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 196 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. Final Call Foundation
  83. Florence Anthony
  84. Genesis Press
  85. Ghettoheat
  86. GhettoLectual Publishing
  87. Good2go Publishing
  88. Granity Studios
  89. Griots Republic
  90. Harlem World Publishing
  91. Helga Rogers
  92. Howard University Press
  93. Hunter Publishing Group
  94. I AM Media Books
  95. Ian Randle Publishers
  96. Imhotep-The Drum
  97. InnerPrizes
  98. J.T. Smith Publishing
  99. Jacquelin Thomas Presents
  100. Jesse B. Creative
  101. Johnson Publishing Company, Inc.
  102. Just Us Books
  103. Karen Hunter Media
  104. Karibu Books
  105. Karnak House
  106. Kennerson Books
  107. King Productions
  108. La Caille Nous
  109. LadyLit Press
  110. Laughing Black Vampire Productions
  111. Lenore Consulting
  112. Life Changing Books
  113. Lit Noire Publishing
  114. Loban Originals
  115. Lotus Press
  116. Lushena Books
  117. M.W. Moore Publications
  118. Mahogany Star Publishing
  119. Manisy WIllows Books
  120. Margaret Johnson-Hodge
  121. Marguerite Press
  122. Marimba Books
  123. Max Publishing
  124. Melanin Origins LLC
  125. Memoir Maven
  126. Midnight & Indigo
  127. Mildred C Smith
  128. Mildred C. Smith
  129. Mocha Media
  130. Monda Media, Inc.
  131. Monica F Anderson
  132. Moore Black Press
  133. Mosaic Literary Magazine
  134. Ms. Frosty Publishing Company
  135. My Bible Culture
  136. Nation of Islam
  137. New Beacon Books Ltd
  138. NewSeason Books
  139. Nia Communications
  140. Nita Wiggins
  141. Official Writers League
  142. One Moore Book
  143. Our Legaci Press
  144. Pan African Publishers
  145. Path Press
  146. Pen 2 Pen Publishing
  147. Phillywriter.com, LLC
  148. Pines One Publications
  149. Poets Pay Rent, Too
  150. Positive Urban Literature
  151. Présence Africaine
  152. Professional Publishing House
  153. PSE Institute
  154. Publishing Associates
  155. Q-Boro Books
  156. Quality Press
  157. Raise the Bar Investments
  158. RedBone Press
  159. REGI Books
  160. Relentless Content
  161. Runagate Multimedia
  162. Sadorian Publications
  163. Sandra A. Ottey
  164. Sankofa Books
  165. Sarah Gordon Weathersby
  166. Say It Loud! Readers and Writers Series
  167. Seaburn
  168. Seeing Black Press
  169. SNK Rocks
  170. Soulfire Books
  171. Taevo Publishing
  172. Teri Woods Publishing
  173. The Elombe Brath Foundation
  174. The Harlem River Press
  175. The House of Future Sciences
  176. The Majority Press
  177. The Pantheon Collective (TPC)
  178. The Red Sea Press
  179. The Woodson Series
  180. Third World Press
  181. Triple Crown Publications
  182. United Brothers
  183. Universal Write Publications
  184. Valjeanne Jeffers-Thompson
  185. Very Puzzled
  186. Villarosa Media
  187. Voonderbar! Books
  188. Wahida Clark Presents Publishing
  189. Win’s Books
  190. Word of Mouth Books
  191. Writers and Readers Publishing
  192. Writersandpoets.com
  193. Writing Our World Press
  194. Wyatt Tee Walker
  195. Your Life Has Purpose
  196. Zulunomics