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Commercial Publishers

    Generally speaking, this selective list has "reputable" publishers. Nevertheless, keep in mind that just because a publisher is reputable, it does not necessarily mean that everything it publishes can be trusted 100%. It is important to consider all factors when evaluating a book (purpose, author, etc.).

    Example commercial publishers:

    Important Note: Although lengthy, this is NOT a comprehensive list of reputable publishers.

  • Abrams
  • Academic Press
  • Addison-Wesley
  • Alpha Books
  • AMACOM
  • American Elsevier
  • Anchor Books
  • Arnold
  • Baker
  • Ballantine Books
  • Barnes & Noble
  • Barron's
  • BasicBooks
  • Beacon Press
  • Belhaven Press
  • Berkley Publishing Group
  • Blackwell
  • Blackwell Scientific Publications
  • Butterworth-Heinemann
  • CAB International
  • Cassell
  • Chapman & Hall
  • Charles Scribner's Sons
  • Chatham House
  • Clarendon Press
  • Crown Publishers
  • Da Capo Press
  • Dodd, Mead
  • Doubleday
  • Dover
  • Dun & Bradstreet
  • Dutton
  • Elsevier
  • Facts on File
  • Farrar, Straus and Giroux
  • Free Press
  • G.K. Hall
  • G.P. Putnam's Sons
  • Gale Research Co.
  • Garden City Publishing
  • Garland
  • GIS World
  • Gordon and Breach
  • Greenwood Press
  • Grey House Pub.
  • H. W. Wilson Co.
  • Harcourt, Brace and Company
  • Harmony Books
  • Harper
  • Harper & Row
  • HarperBusiness
  • HarperCollins Publishers
  • HarperPerennial
  • Haworth Press
  • Henry Holt
  • HLB International
  • Holt, Rinehart and Winston
  • Hoover's Business Press
  • Houghton Mifflin
  • J. B. Lippincott
  • JAI Press
  • Jossey-Bass
  • Kennikat Press
  • Kluwer Academic Publishers
  • Knopf
  • Lippincott
  • Little, Brown
  • Longman
  • Longmans, Green, and Co
  • M.E. Sharpe
  • Macmillan
  • McFarland
  • McGraw-Hill
  • Meckler
  • Merriam-Webster
  • Methuen
  • Moody's Investors Service
  • Morrow
  • National Academy Press
  • Net-Research
  • NTC Business Books
  • Oasis Press
  • Omnigraphics
  • Oryx
  • Pantheon Books
  • Penguin Books
  • Peregrine Smith Books
  • Peterson's
  • Pilgrim Books
  • Praeger
  • Prentice Hall
  • Price Waterhouse
  • Probus
  • Putnam
  • Quorum Books
  • R. R. Bowker
  • Random House
  • Reed Reference Publishing
  • Reference Press
  • Routledge
  • Rowman & Littlefield
  • Sage Publications
  • Salem Press
  • Saunders College Pub.
  • Scarecrow Press
  • Scribner
  • Simon and Schuster
  • Springer-Verlag
  • St. Martin's Press
  • Standard & Poor's Corporation
  • Standard Rate & Data Service
  • The Vanguard Press
  • The Clarendon Press
  • Twayne
  • Upstart Pub.
  • Van Nostrand
  • Viking Press
  • W. Morrow
  • W.H. Freeman
  • W.W. Norton
  • West
  • Westview Press
  • Wiley
  • Woodbine House
  • World Scientific
  • Zed Books

Although lengthy, this is NOT a comprehensive list of reputable publishers.

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Content: Naomi Lederer