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 215 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. Blackademics
46. Blacksmith Books
47. BlackWords
48. BLF Press
49. Blue Nile Press
50. Brand Nu Words
51. Broadside Press
52. Brown Girl Press
53. Brown Girls Books
54. Capital BookFest Books
55. Cartel Publications
56. Cassava Republic Press
57. CEMOTAP Publications
58. Chistell Publishing
59. CODESRIA
60. Collaborative Experience
61. College Press Publishers
62. Colossus Books
63. Conscious Culture Publishing
64. Cushcity Communications
65. Cushite Press
66. Dadielte Production
67. Dare Books
68. Dark Corner Publishing
69. David Rivera Jr.
70. Delphine Publications
71. Denise Bolds
72. Diasporic Africa Press
73. Dieselfunk Studios
74. Disilgold
75. Dogon Village Books
76. Drum and Spear Press
77. Duho Books
78. Education Logistics
79. Edward Roy Unlimited LLC
80. Eighty-One Publishing Group
81. Eleviv Publishing Group
82. EVO Universe
83. F C N Publishing Co.
84. Faith Knight
85. Farrah Gray Publishing, Inc.
86. Final Call Foundation
87. Florence Anthony
88. Genesis Press
89. Ghettoheat
90. GhettoLectual Publishing
91. Good2go Publishing
92. Granity Studios
93. Griots Republic
94. Harlem World Publishing
95. Helga Rogers
96. Honey Chile Entertainment
97. Howard Global Enterprise
98. Howard University Press
99. Hunter Publishing Group
100. I AM Media Books
101. Ian Randle Publishers
102. Imhotep-The Drum
103. InnerPrizes
104. Iskanchi Press
105. J.T. Smith Publishing
106. Jacquelin Thomas Presents
107. Jesse B. Creative
108. Jihad Productions
109. Johnson Publishing Company, Inc.
110. Just Us Books
111. Karen Hunter Media
112. Karibu Books
113. Karnak House
114. Kennerson Books
115. King Productions
116. La Caille Nous
117. LadyLit Press
118. Laughing Black Vampire Productions
119. Lenore Consulting
120. Life Changing Books
121. Lit Noire Publishing
122. Loban Originals
123. Lotus Press
124. Lushena Books
125. M.W. Moore Publications
126. Mahogany Star Publishing
127. Manisy WIllows Books
128. Margaret Johnson-Hodge
129. Marguerite Press
130. Marimba Books
131. Marzetta Books
132. Max Publishing
133. Melanin Origins LLC
134. Memoir Maven
135. Midnight & Indigo
136. Mildred C Smith
137. Mildred C. Smith
138. Mocha Media
139. Monda Media, Inc.
140. Monica F Anderson
141. Moore Black Press
142. Mosaic Literary Magazine
143. Ms. Frosty Publishing Company
144. Muse
145. MVmedia
146. My Bible Culture
147. Mynd Matters Publishing
148. Nation of Islam
149. New Beacon Books Ltd
150. NewSeason Books
151. Nia Communications
152. Nita Wiggins
153. Official Writers League
154. One Moore Book
155. Our Legaci Press
156. Pan African Publishers
157. Path Press
158. Pen 2 Pen Publishing
159. Phillywriter.com, LLC
160. Pines One Publications
161. Planting People Growing Justice
162. Poets Pay Rent, Too
163. Positive Urban Literature
164. Présence Africaine
165. Professional Publishing House
166. PSE Institute
167. Publishing Associates
168. Q-Boro Books
169. Quality Press
170. Raise the Bar Investments
171. RedBone Press
172. REGI Books
173. Relentless Content
174. Riverchild Literary Press
175. Runagate Multimedia
176. Sadorian Publications
177. Sandra A. Ottey
178. Sankofa Books
179. Sarah Gordon Weathersby
180. Say It Loud! Readers and Writers Series
181. Seaburn
182. Seeing Black Press
183. SNK Rocks
184. Soulfire Books
185. Sunday Dinner Publishing
186. Taevo Publishing
187. Teri Woods Publishing
188. Thanx A Mills
189. The Elombe Brath Foundation
190. The Harlem River Press
191. The House of Future Sciences
192. The Majority Press
193. The Pantheon Collective (TPC)
194. The Red Sea Press
195. The Woodson Series
196. Third World Press
197. Tinted Reality Books
198. Triple Crown Publications
199. Unanimous Publishing
200. United Brothers
201. Universal Write Publications
202. Valjeanne Jeffers-Thompson
203. Very Puzzled
204. Villarosa Media
205. Voonderbar! Books
206. Wahida Clark Presents Publishing
207. Win’s Books
208. Word of Mouth Books
209. Wordeee
210. Writers and Readers Publishing
211. Writersandpoets.com
212. Writing Our World Press
213. Wyatt Tee Walker
214. Your Life Has Purpose
215. Zulunomics