 | affirmpress.com.au | Publishes a disproportionate share of Australian bestsellers for its size |
| Magabala Books | Independent | Australia | Oceania & Pacific | Broome | Aboriginal corporation (nonprofit) | Magabala Books | Australia's leading Indigenous publishing house, founded 1984 in the Kimberley | magabala.com | Owned by the Kimberley Aboriginal community through its corporation |
| Ian Randle Publishers | Independent | Jamaica | Central America & Caribbean | Kingston | Independent | The Caribbean's leading commercial publisher of academic and trade books, with 300+ titles in print | ianrandlepublishers.com | Founded 1991 by Ian Randle; the English-speaking Caribbean's first independent scholarly press | |
| University of the West Indies Press | University Press | Jamaica | Central America & Caribbean | Kingston (Mona) | University of the West Indies | Canoe Press | Scholarly publisher of Caribbean history, cultural studies, literature and political science | uwipress.com | Founded 1992; not-for-profit press of the University of the West Indies; member of the Association of University Presses |
| LMH Publishing | Independent | Jamaica | Central America & Caribbean | Kingston | Independent | Jamaican general-interest publisher: cookery, travel, children's books, fiction and culture | lmhpublishing.com | Formerly Kingston Publishers; distributes across the Caribbean, the UK and the US | |
| Carlong Publishers | Children's & Education | Jamaica | Central America & Caribbean | Kingston | Independent | Educational publisher of textbooks and learning materials for Caribbean primary and secondary schools | carlongpublishers.com | Founded 1990; major supplier to Jamaica's national textbook programmes | |
| Paria Publishing | Independent | Trinidad and Tobago | Central America & Caribbean | Port of Spain | Independent | Trinidadian history, heritage and corporate-history publishing | — | Founded 1981 by Gerard Besson; publisher of The Book of Trinidad (with Bridget Brereton) | |
| Editorial Santuario | Independent | Dominican Republic | Central America & Caribbean | Santo Domingo | Independent | Dominican literature, history and social studies | — | Isael Pérez Rodríguez of Editorial Santuario received the 2025 Santo Domingo International Book Fair's 'A Lifetime Dedicated to the Book' award | |
| Afram Publications | National Major | Ghana | Africa | Accra | Independent | Ghana's foremost indigenous publishing house; school textbooks and Ghanaian literature | aframpubghana.com | Founded 1973 by Efua T. Sutherland; specialist in children's literature and materials for pre-school, basic, secondary and tertiary levels | |
| Sub-Saharan Publishers | Independent | Ghana | Africa | Accra | Independent | African literature and children's books reflecting Ghanaian and African cultural values | — | Accra-based; listed among Ghana's principal indigenous publishers in Ghana Education Service procurement records | |
| Langaa RPCIG | Independent | Cameroon | Africa | Bamenda | Independent | Scholarly and literary publishing from Cameroon in English and French | langaa-rpcig.net | Langaa Research and Publishing Common Initiative Group, founded by anthropologist Francis B. Nyamnjoh; bases in Bamenda and Buea | |
| Amalion Publishing | Independent | Senegal | Africa | Dakar | Independent | Independent publisher of African scholarship, literature and children's books | — | Based in Dakar since 2009 (per UNESCO book-sector reporting on Senegal) | |
| Mkuki na Nyota | Independent | Tanzania | Africa | Dar es Salaam | Independent | Tanzania's leading independent house; educational, scholarly, trade, children's and art books in English and Swahili | mkukinanyota.com | Founded 1991 by Walter Bgoya, former head of Tanzania Publishing House | |
| Fountain Publishers | National Major | Uganda | Africa | Kampala | Independent | Uganda's leading indigenous publisher of educational and literary books | fountainpublishers.co.ug | Founded 1988 by James Tumusiime, following a national campaign for an indigenous Ugandan publishing house | |
| Weaver Press | Independent | Zimbabwe | Africa | Harare | Independent | Zimbabwean fiction, history and literary criticism; publisher of Yvonne Vera's The Stone Virgins | — | Founded 1998 by Irene Staunton and Murray McCartney; closed at the end of 2023 after 25 years | |
| Modjaji Books | Independent | South Africa | Africa | Cape Town | Independent | Independent feminist press publishing southern African women writers | modjajibooks.co.za | Founded 2007 by Colleen Higgs; named for the Modjaji rain queens of Limpopo | |
| American University in Cairo Press | University Press | Egypt | Africa | Cairo | American University in Cairo | Hoopoe Fiction | Leading English-language publisher in the Middle East; the largest translator of Arabic literature; publisher of Naguib Mahfouz | aucpress.com | Founded 1960; member of the Association of University Presses |
| BlackBird Books | Independent | South Africa | Africa | Johannesburg | Independent | Black South African narratives; Redi Tlhabi's Endings & Beginnings and Panashe Chigumadzi's Sweet Medicine | — | Founded 2015 by Thabiso Mahlape as a Jacana Media imprint; an independent publishing house since April 2020 |
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