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The American Booksellers Association (ABA) is a non-profit trade association founded in 1900 that promotes independent bookstores in the United States. ABA's core members are key participants in their communities' local economy and culture, and to assist them ABA creates relevant programs; provides education, information, business products, and services; and engages in public policy and ...
This is a list of English-language book publishers.It includes imprints of larger publishing groups, which may have resulted from business mergers. Included are academic publishers, technical manual publishers, publishers for the traditional book trade (both for adults and children), religious publishers, and small press publishers, among other types.
For debut authors or those who prefer working with smaller firms, independent book publishers serve as the perfect hybrid option offering both expert support and shared investment. Small ...
The terms "indie publisher" and "independent press" and others are sometimes used interchangeably. However, when a distinction is drawn, there are about 100,000 small presses and about one million independent presses. [1] Independent press is generally defined as publishers that are not part of large conglomerates or multinational corporations.
Scholastic was founded in 1920 by Maurice R. Robinson near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to be a publisher of youth magazines. The first publication was The Western Pennsylvania Scholastic. It covered high school sports and social activities; the four-page magazine debuted on October 22, 1920, and was distributed in 50 high schools. [3]
Founded in 1984, [1] the Midwest Independent Publishers Association, or MIPA, is a nonprofit organization based in Minneapolis, Minnesota and serving 12 states. [2] The association serves the Upper Midwest small press community through education, Business networking , and Community recognition .
Other Press is an independent publisher of literary fiction and non-fiction, based in New York City. Founded in 1998 to publish academic and psychoanalytic titles, [2] Other Press has since expanded to publish novels, short stories, nonfiction, poetry, and memoirs.
With over 3,500 members, IBPA is the largest publishing trade association in the United States. [1] IBPA programs and publications include the IBPA Book Award/Benjamin Franklin Award, [2] IBPA Publishing University, [3] and the monthly Independent Magazine. IBPA was founded in 1983 [2] as the Publishers Association of Southern California ...