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Top 25 Academic book publishers based in the United States

Name: Academic book publishers based in the United States
Creator: RevenueBase
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 219 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 219 academic book publishers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 10,721 professional contacts across them, including 3,088 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers academic book publishers headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

219Companies

10,721Contacts tracked

3,088Verified emails

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The 25 largest academic book publishers based in the United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 219 academic book publishers based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to academic book publishers: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Harpercollins Publishers	Strong evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	3,477 contacts →
	Strong evidence “HarperCollins Publishers is the second-largest consumer book publisher in the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	SAGE	Strong evidence	Thousand Oaks, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,435 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Sage is a global academic publisher of books, journals, and library resources with a growing range of technologies to enable discovery, access, and engagement.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	IGI Global Scientific Publishing	Indirect evidence	Hershey, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	n/a	315 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 1988 and headquartered in Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA with offices in New York, New York, USA, and in Beijing, China (IGI Science and Technology, Ltd.), IGI Global…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	Bloomsbury USA	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	303 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Bloomsbury Publishing Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	Springer Publishing	Strong evidence	Princeton, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	248 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Springer Publishing is an award-winning publisher of healthcare and behavioral sciences content, featuring books, apps, journals, and digital products.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	Rowman & Littlefield	Partial evidence	Lanham, MD, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	145 contacts →
	Partial evidence “In May 2024, Rowman & Littlefield, Applause, Backbeat, Lexington Books, and Bernan Press became imprints of Bloomsbury Publishing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	Farrar, Straus And Giroux	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	132 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Farrar, Straus and Giroux was founded in 1946 by Roger W.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	Intervarsity Press	Indirect evidence	Lisle, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	121 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 1947 as an extension of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	Cognella	Partial evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	117 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Cognella® is redefining academic publishing by creating teacher-driven, student-centric higher education course materials in print and digital formats under three imprints…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	Wipf And Stock Publishers	Partial evidence	Eugene, OR, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	90 contacts →
	Partial evidence “WHO WE ARE AND OUR VISION Based in the land of great microbrews and towering Douglas firs, Wipf and Stock Publishers is a creative team, an adventurous bunch who arrive to work…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	Page Street Publishing	Indirect evidence	Essex, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	67 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Page Street Publishing is a Publishing company located in 31 Forest Ave, Essex, MA, United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	Dover Publications	Indirect evidence	Garden City, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	62 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Since our founding in 1941, we’ve built our reputation by offering remarkable products at amazing prices.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	Ukiyoto Publishing	Partial evidence	Denver, CO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	58 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Ukiyoto publishes quality content after thorough scrutiny and shortlisting of manuscripts.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	Accdon, LLC Publishing Services	Indirect evidence	Waltham, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	53 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Accdon, LLC is a leading author and research communications services company headquartered in the Boston area.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	Business Expert Press	Strong evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	38 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Business Expert Press (BEP) is an independent academic publisher specializing in concise, research-based business titles with real-world relevance.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16	Nova Science Publishers, INC	Partial evidence	Hauppauge, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	35 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Nova Science Publishers produces approximately 1,800 new titles each year by leading researchers from every corner of the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	Chicago Review Press	Indirect evidence	Chicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	35 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Chicago Review Press is an independent publishing company founded in 1973.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	Berghahn Books INC	Strong evidence	Brooklyn, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	27 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Founded in 1994, Berghahn Books is an independent publisher of distinguished scholarly books and journals in the humanities and social sciences.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	Flatpage	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	24 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Empowering writers and promoting ideas, Flatpage is an editorial agency and publishing house that helps you connect with audiences.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	Industrial Press, INC	Strong evidence	South Norwalk, CT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	21 contacts →
	Strong evidence “A STEM publisher (science, technology, engineering & math), Industrial Press publishes Machinery's Handbook and leading technical books for engineering, technology, manufacturing…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	LAD Custom Publishing	Indirect evidence	Buford, GA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	17 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “LAD Custom Publishing has served the higher ed market for more than 20 years and partners with over 1,200 colleges and universities in the US and Canada.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	Warren Publishing, INC	Strong evidence	Charlotte, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	17 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Warren Publishing has published well-written and well-read books for more than 25 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	Academic Studies Press	Strong evidence	Brighton, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	15 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Academic Studies Press is an independent scholarly publisher devoted to advancing knowledge and understanding in the humanities and social sciences.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	Lynne Rienner Publishers	Partial evidence	Boulder, CO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	10 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in 1984, Lynne Rienner Publishers remains a rare, independent presence in scholarly and textbook publishing."Independent" means a lot of different things to us: Taking…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	Bess Press INC	Partial evidence	Honolulu, HI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	10 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Bess Press is a regional publisher based in Honolulu, Hawaii.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: academic book publishers. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names academic book publishers.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of academic book publishers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name academic book publishers. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Academic book publishers based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

28.8%Verified-email coverage

49.0Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

11.9%Largest-city concentration · New York

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 219 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among academic book publishers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “academic book publishers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names academic book publishers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among academic book publishers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 3,088 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Academic book publishers by metro

Academic book publishers in New York26

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names academic book publishers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many academic book publishers are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 219 academic book publishers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Harpercollins Publishers, headquartered in New York, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most academic book publishers?

New York leads with 26 headquartered companies, followed by Amherst (4) and Philadelphia (4).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 3,088 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 219 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.