Black Owned Publishing Companies

We are in the process of reviewing the more than 2,900 imprints in our database to identify all of the ones owned by people of African descent, so this list will grow beyond the 195 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.com
  13. acVernon Menchan
  14. Adiva Publishing
  15. Africa Research and Publications
  16. Africa World Press
  17. African American Images
  18. African Books Collective
  19. African Bureau Stories
  20. African Voices
  21. Afrikan World Books
  22. Afrofuturist Affair
  23. Amber Books
  24. Amber Communications Group
  25. Amh Publishers
  26. Ashay by the Bay
  27. Aspicomm Books
  28. Atelier Saint James
  29. Behind the Dark Veil
  30. Betty Dopson
  31. BlaccStarr Media Group
  32. Black Academy Press, Incorporated
  33. Black Alchemist Press
  34. Black Bayou Press
  35. Black Bird Press
  36. Black Butterfly Childrens’ Books
  37. Black Classic Press
  38. Black Diva Publishing
  39. Black Odyssey Media
  40. Black Pearl Books
  41. Black Think Tank
  42. Blacksmith Books
  43. BlackWords
  44. BLF Press
  45. Blue Nile Press
  46. Brand Nu Words
  47. Broadside Press
  48. Brown Girl Press
  49. Brown Girls Books
  50. Capital BookFest Books
  51. Cartel Publications
  52. Cassava Republic Press
  53. CEMOTAP Publications
  54. Chistell Publishing
  55. CODESRIA
  56. Collaborative Experience
  57. College Press Publishers
  58. Colossus Books
  59. Conscious Culture Publishing
  60. Cushcity Communications
  61. Cushite Press
  62. Dadielte Production
  63. Dare Books
  64. Dark Corner Publishing
  65. David Rivera Jr.
  66. Delphine Publications
  67. Denise Bolds
  68. Diasporic Africa Press
  69. Dieselfunk Studios
  70. Disilgold
  71. Dogon Village Books
  72. Drum and Spear Press
  73. Duho Books
  74. Education Logistics
  75. Edward Roy Unlimited LLC
  76. Eighty-One Publishing Group
  77. Eleviv Publishing Group
  78. EVO Universe
  79. F C N Publishing Co.
  80. Faith Knight
  81. Farrah Gray Publishing, Inc.
  82. Florence Anthony
  83. Genesis Press
  84. Ghettoheat
  85. GhettoLectual Publishing
  86. Good2go Publishing
  87. Granity Studios
  88. Griots Republic
  89. Harlem World Publishing
  90. Helga Rogers
  91. Howard University Press
  92. Hunter Publishing Group
  93. I AM Media Books
  94. Ian Randle Publishers
  95. Imhotep-The Drum
  96. InnerPrizes
  97. J.T. Smith Publishing
  98. Jacquelin Thomas Presents
  99. Jesse B. Creative
  100. Johnson Publishing Company, Inc.
  101. Just Us Books
  102. Karen Hunter Media
  103. Karibu Books
  104. Karnak House
  105. Kennerson Books
  106. King Productions
  107. La Caille Nous
  108. LadyLit Press
  109. Laughing Black Vampire Productions
  110. Lenore Consulting
  111. Life Changing Books
  112. Lit Noire Publishing
  113. Loban Originals
  114. Lotus Press
  115. Lushena Books
  116. M.W. Moore Publications
  117. Mahogany Star Publishing
  118. Manisy WIllows Books
  119. Margaret Johnson-Hodge
  120. Marguerite Press
  121. Marimba Books
  122. Max Publishing
  123. Melanin Origins LLC
  124. Memoir Maven
  125. Midnight & Indigo
  126. Mildred C Smith
  127. Mildred C. Smith
  128. Mocha Media
  129. Monda Media, Inc.
  130. Monica F Anderson
  131. Moore Black Press
  132. Mosaic Literary Magazine
  133. Ms. Frosty Publishing Company
  134. My Bible Culture
  135. Nation of Islam
  136. New Beacon Books Ltd
  137. NewSeason Books
  138. Nia Communications
  139. Nita Wiggins
  140. Official Writers League
  141. One Moore Book
  142. Our Legaci Press
  143. Pan African Publishers
  144. Path Press
  145. Pen 2 Pen Publishing
  146. Phillywriter.com, LLC
  147. Pines One Publications
  148. Poets Pay Rent, Too
  149. Positive Urban Literature
  150. Présence Africaine
  151. Professional Publishing House
  152. PSE Institute
  153. Publishing Associates
  154. Q-Boro Books
  155. Quality Press
  156. Raise the Bar Investments
  157. RedBone Press
  158. REGI Books
  159. Relentless Content
  160. Runagate Multimedia
  161. Sadorian Publications
  162. Sandra A. Ottey
  163. Sankofa Books
  164. Sarah Gordon Weathersby
  165. Say It Loud! Readers and Writers Series
  166. Seaburn
  167. Seeing Black Press
  168. SNK Rocks
  169. Soulfire Books
  170. Taevo Publishing
  171. Teri Woods Publishing
  172. The Elombe Brath Foundation
  173. The Harlem River Press
  174. The House of Future Sciences
  175. The Majority Press
  176. The Pantheon Collective (TPC)
  177. The Red Sea Press
  178. The Woodson Series
  179. Third World Press
  180. Triple Crown Publications
  181. United Brothers
  182. Universal Write Publications
  183. Valjeanne Jeffers-Thompson
  184. Very Puzzled
  185. Villarosa Media
  186. Voonderbar! Books
  187. Wahida Clark Presents Publishing
  188. Win’s Books
  189. Word of Mouth Books
  190. Writers and Readers Publishing
  191. Writersandpoets.com
  192. Writing Our World Press
  193. Wyatt Tee Walker
  194. Your Life Has Purpose
  195. Zulunomics