Book Publishers – World War II Subjects

For visitors to this website who might find it useful, I have compiled the following list of over 100 publishers of books relating to World War II.  These publishing companies vary greatly, from publishers who may have published only one book on the subject to those who specialize in it.  If you have any suggestions for corrections or additions to the list, please contact me.  If you have a manuscript on WWII that you are seeking to have published, most websites will have advice on submissions.  However, you may be well-advised to seek a literary agent.  (For a searchable database of literary agents, see http://www.agentquery.com/.  See also the Literary Market Place, http://www.literarymarketplace.com/lmp/us/index_us.asp, for lists of literary agents and to search for publishers by subject matter.   For links to articles on the consolidation of the book publishing industry, see the end of the list.

I originally listed the publishers in alphabetical order but the list became unwieldy because of its length.  I reorganized it according to the type of publisher in order to make it easier to find the type of publisher that would best meet a would-be author’s needs.  I have created the following categories: (1) Presses Specializing in Military History and WWII, (2) University Presses, (3) Independent Publishers, (4) Foreign Publishers (i.e., not U.S.-based, most of which are either British or Canadian), and (5) Major Publishers and Their Imprints.  There will be some overlap between Independent Publishers and Foreign Publishers and between Presses Specializing in Military History and WWII and Foreign Publishers.

• Aberjona Press: http://www.aberjonapress.com/

• Amber Books: http://www.amberbooks.co.uk/

• Aquila Polonica: http://www.polandww2.com/.  Specializes in Poland’s WWII experience.

• Casemate: http://www.casematepublishing.com/

• Cassell Military Paperbacks (Sterling Publishing): http://www.sterlingpublishing.com/imprints?imprint=Cassell&limit=10

• Crecy Publishing: http://www.crecy.co.uk/

• Fighting High Publishing: http://www.fightinghigh.com/index.htm

• FNP Military Press: http://www.wy-designs.net/content/fnp-military-press

• Fonthill Media: http://www.fonthillmedia.com/

• Frontline Books (military history imprint of Pen & Sword Books): http://www.frontline-books.com/

• Grub Steet Publishing: http://www.grubstreet.co.uk/.  For their WWII book list, see: http://www.grubstreet.co.uk/products/category/military-history/109/ww2

• Helion & Co.: http://www.helion.co.uk/

• Hellgate Press: http://hellgatepress.com/

• History Press, The: http://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/

• Merriam Press: http://www.merriam-press.com/

• Mokeham Publishing (The Dutch in Wartime Series of Books): http://www.dutchinwar.com/

• Naval Institute Press: http://www.usni.org/navalinstitutepress

• Osprey Publishing: http://www.ospreypublishing.com/

• Pen & Sword: http://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/

• Pictorial Histories Publishing Co., Missoula, Montana: http://www.pictorialhistoriespublishing.com/

• Potomac Books: http://www.potomacbooksinc.com/Books/Features.aspx.  Potomac Books was purchased by University of Nebraska Press in March 2013.

• Praetorian Press (specializes in converting military books into e-book format): http://praetorian-press.com/default.aspx

• Quayside Publishing: http://www.quaysidepub.com/.  See http://www.qbookshop.com/categories/4/World-War-II.html

• Regnery History: http://www.regnery.com/regneryhistory.html.  An imprint of Regnery Publishing, which describes itself as “the country’s leading publisher of conservative books.”

• Schiffer Books: http://www.schifferbooks.com/military-catalog-959/military-aviation-history-693/.  Their website says the company has a separate catalogue, editors, and audience for its military history books.

• Smithsonian Books: http://www.smithsonianbooks.com/usersection/Home.aspx.  Their books are mainly about aviation.

• Specialty Press: http://www.specialtypress.com/.  Mainly about aviation.

• Stackpole Books: http://www.stackpolebooks.com/.  Their website says they are “a  trade book publisher with a proud, 80+ year history of publishing titles in the categories of Outdoors, Crafts, and History.”  They have a long list of WWII books.

• Stone & Stone: http://stonebooks.com/

• Tattered Flag: http://www.thetatteredflag.com/

• Zenith Press: http://www.zenithpress.com/

A potentially useful source of information would be the Association of American University Presses at http://www.aaupnet.org/aaup-members/membership-list.  According to their website, AAUP “produces an annual print Directory which contains a guide to presses publishing in various subject areas, editorial profiles of each press, and contact information for publishing staff.”  There may be more university presses that publish books on WWII than I have identified below.

• Belknap Press (Harvard University Press): http://www.hup.harvard.edu/results-list.php?search=Belknap%20Press

• Bison Books (University of Nebraska Press): http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/pages/Bison50.aspx

• Cambridge University Press: http://www.cambridge.org/

• Cornell University Press: http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/

• Harvard University Press: http://www.hup.harvard.edu/

• Indiana University Press: http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/

• Johns Hopkins University Press: http://www.press.jhu.edu/

• Kent State University Press: http://www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/

• Louisiana State University (LSU) Press: http://lsupress.org/

• Ohio University Press: http://www.ohioswallow.com/

• Oxford University Press: http://www.oup.com/us/

• Princeton University Press: http://press.princeton.edu/

• Texas A&M Press: http://www.tamupress.com/catalog/CategoryInfo.aspx?cid=152

• Texas Tech University Press: http://ttupress.org/

• University of California Press: http://www.ucpress.edu/

• University of Missouri Press: http://press.umsystem.edu/catalog/CategoryInfo.aspx?cid=152

• University of Nebraska Press: Bison Books: http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/pages/Bison50.aspx.  UNP purchased Potomac Books in March 2013 (see under Presses Specializing in  Military History and WWII).

• University of North Texas Press: http://untpress.unt.edu/

• University of Oklahoma Press: http://www.oupress.com/

• University of South Carolina Press: http://www.sc.edu/uscpress/

• University Press of Florida: http://www.upf.com/

• University Press of Kansas: http://www.kansaspress.ku.edu/

• University Press of Kentucky: http://www.kentuckypress.com/

• University Press of Mississippi: http://www.upress.state.ms.us/

• University Press of New England (a consortium supported by Brandeis, New Hampshire, Dartmouth, and Northeastern): http://www.upne.com/index_new.html

• Yale University Press: http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/home.asp

Independent Publishers

For general information on independent publishers, see the Independent Book Publishers Association at http://www.ibpa-online.org/

• Arcadia Publishing: http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/theme/Military

• Arcturus Publishing Ltd.: http://arcturuspublishing.com/

• Bloomsbury Publishing: http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/.  It published The Bitter Taste of Victory: In the Ruins of the Reich and Coventry: November 14, 1940.

• Cable Publishing: http://www.cablepublishing.com/

• Candlewick Press: http://www.candlewick.com/

• Chicago Review Press: http://www.chicagoreviewpress.com/

• Da Capo (Perseus Books): http://www.perseusbooksgroup.com/dacapo/home.jsp

• Douglas & McIntyre: http://www.douglas-mcintyre.com/about.  This is an independent Canadian company.

• Exxel Publishing: http://exxelpublishing.com/home

• Goose Lane Editions, Fredericton, New Brunswick: http://www.gooselane.com/

• Great Northern Publishing: http://www.greatnorthernpublishing.co.uk/

• Greenhill Books: http://www.greenhillbooks.com/.  Part of Pen & Sword Books.

• Grove Atlantic, Inc.: http://www.groveatlantic.com/.  Its imprints included Grove Press, Atlantic Monthly Press, and Black Cat.

• Hellgate Press: http://hellgatepress.com/

• Ian Allen Publishing: http://www.ianallanpublishing.com/

• I. B. Tauris: http://www.ibtauris.com/

• John Blake Publishing Co.: http://www.johnblakepublishing.co.uk/e-store/home.php

• McFarland: http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/.  Specializes in reference works and scholarly monographs, according to its website.

• Melville House: http://mhpbooks.com/books/

• New Press, The: http://thenewpress.com/.  For their section on World History/WWII, see: http://thenewpress.com/index.php?option=com_title&task=view_category&b_category_id=21

• Overlook Press, The: http://www.overlookpress.com/

• Park Chase Press (imprint of Cathedral Foundation Press): http://www.parkchasepress.com/index.html.  Its website says that it “focuses on books that embrace the human spirit and uphold the dignity of people in all walks of life.”  It also provides self-publishing services.

• Pelican Publishing Co.: http://pelicanpub.com/.  Its website describes it as family-owned and the “largest independent trade book publisher in the South.”

• Perseus Books Group: http://www.perseusbooksgroup.com/perseus/home.jsp.  Three of their imprints are Da Capo Press (http://www.dacapopress.com/),  PublicAffairs (http://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/),  and Basic Books (http://www.basicbooks.com/ ).

• Prometheus Books: http://www.prometheusbooks.com/?main_page=page_2

• Quarto Press: http://www.quartoknows.com/division/Quarto-Publishing-Group-USA/.   Quarto owns Voyageur Press of Minneapolis, MN: http://www.quartoknows.com/Voyageur-Press, which published M4 Sherman Tanks by Michael Haskey.

• Reedy Press: http://www.reedypress.com/.  According to their website, they co-publish books with schools, museums, and other institutions.

• Rosen Publishing Co.:http://www.rosenpublishing.com/

• Rowman & Littlefield Publishers: https://rowman.com/RLPublishers.

• Skyhorse Publishing: http://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/  Arcade Publishing at http://www.arcadepub.com/, is an imprint of Skyhorse.  Arcade published Donovan’s Devils about the OSS.

• Two Harbors Press: http://twoharborspress.com/default.aspx

• Turner Publishing Co.: http://www.turnerpublishing.com/

• Warwick House Publishing: http://www.warwickpublishers.com/

• Westholme Publishing: http://www.westholmepublishing.com/about.php

• White Mane Publishing Co.: http://www.whitemane.com/

Foreign Publishers (non-U.S.)

• Amber Books: http://www.amberbooks.co.uk/

• Aquila Polonica: http://www.polandww2.com/.  Specializes in Poland’s WWII experience.

• Black and White Publishing: http://www.blackandwhitepublishing.com/index.php/books/show/category/biography.

• Bloomsbury Press: http://www.bloomsburypress.com/.  Its website says it is an independent publishing house with companies in London, New York, Sydney, and Delhi.

• Bodley Head, The: http://www.bodleyhead.co.uk/

• Brill/Nijhoff:http://www.brill.com/.  See, in particular, http://www.brill.com/search/subject/humanities/subject/history/subject/history-warfare.  This publishing house was founded in 1683 in Leiden, The Netherlands.

• de Gruyter, Walter: http://www.degruyter.com/

• Douglas & McIntyre: http://www.douglas-mcintyre.com/about.  This is an independent Canadian company.

• Fighting High Publishing: http://www.fightinghigh.com/index.htm. British.

• Firefly Books: http://www.fireflybooks.com/.  (Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada)

• Fonthill Media: http://fonthillmedia.com/.  This publisher, located in Oxford, UK, and Charleston, SC, has a significant emphasis on military subjects.

• Goose Lane Editions, Fredericton, New Brunswick: http://www.gooselane.com/.  Canadian publisher.

• Great Northern Publishing: http://www.greatnorthernpublishing.co.uk/

• Greenhill Books: http://www.greenhillbooks.com/.  Part of Pen & Sword Books.

• Grub Steet Publishing: http://www.grubstreet.co.uk/.  For their WWII book list, see: http://www.grubstreet.co.uk/products/category/military-history/109/ww2.

• Helion & Co.: http://www.helion.co.uk/

• Highgate Publishing: http://highgatepublishing.com.au/

• Hodder & Stoughton Ltd: http://www.hodder.co.uk/

• History Press, The: http://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/, and their imprint, Spellmount.

• Ian Allen Publishing: http://www.ianallanpublishing.com/

• I. B. Tauris: http://www.ibtauris.com/

• John Blake Publishing Co.: http://www.johnblakepublishing.co.uk/e-store/home.php

• Mainstream Publishing: http://www.mainstreampublishing.com/.  Part of Random House but located in Edinburgh, Scotland.

• Orion Publishing Group: http://www.orionbooks.co.uk/.  One of its imprints is Cassell Military.

• Palgrave Macmillan: http://www.palgrave.com/home/index.asp.  Their website describes the company as “a global academic publisher for scholarship, research, and professional learning.”

• Penguin Press: http://us.penguingroup.com/static/pages/publishers/adult/penguinpress.html.  According to a Wikipedia article, “The Penguin Group is a trade book publisher, part of Penguin Random House. It is owned byPearson PLC, the global education and publishing company, and Bertelsmann, the German media conglomerate. The new company was created by a merger that was finalized on July 1, 2013, with Bertelsmann owning 53% of the joint venture, and Pearson controlling the remaining 47%.”

• Uitgeverij (Publisher) A. van den Oord: http://www.advandenoord.nl/.  Specializes in the history of Brabant Province in The Netherlands, particularly WWII history.

• Uitgeverij Louise: http://www.uitgeverijlouise.nl/.  For their WWII books, go to http://www.uitgeverijlouise.nl/index.php?id=13.

• Uitgeverij PENN: http://www.uitgeverijpenn.nl/Winkel/uitgeverij.  For their WWII books to to http://www.uitgeverijpenn.nl/Winkel/boeken/oorlog.html.

• Weyrich Edition: http://weyrich-edition.be/

You also may want to explore the option of publishing an ebook.  Consider such services as Scribd, Oyster Books, and Amazon.com.  See also the artice, “Kindle Unlimited and the Ongoing Commoditization of Books.”

The consolidation of the book publishing industry is something you will want to keep in mind in seeking a publisher.  Here are some Internet links that may be of interest:

“Publishing consolidation continues.  Hachette buys Hyperion,” June 28, 2013.

“Book Publishing’s Big Gamble,” New York Times, July 9, 2013.

“How Mergermania is Destroying Book Publishing,” The Nation, Dec. 17, 2012.

“This is what the publishing industry will look like if the Big Six become the Big Four,” Nov. 20, 2012.

“Books new look,” Oct. 30, 2012.

“Book Publisher Consolidation,” Oct. 29, 2012.

“Mergers alone won’t save book industry,” Oct. 26, 2012.

“Books: Consolidation is the big story,” Aug. 31, 2009.

“The Last Book Party,” March 2009.

If you are considering using Amazon.com’s publishing services, you may want to read first the article, “Prominent Editor’s Exit a Setback for Amazon Publishing Unit“, which was published by the New York Times on Nov. 8, 2014.

The November-December 2014 issue of Writer’s Digest contains an article, “A Look at Partnership Publishing,” pp. 42-45.  It may be work looking at.  It involves a combination of the author investing some money but with the publisher providing traditional publishing services, including real editors and real marketing support.  The article mentions six publishers offering the service: