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 212 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. Honey Chile Entertainment
  96. Howard Global Enterprise
  97. Howard University Press
  98. Hunter Publishing Group
  99. I AM Media Books
  100. Ian Randle Publishers
  101. Imhotep-The Drum
  102. InnerPrizes
  103. Iskanchi Press
  104. J.T. Smith Publishing
  105. Jacquelin Thomas Presents
  106. Jesse B. Creative
  107. Jihad Productions
  108. Johnson Publishing Company, Inc.
  109. Just Us Books
  110. Karen Hunter Media
  111. Karibu Books
  112. Karnak House
  113. Kennerson Books
  114. King Productions
  115. La Caille Nous
  116. LadyLit Press
  117. Laughing Black Vampire Productions
  118. Lenore Consulting
  119. Life Changing Books
  120. Lit Noire Publishing
  121. Loban Originals
  122. Lotus Press
  123. Lushena Books
  124. M.W. Moore Publications
  125. Mahogany Star Publishing
  126. Manisy WIllows Books
  127. Margaret Johnson-Hodge
  128. Marguerite Press
  129. Marimba Books
  130. Marzetta Books
  131. Max Publishing
  132. Melanin Origins LLC
  133. Memoir Maven
  134. Midnight & Indigo
  135. Mildred C Smith
  136. Mildred C. Smith
  137. Mocha Media
  138. Monda Media, Inc.
  139. Monica F Anderson
  140. Moore Black Press
  141. Mosaic Literary Magazine
  142. Ms. Frosty Publishing Company
  143. Muse
  144. MVmedia
  145. My Bible Culture
  146. Mynd Matters Publishing
  147. Nation of Islam
  148. New Beacon Books Ltd
  149. NewSeason Books
  150. Nia Communications
  151. Nita Wiggins
  152. Official Writers League
  153. One Moore Book
  154. Our Legaci Press
  155. Pan African Publishers
  156. Path Press
  157. Pen 2 Pen Publishing
  158. Phillywriter.com, LLC
  159. Pines One Publications
  160. Planting People Growing Justice
  161. Poets Pay Rent, Too
  162. Positive Urban Literature
  163. Présence Africaine
  164. Professional Publishing House
  165. PSE Institute
  166. Publishing Associates
  167. Q-Boro Books
  168. Quality Press
  169. Raise the Bar Investments
  170. RedBone Press
  171. REGI Books
  172. Relentless Content
  173. Runagate Multimedia
  174. Sadorian Publications
  175. Sandra A. Ottey
  176. Sankofa Books
  177. Sarah Gordon Weathersby
  178. Say It Loud! Readers and Writers Series
  179. Seaburn
  180. Seeing Black Press
  181. SNK Rocks
  182. Soulfire Books
  183. Sunday Dinner Publishing
  184. Taevo Publishing
  185. Teri Woods Publishing
  186. Thanx A Mills
  187. The Elombe Brath Foundation
  188. The Harlem River Press
  189. The House of Future Sciences
  190. The Majority Press
  191. The Pantheon Collective (TPC)
  192. The Red Sea Press
  193. The Woodson Series
  194. Third World Press
  195. Tinted Reality Books
  196. Triple Crown Publications
  197. Unanimous Publishing
  198. United Brothers
  199. Universal Write Publications
  200. Valjeanne Jeffers-Thompson
  201. Very Puzzled
  202. Villarosa Media
  203. Voonderbar! Books
  204. Wahida Clark Presents Publishing
  205. Win’s Books
  206. Word of Mouth Books
  207. Writers and Readers Publishing
  208. Writersandpoets.com
  209. Writing Our World Press
  210. Wyatt Tee Walker
  211. Your Life Has Purpose
  212. Zulunomics