Recognized Publishers
The following is a list of ITW-recognized publishers. If your publisher is not recognized by ITW and meets all ITW criteria for a commercial publisher, either you or they may apply to ITW for recognition.
To apply, please click and download the appropriate application form. Once completed, mail it along with any additional requested information to:
ITW Publisher Application
P.O. Box 1402
Medina, OH 44258
Publisher Questionnaire (.docx format, MicroSoft Word 2007 and up)
Publisher Questionnaire (.pdf format)
Qualified Publishers are those which do not contractually obligate their authors to pay for such services as advertising, sales, marketing, editing, or promotion of their books. A qualified publisher would normally acquire rights to a publication because it is investing capital; undertaking marketing efforts with a sales and/or marketing force; and utilizing the sale of books as means of recouping capital outlays and realizing a profit.
There are varying means of accomplishing these goals. Qualified publishers invest in their authors in a variety of different and imaginative ways. In deciding whether a publisher is qualified, ITW may consider samples of the publisher’s contracts with authors; whether and how the publisher pays advances; does the publisher charge fees to authors for any service; is there a sales force; the publisher’s distribution practices, are the publisher’s books reviewed in recognized publications; documented complaints against any publisher; and does the publisher expend money for marketing and advertising for either the author and/or the work. Again, no one factor is determinative, nor would the lack of one be fatal. Recognizing that good judgment and reasonableness should always govern, any and all determinations of whether a publisher is qualified will be made on a case-by-case basis.
With particular regard to self-published books, where there is no publisher beyond the author, any determination of the author being a qualified publisher shall be on a case-by-case basis and such factors as the work itself, the breadth of its marketing, the extent of its distribution, the editorial process, its sales, the author’s personal history, reviews in recognized publications, and any other factor relevant to the particular situation may be considered in making such determination. Self published writers are not automatically excluded from being a qualified publisher, but they bear a higher burden to demonstrate their status.
By definition, vanity and hybrid presses do not qualify as recognized publishers. However, should an author employ the services of a third party to assist in the publication of their book, they are encouraged to apply as an indie author as these services are considered work for hire.
ITW reserves the right to modify and/or revoke the status of any recognized publisher at any time, based on new information or any change in circumstances that may occur.
Note: Imprints of ITW-recognized publishers are not automatically included on the ITW recognized-publisher list and must obtain their own separate recognition. Depending on the circumstances, however, imprints may qualify for a more streamlined application process. If you are seeking recognition for an imprint of a previously-recognized publisher that is currently on the ITW recognized-publisher list, before submitting a full application, please contact us at: info@thrillerwriters.org
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@lantis Books
A-Argus Better Book Publishers, LLC
Abaddon Books
Abingdon Press
Adrenaline Press
Aethon Books
Affirm Press
Agora Books
Akashic Books
Albert Whitman & Co.
Alfred A. Gonzalez
Alfred A. Knopf
Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine
Algonquin Books
Alibi
All Due Respect
Allen & Unwin
Allium Press of Chicago
Alyson
Amazon Crossing
Amazon Original Stories
Amberjack Publishing
Amble Press
Amphorae Publishing Group, LLC
Ampichellis Ebooks
Amy Einhorn Books
Anchor Books
Angry Robot Books
Apprentice House
Arcade Publishing
Arcadia Books
Arte Público Press
Arundel Publishing
Astor & Blue Editions
Atlantic Books
Atlantic Monthly Press
Atomic Fez Publishing
Atria
Au Diable Vauvert
Audible.com
Avalon Books
Avid Reader Press
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B&H Publishing Group
Babylon Books
Baen Books
Baker Book House
Baleine
Ballantine Books
Balzer + Bray
Bancroft Press
Bantam Books
Barbour Publishing, Inc.
Bastei-Lubbe
Beaufort Books
Bella Books
Bella Rosa Books
BelleBooks
Berkley
Berlin Verlag
Bethany House
BeWrite Books
Beyond the Page Publishing
Bird Street Books, Inc
Bitter Lemon Press Ltd
Black & White Publishing Ltd.
Black Rose Writing
Black Spot Books
Blackstone Publishing
Blanvalet
Bleak House Books
Bloodletting Press
Bloomsbury Publishing
Blue Rider
Bold Strokes Books Inc.
Bompiani
Bonnier Zaffre
Book Folks
Bookouture
booksBnimble
Bookspot Verlag GmbH
Books We Love
Borders Books
Brash Books
Brava
Braveship Books
Brilliance AudioBooks
Britain’s Next Bestseller
Broadman & Holman
Broadway Books
Bywater Books
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Caffeine Nights Publishing
Cambridge University Press
CamCat Publishing
Camel Press
Carina Press
Carolrhoda Books
Carroll & Graf
Casemate Publishers
Casperian Books LLC
Catalyst Press
CDS Books
Cedar Fort Publishing & Media
Celadon Books
Cemetery Dance Publications
Center Street
Chalfont House Publishing
Champlain Avenue Books
Chariot Victor
Chicken House Ltd.
ChiZine Publications
Choc Lit Limited
Chronicle Books
Cinco Puntos Press
Citadel Press
Clan Destine Press
Clocktower Books
Coffeetown Enterprises, Inc.
Coffeetown Press
Columbia University Press
Cool Gus Publishing Partners
Conundrum Press
CopTales
Corvus
Counterpoint Press
CRC Press-Taylor & Francis Group
Covenant Communications, Inc.
Crime Wave Press
Crimson Romance
Crispin Books
Crooked Lane Books
Crossings Book Club
Crossroad Press
Crown
Crown Archetype
Crown Publishing Group
Crux Publishing
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Dafina Books
Dailey Swan Publishing
Danny Books
Dark Oak Mysteries
Dark Regions Press
Dark Sky Publishing
Datura Books
DAW
Deadly Ink Press
Delacorte
Dell
Del Rey
Dial Books for Young Readers
Disney Editions
Disney Press
Disney Publishing Worldwide
Double Storey
Doubleday
Doubleday Canada
Down & Out Books
Down East Books
Down The Shore Publishing
Dreamspinner Press
DSP Publications
DTV
Duckworth
Dundurn Group
Dutton
Dutton Books for Young Readers
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Earthling Publications
Ecco
Echo Publishing
ECW Press
Ediciones Siruela
Éditions Rivages
Edizioni Lindau
Egmont USA
Egmont Lyx
Einaudi Stile Libero
EKSMO/AST Holding
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
E.M.A. Mysteries
Emily Bestler Books
Emons
En Route Books & Media, LLC
Endeavour Press
Enigma Books
Entangled Publishing LLC
Entangled Select Suspense
Escape Publishing
Europa Editions
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47North
F+W Media
Faber and Faber, Ltd
Fairwood Press
Fanucci
Fawcett
Fernwood Publishing
Fiction Studio
Fiery Seas Publishing, LLC
Fischer Verlage
Fire & Ice YA
Five Star Publishing
Flame Tree Press
Flatiron Books
Fledgling Press
Forever Yours
Forge
Freeform
Fremantle Press
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G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Gallaudet University Press
Gallery Books
Garzanti
Gator House Publishing
Gauthier Publications
GemmaMedia
Gemma Halliday Publishing
Genesis Press
Georgia McBride Media Group
Giunti
Glass House Press
Globe Pequot Press
G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers
Grand Central Publishing
Granite Publishing & Distribution
Gravity Books
Graybooks LLC
Graydon House Books
Greenwood Press
Grey Matter Press
Grove Atlantic
Gryphonwood Press
Guanda
Guernica Editions
Guideposts
Gummerus
H
Hachette Livre Australia
Hampton Creek Press
Harbor House
Harcourt Trade Publishers
Hard Case Crime
Harlequin Books
Harlequin – Hanover Square Press
Harlequin – MIRA Books
Harlequin – Park Row
Harmony Ink Press
Harper
HarperCollins
HarperCollins HQ
Harper Paperbacks
HarperTeen
Harper Voyager
Harriman House
Harvest House
Hawk Publishing Group
Head of Zeus
Headline Books
HeartQuest
Heaven Lake Press
Helion & Company Ltd.
Hell’s Hundred
Hellbender Books
Hellgate Press
Henery Press
Henry Holt & Co.
Hex Publishers
High Country Publishers
Hobeck Books Limited
Hodder & Stoughton
Hodder Headline
Hogarth
Holiday House
Houghton Mifflin Company
House of Anansi
Howard Publishing
HQN Books
Human & Rousseau
Hundreds of Heads
Hydra
Hyperion
Hyperion Books
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Ice Cold Crime
Imajin Books
ImaJinn Books
Immortal Works
Inanna Publications
Ingalls Publishing Group, Inc.
Inkshares
Inkspell Publishing
Insomniac Press
Integration Press
InterMix
Intrigue Press
Intrigue Publishing
iPulpFiction
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Jacana
Joffe Books
Joggling Board Press
Jonathan Ball
JournalStone
Jove
Juno Books
Justin, Charles & Co.
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Lake Union
LAPA
LBF Books
Le French Book
Leadstart Publishing
Leap Books
Legend Press
Leisure
Lerner Publishing Group
Level Best Books
Library of America
Light Messages Publishing
Linden Publishing, Inc.
Literary Guild/ Doubleday Book Club
Literary Wanderlust
Little, Brown & Co.
Live It Publishing
Liveright
L&L Dreamspell
Llewellyn
Longanesi
Loveland Press
LSU Press
Lume Books
LUNA
Lyle Stuart
Lyrical Press
Lyrical Underground
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MacAdam/Cage
Macmillan
Marebuch
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Marshall Cavendish International
Marsilio
Martin Brown Publishers, LLC
McBooks Press
MCD
MCD x FSG Originals
McFarland & Company, Inc.
McGraw-Hill Education
Melange Books, LLC
Merit Press
Merry Blacksmith Press
Meulenhoff/Boekerij
Michael Joseph, Ltd.
Midnight Ink
Milford House Press
Mills & Boon LTD
Minerva Kustannus Oy
Minotaur
MIRA Books
MLR Press, LLC
Momentum Books
Mondadori
Month9Books
Monsoon Books
Montlake Romance
Moonstone
Morrow
MP Publishing Ltd.
Mulholland Books
Multnomah Publishing Inc.
Murdoch Books
Musa Publishing
Mynx
Mysterious Press
Mystery Magazine
Mystery Tribune Magazine
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NAL
Nancy Paulsen Books
Nanmeebooks Publications Co., Ltd
Naval Institute Press
Neverland Publishing Company, LLC
NeWest Press
New Pulp Press
Newton Compton
Nightbird Publishing
Night Shade Books
Nimbus Publishing
Nord
Norstedts
North Atlantic Books
Norwood Press
O
O Brien Press Ltd., The
Oceanview Publishing
Oldcastle Books Ltd
Onyx
Oolichan Books
Ooligan Press
Open Road Media
Orca Book Publishers
Orenda Books
Orion Books
Other Press
Overlook Press
Overmountain Press
P
Pajama Press
Palisades Publishers
Pamela Dorman Books
Pan Macmillan
Pantera Press
PaperJacks
Pegasus Books
Pegasus Crime
Penguin/Putnam
Penguin Teen
Penguin Young Readers
Pen-L Publishing
Per Aspera
Perfect Crime Books
Permuted Press
Perseus Books Group
Perseverance Press
Piemme
Pinnacle Books
Piper Verlag GmbH
PM Press
Pocket Books
Point Blank Press
Poisoned Pencil
Poisoned Pen Press
Polis Books
Polygon Publishers
Poisoned Pencil
Polis Books
Post Hill Press
Postern Press
Praeger
Prisma
Prometheus Books
Prospect Park Books
Protea Boekhuis
Publishing Works, Inc.
Pulp Fiction Publishing, Inc.
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Quercus
Quill Driver Books
Quill Tree Books
R
Random House
Random House Audio
Rare Bird Books
Raven Crest Books
Raw Dog Screaming Press
Razorbill
Realms Fiction
ReAnimus Press
Rebellion Publishing
Recorded Books
Red Adept Publishing
Red Dress Ink
Red Hen Press
Redhook
Regalo Press
Regan Arts
Regnery Publishing
Revell Publishing
Risen Books
Riverdale Avenue Books
River City Publishing
riverrun
Riveted Press
Rizzoli
Robert Hale Ltd
Robot Binaries & Press Corp.
Rogue Phoenix Press
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Rowohlt Verlag
Running Wild Press
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Saga Press
Salani
SANDS Publishing
Sapere Books
Saturday Evening Post
Scarlet
Scholastic
Scribner
Sellerio
Serpent s Tail
Seven Locks Press
Seven Realms Publishing, LLC
Seventh Street Books
Severed Press
Severn House
Severn River Publishing
Shaye Areheart Books
Short on Time Books
Shotgun Honey
Shuter & Shooter
Signet
Silhouette Books
Simon & Schuster
Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
Skyscape
Soho Crime
Soho Press
Soho Teen
Solstice Publishing
Sonzogno
Soul Mate Publishing
Sourcebooks
Sourcebooks Fire
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Sourcebooks Landmark
Speaking Volumes LLC
Spectra Books
Sperling & Kupfer
Sphere
Spiderline
St. Martin s Griffin
St. Martin s Press
Stairway Press
Stark House Press
Start Publishing
State University of New York Press
STE Publishers
Steeple Hill
Sterling & Ross Publishers
StoneHouse Ink/StoneGate Ink
Strang Communications
Strident Publishing Limited
Summer Solstice Publishing
Sunbury Press, Inc.
Suspense Publishing
Syracuse University Press
T
Tafelberg
Tammi Publisher
Tantrum Books
The Book Studio
The Dome Press Limited
The Domino Project
The Fiction Works
The Mystery Press
The Permanent Press
The RoadRunner Press
The Story Plant
Thomas Dunne Books
Thomas & Mercer
Thomas Nelson, Inc.
Thorndike Press
Three Rivers Press
Thriller Publishing, Inc.
Tightrope Books
Tirgearr Publishing
Titan Books
Touchstone Fireside Publishing
Tor
Torrey House Press
TorTeen
TotalRecall Publications
TouchPoint Press
TouchWood Editions
Transit Publishing
Transworld Publishers
Tule Publishing
Turner Publishing Company
Turquoise Morning Press
Twenty First Century
Twilight Times Books
Twin Streams
Two Black Sheep Productions
Two Dogs
Tyndale House
Tyrus Books
U
UglyTown
Ullstein
Ulysses Press
Umuzi-Random House SA
Underland Press
Union Square & Co., LLC
Unionsverlag
University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press (UL Press)
University of New Mexico Press
University of Pittsburgh Press
University Press of Florida, The
University Press of New England
Untreed Reads Publishing
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Vagrant Press
Vanguard Press
Vantage Point Books
Variance LLC
Vesuvian Books
Viking
Viking Books for Young Readers
Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Virtual Tales
W
W Publishing Group
W.W. Norton & Company
Walker & Company
WaterBrook Press
Wednesday Books
Weltbild
West Hills
Whiskey Creek Press, LLC
Wido Publishing
WildBlue Press
Wild Rose Press
Wildside Press
Wild Wolf Publishing
William Morrow
WillowTree Press
Wings Press
Witness Impulse
Wolfpack Publishing LLC
Woodhall Press
Woodland Press, LLC
WordCrafts Press
WordFire Press
World Castle Publishing
Writer’s Digest
WSOY
Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing
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Y
Yale University Press
YMAA Publication Center
Z
Zaffre Books
Zando
Zebra
Zondervan
Zova Books