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Top 25 Self-published book distributors based in the United States

Name: Self-published book distributors based in the United States
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 17, 2026 453 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 453 self-published book distributors headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 9,350 professional contacts across them, including 1,655 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers self-published book distributors 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 17, 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 17, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest self-published book distributors based in the United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 453 self-published book distributors based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 17, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to self-published book distributors: 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	Ingram Content Group	Indirect evidence	La Vergne, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,634 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The world is reading.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
2	Lulu Press, INC	Strong evidence	Research Triangle, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	515 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Lulu is a global publishing technology company for businesses built on books.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
3	Authorhouse	Strong evidence	Bloomington, IN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	504 contacts →
	Strong evidence “AuthorHouse, an Author Solutions brand, is the leading provider of self-publishing and marketing services for authors around the globe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
4	Xlibris	Partial evidence	Bloomington, IN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	477 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Xlibris Publishing was founded in 1997 and, as the leading publishing services provider for authors, has helped to publish and market more than titles.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
5	Amazon Kindle Direct Publisher	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	451 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Run by a pair of metaphor-loving, simile-craving, typo-hating literary enthusiasts, Amazon Kindle Direct Publisher is the place where authors come to terraform their ideas into…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
6	Author Solutions, LLC	Indirect evidence	Bloomington, IN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	436 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Author Solutions is a global company, headquartered in beautiful Bloomington, Indiana, with customers on all seven continents.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
7	Createspace	Partial evidence	North Charleston, SC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	333 contacts →
	Partial evidence “CreateSpace, an Amazon company, is the leading provider of independent publishing tools that enable authors, filmmakers and musicians to produce, polish, publish and distribute…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
8	Blackstone Publishing	Strong evidence	Ashland, OR, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	224 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Publishing great books by talented writers and forging connections with readers for the long-term.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
9	Podium Entertainment	Partial evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	222 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Podium is a digital-first publisher committed to discovering, developing, and amplifying the works of emerging and bestselling authors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
10	Dorrance Publishing CO	Partial evidence	Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	n/a	203 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Dorrance Publishing has been pioneering publishing services for over 100 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
11	Lightning Source	Partial evidence	La Vergne, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	180 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Lightning Source is the leading print-on-demand company in the world, offering the unique combination of quality one-off book manufacturing and access to the most comprehensive…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
12	Christian Faith Publishing	Strong evidence	Meadville, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	n/a	169 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Christian Faith Publishing is a full-service book publisher based and operated in the U.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
13	Spines	Partial evidence	Boynton Beach, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	149 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Spines: Revolutionizing Publishing with AI At Spines, we're redefining the publishing journey, Our mission?” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
14	Xulon Press	Strong evidence	Maitland, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	145 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Xulon Press is the largest, most experienced Christian owned and operated print-on-demand self publisher of Christian books.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
15	Outskirts Press, INC	Strong evidence	Parker Co 80134, CO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	130 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Outskirts Press helps authors develop and publish high-quality books by offering exceptional design, printing, publishing, distribution, and book marketing services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
16	Greenleaf Book Group	Strong evidence	Austin, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	110 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Greenleaf Book Group is a publisher and distributor that specializes in the development of independent authors and the growth of small presses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
17	Draft2digital	Indirect evidence	Oklahoma City, OK, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	103 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We provide a simple process to turn authors’ documents into professionally-formatted ebooks and release them through all the industry's most powerful sales channels.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
18	Smashwords	Partial evidence	Los Gatos, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	97 contacts →
	Partial evidence “In March 2022, Smashwords merged with Draft2Digital, creating the industry's leading publishing services firm serving over authors and publishing and distributing over 1 million…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
19	Bookbaby	Partial evidence	Pennsauken, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	93 contacts →
	Partial evidence “BookBaby is your full-service printing and publishing partner.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
20	Trafford Publishing	Partial evidence	Bloomington, IN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	90 contacts →
	Partial evidence “1995 marked a publishing industry revolution.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
21	Independent Publishers Group	Partial evidence	Chicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	86 contacts →
	Partial evidence “IPG is the original independent book sales and distribution company in the United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
22	Palmetto Publishing	Strong evidence	Mount Pleasant, SC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	77 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We’re book lovers who are here to help you with every aspect of publishing your work.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
23	Black Rose Writing	Partial evidence	Castroville, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	n/a	54 contacts →
	Partial 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 17, 2026
24	ZANDO	Strong evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	46 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Founded by publishing executive Molly Stern, Zando is an independent publisher that connects inspiring authors to the audiences they deserve-and helps readers find new books to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
25	Baker & Taylor Publisher Services	Strong evidence	Ashland, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	44 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Baker & Taylor Publisher Services (BTPS) is a leading provider of economical services and solutions to book publishers, with a robust reach to all trade, gift, and other book…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 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: self-published book distributors. 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 self-published book distributors.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of self-published book distributors, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name self-published book distributors. 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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Self-published book distributors based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 17, 2026

17.7%Verified-email coverage

20.6Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

4.2%Largest-city concentration · New York

Sep 17, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

309

11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

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 453 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 self-published book distributors, 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 “self-published book distributors”. 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 self-published book distributors), 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 self-published book distributors, 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, 1,655 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 17, 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.

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 self-published book distributors, 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 self-published book distributors are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 453 self-published book distributors 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?

Ingram Content Group, headquartered in La Vergne, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most self-published book distributors?

New York leads with 19 headquartered companies, followed by Houston (15) and Las Vegas (8).

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 1,655 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 453 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 17, 2026.

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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.