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Top 25 Adult book publishers based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 163 adult book publishers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 15,379 professional contacts across them, including 4,109 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers adult 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
163Companies
15,379Contacts tracked
4,109Verified emails
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The 25 largest adult book publishers based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 163 adult 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 adult 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.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+7,263 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Our mission is to ignite a universal passion for reading by creating books for everyone.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2Partial evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0002,248 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We deeply believe in the power of books to connect people, amplify diverse voices, create meaningful change, and make a lasting impact in the world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3Partial evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0002,079 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Simon & Schuster is a global leader in the field of general interest publishing, providing consumers worldwide with a diverse range of quality books across a wide variety of…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500321 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“St.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500303 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Bloomsbury Publishing Inc.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6Partial evidenceAshland, OR, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200224 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Publishing great books by talented writers and forging connections with readers for the long-term.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200186 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8Strong evidenceBrooklyn, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200137 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Tor Books is the most successful science fiction and fantasy publisher in the world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200132 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Farrar, Straus and Giroux was founded in 1946 by Roger W.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-50125 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Other Press attracts authors who are guided by a passion to discover the limits of knowledge and imagination.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11Partial evidenceDenver, CO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5058 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Ukiyoto publishes quality content after thorough scrutiny and shortlisting of manuscripts.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12Indirect evidenceCastroville, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a54 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Black Rose Writing is an independent publishing house that strongly believes in developing a personal relationship with their authors.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13Strong evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5046 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Founded in 2015, Crooked Lane Books is an independent publisher that strives to entertain the many readers of commercial crime fiction.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14Strong evidenceWatertown, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5038 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Charlesbridge Publishing is an independent publisher of high-quality books for children and young adults.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15Indirect evidenceChicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20035 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Chicago Review Press is an independent publishing company founded in 1973.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16Partial evidenceBoiling Springs, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5033 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Sunbury Press, Inc, headquartered in Mechanicsburg, PA, is a publisher of trade paperback, hardcover, audio and ebooks featuring established and emerging authors in many fiction…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17Strong evidencePhiladelphia, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5029 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Founded in 2002, Quirk Books publishes a highly curated list of entertaining, enlightening, and strikingly unconventional books for adults and children in a number of genres and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18Strong evidenceWaukesha, WI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-1021 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Orange Hat Publishing creates distinctive books from all genres including children’s books, early reader books, young adult books, and fiction, non-fiction, and memoirs.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19Strong evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-1018 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Diversion Books, a division of Diversion Publishing Corp, is an independent publisher with a focus on both non-fiction and fiction.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20Indirect evidenceNew York, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-1018 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Europa Editions is an independent publishing house founded in 2005 with offices in New York, London, and Rome.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21Indirect evidenceLeesburg, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-1018 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“A publishing company focused on bringing top-level ebook, print, and audiobook content to consumers around the world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22Indirect evidenceBerkeley, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5018 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“COUNTERPOINT LLC was created in 2007 through the acquisition of three notable independent presses: Counterpoint, Shoemaker & Hoard, and Soft Skull Press.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23Partial evidenceSalt Lake City, UT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-1017 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Shadow Mountain is a general trade publisher of fiction and non-fiction.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24Indirect evidenceHenderson, NV, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5017 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We do things a little bit differently here… Every company seems to write their “About Us” page so that it’s short and sounds like they hired some corporate writer to make them…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25Strong evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5015 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Founded by publishing industry veterans Jamie Raab and Deb Futter, Celadon Books, a division of Macmillan Publishers, selects each title with thoughtful consideration in an effort…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Adult book publishers based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
26.7%Verified-email coverage
94.3Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
19.0%Largest-city concentration · New York
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
111
11-50
36
51-200
6
201-500
5
1,001-5,000
4
10001+
1

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 163 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 adult 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 “adult 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 adult 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 adult 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, 4,109 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
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Adult book publishers by metro

  • Adult book publishers in New York31

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 adult 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 adult book publishers are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 163 adult 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?

Penguin Random House, headquartered in New York, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most adult book publishers?

New York leads with 31 headquartered companies, followed by Austin (4) and Chicago (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 4,109 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 163 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.