Access information about major book publishers who operate in Australia, whether they are Australian or international. We have not included a separate section for other international publishers at this time, though several are listed in the Other Information section.

Discover publishers who concentrate on specific areas, e.g. academic, technical as well as popular and classics publishers.

Find how to publish either online or as an ebook, including both free and fee-based approaches.

Find other information relating to Book Fairs, specialist publishers and publishing lists.

Related information about publishers may be found by using links on the Booksellers, Australian Authors or International Authors pages.

Publishers

Academic & Technical

• Allyn & Bacon
  Major publishers of textbooks.
• Anthem Press
  ‘Anthem Press is a leading independent publisher of innovative academic research, educational material and reference works in established and emerging fields’.
• Arden Shakespeare
  Books for literature and general fiction. Now part of Thomson Learning.
• Cambridge University Press
  OMajor British publisher of academic books. Australian site.
• InformIT
  Business oriented books under specific headings.
• MacMillan Education
  Publishers of educational books.
• O’Reilly
  Major computing book publisher with exceptional products.
• Oxford University Press [Australia/Pacific]
  Major publisher of high quality academic texts worldwide.
• Que
  Publishers of books for computing.
• Sybex
  Publishers of books, particularly in computing.

Australian Publishers

• ABC Books
  Wide variety of fiction and non-fiction books. Available from ABC shops, other selected sources.

Academic & Technical

• ACER
  Publishers of educational material, research, testing.
• Allen & Unwin
  Primarily textbooks, academic books but also other areas. Has a Study Centre offering tips.
• Bilby Publishing
  Specifically for signing resources.
• CCH Australia
  Texts in finance, taxation, law, Human Resources, accounting, other professional areas. Works widely and commonly used.
• ESA
  Publishers of educational material, including curricula.
• Homeschooling Downunder
  ‘A small publishing business. Our goal is to inspire children to read and love good Australian and New Zealand literature. Our resources can be used by teachers, homeschoolers, parents’.
  Previously listed as Downunder Literature.
• Melbourne University Press
  Major publisher of academic books in Australia.
• NewSouth Publishing
  One of the largest university publishers in Australia.
  Previously listed as University of NSW Press.
• Pearson Education
  Amalgamation of Addison Wesley Longman and Prentice Hall. A leading Australian publisher of educational books at all levels of education.
• Scholastic
  Publishers of materials for schools. Includes Book Club publishing.
• Sitepoint
  Quality computing, IT books.
• Sydney University Press
  Multiple topics areas covered.

• ALG Directory of Australian Publishers & Booksellers
• Australian Publishers Association
  Link to Australian publishers who have a web presence via the links page. Other information.
• Australian Government Information Management Office
  Commonwealth Government printing, publications. Previously InfoAccess, Government Publishing Office.
• Australian Libraries Gateway
  Access a listing of Australian publishers via links, either direct or through associations.
• Australian Publishers
  Extensive listing for specialists as well as general publishers. Australian Publishers Association
• Black Inc.
  Produces a range of books with an emphasis on politics & current affairs. Also sport, home & health, food, etc..
• Ebooks.com
  Australian site dedicated to publishing books online.
• Fontaine Press
  ‘Fontaine Press is a feisty independent book publisher with a fresh approach. We work with both Australian and internationally based authors, publishing a wide range of quality publications for the Australian market, and beyond’.
• Harper Collins
  Harper Collins and Angus & Robertson books.
• Jacaranda Wiley
  Australian and overseas material.
• Pan MacMillan Australia
  Both paperback and hardback books, including the classics and higher education books.
• Pearson Primary
  Educational book publisher.
• Penguin Books Australia
  Also a supplier. Primarily, but not exclusively, quality paperbacks by well known authors.
• Scribe Publications
  ‘We specialise in quality fiction and serious non-fiction, with a particular emphasis on politics, current affairs, biography, history, environmental and social issues, popular psychology’.
• Text Publishing
  Based in Melbourne. Producers of books covering all areas of fiction & non-fiction. Reading group guides. You can buy online.
• University of Queensland Press
  Publisher of Australian material. Especially Australiana and Indigenous works.
• Wiley
  Multiple topic areas, including a range of educational material at all levels.

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Other Information

Book Fairs

• Bologna Children’s Book Fair
  ‘The Bologna Children’s Book Fair is the most important international event dedicated to the children’s publishing and multimedia industry’.
• Book Fairs
  Links to 25 international book fairs [some included here], as well as Book Fairs in the US and in India.
• Frankfurt Book Fair
  A gathering of 7 000+ publishers from 100+ countries.
• London International Antiquarian Book Fair
  ‘The works on display at the fair cover a vast range of collectors’ interests : rare books from the genesis of European printing in the 15th century through to today, including first editions, fine bindings, illustrated books, manuscripts, maps, prints and all manner of ephemera’.
• Scholastic Book Fairs
  ‘A Scholastic Book Fair is a lively and fun event that enables children, parents, teachers and community members to purchase quality books and classroom materials at reasonable prices, while raising funds for schools’.
• World eBook Fair
  ‘Our goal is to provide Free public access for a month to 2 Million eBooks’.

General Sites

• Acqweb - Directory of Publishers
  Part of a brilliant site. Lists thousands of publishers alphabetically, geographically and by subjects. Hints on searching for others. Also other links.
• Publishers Weekly
  ‘Newsletters, reviews, bookselling information, book news, bestseller lists, commentary, tools’.
• Royal Society Publications
  Publications from the Royal Society in the UK.

International Publishers

• Basic Books
  Part of the Perseus Book empire. Described as ‘the books that make you think’.
• Elsevier Health
  ‘Your gateway to Elsevier’s Health Sciences publishing. To provide information on products available in your region, please select your location’.
• eScholarship
  ‘eScholarship provides open access, scholarly publishing services to the University of California and delivers a dynamic research platform to scholars worldwide’.
• Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  Previously listed as Harcourt Brace.
• Independent Publishers Group
  ‘Independent Publishers Group is a book distributor for independent publishers throughout the USA and worldwide’.
• John Wiley & Sons
  Major international publisher.
• Little, Brown Book Group
  The UK site of a group who publish fiction & non-fiction books. Primarily designed for booksellers but open to the general public.
• Lonely Planet
  Travel books.
• McGraw-Hill Book Company
• Random House
  Publishing group including Ballantine, Knopf, Random House, Vintage, Arrow.
• Routledge
  Publishers in academic as well as general areas.
• Simon & Schuster
  A part of CBS Corporation. Simon & Schuster, Pocket Books, Scribner, Free Press, Atheneum, more. Consumer publishing area.
• Thames and Hudson
  Major publisher based in the UK.

Online Publishing

• Lulu
  ‘Lulu lets you publish a real book and sell it to the world’. Online publishing for everyone.
• Online Book Publishing Review
  ‘Tired of having your book rejected because it doesn’t fit into some predefined niche ? With online book publishing services, you get everything you need to affordably publish, promote and sell your book’. Comparison chart of ten major online publishers. Quite detailed.
• Online Publishing
  Multiple articles covering this topic from Suite 101.
• Online Publishing in the 21st Century
  Challenges and Opportunities. An Opinion article from D-Lib Magazine.
• Wheatmark - How to Market a Book
  ‘If you have a finished manuscript and are looking for publishing professionals to take the pain out of the publishing process for you, tell us about your book today’.

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