Black Owned Publishing Companies

We are in the process of reviewing the more than 3,000 imprints in our database to identify all of the ones owned by people of African descent, so this list will grow beyond the 207 listed below. If you know of a publisher not listed, please enter their name in the comments below.

In the spirit of #ReadingBlack visit the pages of these publishers and check out the book they are offering. For many, Like Black Classic Press and Just Us Books, the buy button provides links directly to their websites.

Also check out top 100 publisher imprints, based upon total number of bestselling books.

  1. Ọdúnìfẹ́
  2. 220 Communications
  3. 3 Sisters Books
  4. 310 Brown Street
  5. 4BiddenKnowledge Inc
  6. 7 Figure Publications
  7. A & B Book Dist Inc
  8. A New Quality Publishing
  9. A&B Publishers Group
  10. AALBC Aspire
  11. AALBC Books for Young Readers
  12. AALBC Legacy Press
  13. AALBC.com
  14. acVernon Menchan
  15. Adiva Publishing
  16. Africa Research and Publications
  17. Africa World Press
  18. African American Images
  19. African Books Collective
  20. African Bureau Stories
  21. African Voices
  22. Afrikan World Books
  23. Afrofuturist Affair
  24. Amber Books
  25. Amber Communications Group
  26. Amh Publishers
  27. Ashay by the Bay
  28. Aspicomm Books
  29. Atelier Saint James
  30. B.A.L.L.S. Publishing
  31. Behind the Dark Veil
  32. Bethune Group
  33. Betty Dopson
  34. BlaccStarr Media Group
  35. Black Academy Press, Incorporated
  36. Black Alchemist Press
  37. Black Bayou Press
  38. Black Bird Press
  39. Black Butterfly Childrens’ Books
  40. Black Classic Press
  41. Black Diva Publishing
  42. Black Odyssey Media
  43. Black Pearl Books
  44. Black Think Tank
  45. Blacksmith Books
  46. BlackWords
  47. BLF Press
  48. Blue Nile Press
  49. Brand Nu Words
  50. Broadside Press
  51. Brown Girl Press
  52. Brown Girls Books
  53. Capital BookFest Books
  54. Cartel Publications
  55. Cassava Republic Press
  56. CEMOTAP Publications
  57. Chistell Publishing
  58. CODESRIA
  59. Collaborative Experience
  60. College Press Publishers
  61. Colossus Books
  62. Conscious Culture Publishing
  63. Cushcity Communications
  64. Cushite Press
  65. Dadielte Production
  66. Dare Books
  67. Dark Corner Publishing
  68. David Rivera Jr.
  69. Delphine Publications
  70. Denise Bolds
  71. Diasporic Africa Press
  72. Dieselfunk Studios
  73. Disilgold
  74. Dogon Village Books
  75. Drum and Spear Press
  76. Duho Books
  77. Education Logistics
  78. Edward Roy Unlimited LLC
  79. Eighty-One Publishing Group
  80. Eleviv Publishing Group
  81. EVO Universe
  82. F C N Publishing Co.
  83. Faith Knight
  84. Farrah Gray Publishing, Inc.
  85. Final Call Foundation
  86. Florence Anthony
  87. Genesis Press
  88. Ghettoheat
  89. GhettoLectual Publishing
  90. Good2go Publishing
  91. Granity Studios
  92. Griots Republic
  93. Harlem World Publishing
  94. Helga Rogers
  95. Howard Global Enterprise
  96. Howard University Press
  97. Hunter Publishing Group
  98. I AM Media Books
  99. Ian Randle Publishers
  100. Imhotep-The Drum
  101. InnerPrizes
  102. Iskanchi Press
  103. J.T. Smith Publishing
  104. Jacquelin Thomas Presents
  105. Jesse B. Creative
  106. Jihad Productions
  107. Johnson Publishing Company, Inc.
  108. Just Us Books
  109. Karen Hunter Media
  110. Karibu Books
  111. Karnak House
  112. Kennerson Books
  113. King Productions
  114. La Caille Nous
  115. LadyLit Press
  116. Laughing Black Vampire Productions
  117. Lenore Consulting
  118. Life Changing Books
  119. Lit Noire Publishing
  120. Loban Originals
  121. Lotus Press
  122. Lushena Books
  123. M.W. Moore Publications
  124. Mahogany Star Publishing
  125. Manisy WIllows Books
  126. Margaret Johnson-Hodge
  127. Marguerite Press
  128. Marimba Books
  129. Marzetta Books
  130. Max Publishing
  131. Melanin Origins LLC
  132. Memoir Maven
  133. Midnight & Indigo
  134. Mildred C Smith
  135. Mildred C. Smith
  136. Mocha Media
  137. Monda Media, Inc.
  138. Monica F Anderson
  139. Moore Black Press
  140. Mosaic Literary Magazine
  141. Ms. Frosty Publishing Company
  142. Muse
  143. MVmedia
  144. My Bible Culture
  145. Nation of Islam
  146. New Beacon Books Ltd
  147. NewSeason Books
  148. Nia Communications
  149. Nita Wiggins
  150. Official Writers League
  151. One Moore Book
  152. Our Legaci Press
  153. Pan African Publishers
  154. Path Press
  155. Pen 2 Pen Publishing
  156. Phillywriter.com, LLC
  157. Pines One Publications
  158. Poets Pay Rent, Too
  159. Positive Urban Literature
  160. Présence Africaine
  161. Professional Publishing House
  162. PSE Institute
  163. Publishing Associates
  164. Q-Boro Books
  165. Quality Press
  166. Raise the Bar Investments
  167. RedBone Press
  168. REGI Books
  169. Relentless Content
  170. Runagate Multimedia
  171. Sadorian Publications
  172. Sandra A. Ottey
  173. Sankofa Books
  174. Sarah Gordon Weathersby
  175. Say It Loud! Readers and Writers Series
  176. Seaburn
  177. Seeing Black Press
  178. SNK Rocks
  179. Soulfire Books
  180. Sunday Dinner Publishing
  181. Taevo Publishing
  182. Teri Woods Publishing
  183. Thanx A Mills
  184. The Elombe Brath Foundation
  185. The Harlem River Press
  186. The House of Future Sciences
  187. The Majority Press
  188. The Pantheon Collective (TPC)
  189. The Red Sea Press
  190. The Woodson Series
  191. Third World Press
  192. Triple Crown Publications
  193. United Brothers
  194. Universal Write Publications
  195. Valjeanne Jeffers-Thompson
  196. Very Puzzled
  197. Villarosa Media
  198. Voonderbar! Books
  199. Wahida Clark Presents Publishing
  200. Win’s Books
  201. Word of Mouth Books
  202. Writers and Readers Publishing
  203. Writersandpoets.com
  204. Writing Our World Press
  205. Wyatt Tee Walker
  206. Your Life Has Purpose
  207. Zulunomics