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