Publishing Houses Open to New Authors

If you have no desire to work with an agent, I’ve provided a list of publishers that are open to submissions directly from authors. Some publishers have submission periods throughout the year. Please verify whether publisher is accepting queries before sending them out.

Read all publishing contracts carefully. Some publishing houses want more rights than others.

I've listed Publisher, Genre and website:

Electronic Publishers

Atlantic Bridge Publishing, All Genre, www.atlanticbridge.net
Awe-Struck E-Books, Romance, Science Fiction, www.awe-struck.net
Belgrave House, Women’s Fiction, mystery and YA, www.belgravehouse.com
Cerridwen Press, All, www.cerridwenpress.com
Champagne Books, Romance, www.champagnebooks.com
Chippawa Publishing, LLC, All, www.chippawapublishing.com
CobbleStone Press, LLC, Romance, www.cobblestone-press.com
Diskus Publishing, All, www.diskuspublishing.com
DLSIJ, Women, www.dlsijpress.com
Double Dragon Publishing, Sci-fi, fantasy, www.double-dragon-ebooks.com
Ebooksonthe.net, All, www.ebooksonthe.net
Echelon Press, All, www.echelonpress.com
Ellora’s Cave Publishing, Romance, www.ellorascave.com
Hardshell Word Factory, All, www.hardshell.com
Liquid Silver Books, Erotic romance, www.liquidsilverbooks.com
New Concepts Publishing, All, www.newconceptspublishing.com
Scorpuius Digital Publishing, Fantasy, SF and Horror, www.scorpuiusdigital.com
The Wild Rose Press, Romance, www.thewildrosepress.com
Tigress Press LLC, Fantasy and Romance, www.tigresspress.com
Vintage Romance, Romance, www.vrpublishing.com
Whiskey Creek Press, All, www.whiskeycreekpress.com
Wings ePress, All, www.wings-press.com
Zumaya Publications, All, www.zumayapublications.com

Small and Mid-size Publishers

Behler Publications, All, www.behlerpublications.com
Capri Publishing, All, www.capripublishing.net
Daw Books, Science Fiction and Fantasy, www.dawbooks.com
Dorchester Publishing, All, www.dorchesterpub.com
Harlequin Enterprises, Romance Cross-Genre, www.eharlequin.com
Lets Be Frank Books (LBF), All, www.lbfbooks.com
Mundania Press LLC, All, www.mundania.com
Paladin Timeless Books, Cross-genre, New Age, www.paladintimelessbooks.com
Poisoned Pen Press, Mystery, www.poisonedpenpress.com
Tor Books, Science Fiction and Fantasy, www.tor.com
The Writer’s Lair Books, All, www.writerslairbooks.com
Twilight Times Books, All, www.twilighttimesbooks.com

Self Publishers

Author House, All, www.authorhouse.com
BookSurge, All, www.booksurgepublishing.com
Infinity Publishing, All, www.infinitypublishing.com
Instant Publisher, All, www.instantpublisher.com
Iuniverse, All, www.iuniverse.com
Lulu, All, www.lulu.com
Outskirts Press, All, www.outskirtspress.com
Trafford Publishing, All, www.trafford.com

There are many more publishers that are open to new authors that I have not included in this list.

Feel free to add more publishers with your comments.