Panera Bread Company

Ah, the smell of baking bread, and diet soda on tap. Perfect. I'm tucked up here at my local Panera, trying to generate a genius picture book. (Hey, I can't spend all day researching small publishers). The only distraction is the group of little old ladies in the "Reserved" room. I think they are writers too - lots of papers and pencils and laptops in there. Plus a couple of walkers. I've decided that they are writing dirty romance novels.

The Purple Crayon

There are many wonderful writer's blogs out there, and Harold's The Purple Crayon has to be at the top of the list. Favorite pages include Who's Moving Where and Specific Topics, both of which are chock full of goodies.

http://www.underdown.org

All Around the World

This publisher's directory includes foriegn companies, and can be searched by category.
Very cool.

http://www.publishersglobal.com

Interesting...

Azro Press is primarily interested in picture books and illustrated easy reader books for young children. At the moment, we are focusing on books written and illustrated by residents of the Southwest. These books are not necessarily about the Southwest, but it helps. We only accept manuscripts that have already been illustrated (this last bit intrigues me... never seen that before!)

 

http://www.azropress.com/submissions.html

Rowman & Littlefield, Taylor Trade

The Taylor Trade Publishing program includes children's titles. While many of their titles are of general interest, Taylor books also have a strong regional presence from the Mississippi west to California, and from Texas north to the Canada border.

https://rowman.com/Page/RLAuthRes
https://rowman.com/page/GTTAuthRes

101 Independent Book Publishers

The Top 101 Independent Book Publishers:

http://www.bookmarket.com/101publishers.htm

This page features the sites of the best independent book publishers in the United States as selected by John Kremer, author of 1001 Ways to Market Your Books. Here are the criteria used in making this list:
(1) No non-profit book publishers
(2) The book publisher must publish books with great cover designs and interior text designs
(3) The book publisher must publish books with good content and editorial selection
(4) The book publisher must carry out great marketing programs
(5) They must have at least ten books in print.
(6) They must have at least one title that has sold 25,000+ copies

Each listed publisher has a click-able link, contact information, and brief synopisis of what they print.

Related links:
Independent Book Publishers Hall of Fame
Independent Publishers Bestsellers List

Independent Book Publishers Association

Today Is the Last Day!

September 1st (that's today, I checked) is the deadline for emailing submissions to Guardian Angel Publishing. Their guidelines can be found here: http://www.guardianangelpublishing.com/submissions.htm#guidelines