Children's Book Publishers and Publishing
Originally the term 'publishing' meant "to make publicly known". Now, however, it refers to the preparation and dissemination of written material for public consumption. The invention of movable type by Johann Gutenberg in Germany in the 15th century marks the beginning of modern publishing. Until that time publishing meant self-publishing, in which an author distributed handwritten manuscripts. Only with the advent of mechanized printing did the scope of publishing broaden to embrace the entire literate world. Today, the structure of contemporary civilization rests largely on the effective interchange of information. Below is a list of children's book publishers and resources to give you more information on publishing children's books.
Autono Media Organization: Semiotexte
Autono Media Organization publishes the cool, smart, and rather eclectically strange journal Semiotexte, along with several other offerings.
Avon Books
Avon has a subsection for each genre they publish. Of most interest to fiction readers events is the handy online reading group guide section.
Bantam Doubleday Dell
This more commercial Bantam Doubleday Dell online site features their catalog, easy searching, forums, and features dozens of their authors.
Bantam Doubleday Dell: Bold Type
Bantam Doubleday Dell offers this online literary magazine, Bold Type, which has topical features, author interviews, and excerpts from books.
Beacon Books
Beacon, a publisher of books in more than 25 different subject areas, maintains a site which includes synopses of new works and ordering info.
Blackwell Publishers
Full details on 3000 titles published by Blackwell Publishers. Book descriptions, contents lists, and UK/US prices. The site is searchable.
BOA Editions, Limited
Visit the Poetry Cafe, where you can sample a few poems and meet the authors, and hear writers read from their work in Shockwave format.
Cadmus Editions
Cadmus publishes top quality work by distinguished authors, in carefully edited, beautifully designed and handsomely bound limited editions.
Common Reader
The Common Reader publishes Common Reader editions, which are usually low-priced reprints of previously out-of-print classics and imports.
Copper Canyon Press
A small press with excellent references, Copper Canyon Press has been quietly publishing volumes of poetry for the past twenty-five years.
Dalkey Archive Press, Normal, Illinois
Publishers of modern fiction and 'The Review of Contemporary Fiction'. Site has descriptions of forthcoming titles, new releases, backlist titles.
Faber and Faber, United Kingdom
Faber and Faber is a great U.K. publisher of fine fiction and poetry. Their site is an online advertisement/bookstore under development.
Four Walls Eight Windows
An independent New York City publisher, FWEW prints everything from Walt Whitman to cyberpunk, and publishes about 20 titles per year.
Gray Wolf Press
One of the best small literary presses in the U.S. features their entire catalog, a poem of the week, excerpts from current sellers, and more.
Gutter Press
A plain but informative site for Gutter Press, the small alternative publisher of Gordon Lish's The Quarterly, with blurbs on current titles.
Harper Collins Publishers
Author biographies and a nifty author event search function, as well as their searchable catalog, excerpts from current sellers, and more.
High Value Books and Music
High Value Books and Music Store shop online for you favorite books and music check us out at hvbooks.cjb.net
Milkweed Editions
Milkweed is a non-profit publisher of books with emphasis on cultural diversity, environmental stewardship, poetry, and insightful literature.
Penguin Putnam
One of the better book sites to be found -- fresh graphics, hundreds of titles, new releases, academic resources, teachers' guides and more.
Permeable Press
An alternative publisher of "science fiction polysexual erotica art satire." Their site features a generous sampling of readings and excerpts.
Pulp Faction, United Kingdom
Pulp Faction, a U.K. publisher of underground and progressive fiction, features their catalogue and a sampler of excerpts from their books.
Random House
Books at Random shows signs of web-based innovation, including special online offers, reader resources, additional author links, and more.
Random House: Ballantine Publishing Group
The genre-based wing of Random House offers their current lists, first chapters from selected books, and a list of sites from their authors.
Random House: Knopf Publishing Group
The Knopf wing of Random House has one big site for all of its imprints (Knopf, Pantheon, Shoeken, Vintage, Everyman's, Random House Audio).
Random House: Modern Library
The Modern Library has a sharply designed page, with their catalog, new titles, contests, excerpts, discussion forum, literary links and more.
Red Crane Books
Publishing books that present the rich and complex cultures of the American continents in a manner that fosters understanding and respect.
Routledge, United Kingdom
Routledge, the U.K.'s top publishers of academic texts, offers a catalog, news about books and writers, and resources for academic research.
Saint Martin's Press
St. Martin's web site is currently under development and due online in 2000, but presently contains only links to related/affiliated sites.
Seven Stories Press
Seven Stories Press is an innovative "trade paperback" publisher, with an eclectic list including literary fiction and non-fiction titles.
Simon and Schuster
S&S offers a small-scale introduction of their new releases, a searchable catalog, opportunities for reader interaction and some author pages.
Story Line Press, Brownsville, Oregon
A small Brownsville, Oregon non-profit publisher of critical essays, poetry, fiction, anthologies, memoirs, writer's guides, and translation.
Sun and Moon Press
Offers a small but innovative web site, especially Where Literature Lives, a zine-style collection of readings and reviews from their list.
Verso Book Publishers
Check into this online presence of the leftist publishing house, Verso Books, primarily a publisher of cultural criticism and academic studies.
W. W. Norton and Company, Incorporated
Norton, known for its anthologies, offers a navigable web presence featuring a Books column in RealAudio, and added value links and features.
W.W. Norton and Company, Incorporated: New Directions
W.W. Norton's auxiliary publisher New Directions mounts this helpful page which features all their new releases and a searchable catalogue.
White Pines Press
White Pines is a small literary press, featuring poetry, fiction, essays, short stories and literature in translation from around the world.
William Morrow Publishers
The William Morrow Publishers site includes the first chapters of some titles, with author pages, author chats, and reading group guides.