Dallas, Texas is not only home to one of the largest art districts, popular professional sports teams, and great barbecue joints but also to a vibrant publishing industry.
Maybe you have a novel, a poetry collection, a business book, or a Bible study in progress, and you would like a publisher close to home. Below are 15 book publishing companies in Dallas and the wider Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex: two university presses, a nonprofit house for literature in translation, an experimental fiction press, a nonfiction publisher with national distribution, educational and reference publishers, and several firms that sell publishing as a paid service. Each entry says what the company publishes and how to approach it. Once you’re done with this guide, there’s more to discover in my database of publishing companies, from children’s books to graphic novels.
Submission policies change without notice, so check the publisher’s own page before you send anything, and never pay a reading fee. Last verified: October 1, 2026.
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1. Brown Books Publishing Group
Brown Books Publishing Group was founded in 1994 by Milli Brown and works from an office in north Dallas. It runs several imprints, including Brown Christian Press, Brown Books Kids, Michael Sampson Books, The Small Press, and RADO’s Press, and its BB Signature line covers coffee table books. Brown Books calls its model relationship publishing: authors keep all rights and 80 to 90 percent of the profits, which also means the author invests in the production. It publishes no prices, so ask for a written estimate before you sign. It accepts submissions through the manuscript form on its contact page. Submission guidelines.
Did you know that Dallas, Texas, was home to the “Literary Dallas” movement in the 1920s and 1930s, which saw a surge of poets, writers, and intellectuals shaping the cultural landscape of the city, making it a hub for Southern literary arts during that period?
2. University of North Texas Press
The University of North Texas Press is the academic publisher of UNT in Denton, at the northern edge of the metroplex. It was founded in 1987, published its first book in 1989, and now releases about 20 to 25 peer-reviewed titles a year, with strengths in Texas history and culture, music, food, and the environment. It accepts submissions as a query letter to the right acquisitions editor, with an outline and a sample chapter, and usually replies within two to four weeks. Fiction and poetry come in only through its Katherine Anne Porter Prize and Vassar Miller Prize. Submission guidelines.
3. Deep Vellum Publishing
Deep Vellum is a nonprofit publisher founded in 2013 by Will Evans in the Deep Ellum neighborhood of Dallas. It is the largest publisher of literature in translation in the United States, and its seven imprints now hold more than 1,500 titles from over 100 countries, including English-language fiction, poetry, and essays. It accepts submissions through a short form on its website that asks for a link to your manuscript. Submission guidelines.
4. Dalkey Archive Press
Dalkey Archive Press built its name on experimental and avant-garde literary fiction, translations, and reissues of overlooked classics, alongside some literary criticism. Deep Vellum acquired it in 2020, and its US office now shares Deep Vellum’s Commerce Street address in Dallas. Dalkey still accepts submissions by email with a query letter, but it receives around 12,000 unsolicited manuscripts a year and can take up to a year to reply, and it rarely takes poetry or nonfiction. Submission guidelines.
5. Henery Press Publishing
Henery Press is a mystery imprint long listed among Dallas publishers, known for cozy mysteries in the spirit of Agatha Christie, many of them in long-running series. It pays royalties and publishes in print and ebook. It does not accept unagented work; its site says it considers agented submissions only, so your route in is a literary agent.
6. BenBella Books
BenBella Books is an independent Dallas publisher that releases about 40 nonfiction books a year in health, nutrition, wellness, business, science, and popular culture, with distribution through Simon & Schuster. Its best-known titles include The China Study by T. Colin Campbell. BenBella pays advances, typically $5,000 to $20,000, and runs a small in-house marketing team. It accepts submissions of nonfiction proposals and is not looking for fiction. Submission guidelines.
7. Inspire on Purpose Book Publishing
Inspire on Purpose is a hybrid publisher on Noel Road in Dallas that publishes memoirs, faith titles, business and leadership books, and children’s books, with a sister imprint called Inspired Forever Books. Authors pay for a customized package, from a simple ebook to a national launch, keep ownership of their work, and keep the proceeds from sales. There is no free submission route: you start with a free consultation, and prices are quoted per project. Treat it as a paid service and compare the quote with other options. How it works.
8. GC2 Press
GC2 Press is the publishing arm of Texas Baptists, based in Dallas. It started in 2000 as BaptistWay Press and later took its name from the Great Commission and the Great Commandment. It produces Bible studies and church curriculum, including the Connect 360 adult Bible study series, written by selected Baptist authors. It is a resource for Christian readers and churches; it has no open route for outside manuscripts.
9. Schlager Group/Milestone Documents
The Schlager Group is an independent educational publisher in Dallas that has served schools and libraries since 2008. It publishes print and ebook reference titles built on primary source documents, from the Declaration of Independence to the Magna Carta, and its Milestone Documents collections now live in the Schlager Digital Library, with thousands of documents and scholarly commentaries. It hires scholars for its projects and has no open call for book manuscripts.
10. Applied Practice
Applied Practice is an educational publisher in Dallas, founded in 1998 by two AP English teachers from Austin. It makes classroom resources for English language arts, math, science, and social studies, including study guides, practice tests, and mock exams, plus teacher workshops and scoring services. Its materials are written largely by experienced classroom teachers; there is no open call for book manuscripts.
11. TCU Press
TCU Press is the university press of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth. It publishes books on Texas and the Southwest, its history, politics, culture, and natural environment, along with literary titles, memoirs, and biographies. Its journals have included descant, the Boller Review of undergraduate research, and the Nursing History Review. It accepts submissions as a query letter or proposal sent by email to tcupress@tcu.edu, and every manuscript goes to two or more outside reviewers before the press’s advisory board decides.
12. Djarabi Kitabs Publishing
Djarabi Kitabs is a small press founded in 2013 that publishes books by Muslim authors for both religious and mainstream readers, from adult fiction and nonfiction to children’s books. Directories list it at a Dallas post office box. It is not accepting new authors at the moment. When it reopens, the route is a query letter by email with a personal marketing plan, followed by the full manuscript on request. Submission guidelines.
13. Beyond Publishing
Beyond Publishing is based in Frisco, just north of Dallas, and publishes books for entrepreneurs, founders, coaches, and speakers. It reports 949 titles from authors in 67 countries over eight years. It handles editing, design, distribution, translation, and launch publicity, and helps authors land media and speaking opportunities. It is a paid service, not a submissions-based publisher: you book a free consultation, and pricing is quoted per author. Book a consultation.
14. Compassion Crowd Publishing, LLC
Compassion Crowd Publishing is a very small Dallas publisher with a values-driven mission built around love, benevolence, equity, unity, and integrity. Its website invites writers of stories, manuscripts, poems, and lyrics to get in touch and shows a few titles for sale. It publishes no guidelines, terms, or fees, so ask exactly what it offers and what it costs before you send anything.
15. International Health Publishing
International Health Publishing says it is based in North Dallas and has worked with authors since 2008. It publishes nonfiction on health, wellness, alternative medicine, chiropractic, spirituality, new-age topics, and self-help, and it also sells editing and ghostwriting. Authors fill in a worksheet and then sign an author-publisher agreement that sets out services, costs, and royalties, so treat it as a paid publishing program. Submission guidelines.
Names you may be looking for
J.M. LeBel Publishers Inc.
A high school science textbook publisher whose website still lists a Dallas address. It publishes textbooks in-house and has no route for outside authors.
CaryPress International Books
A paid self-publishing services company based in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, with packages that start at about $800.
Pen2Publishing
A paid self-publishing services company whose official addresses are in San Francisco and Chennai, India.
Coleman Jones Press
A Christian publishing and media company once listed in Dallas. Its website no longer loads.
P1 Press
A small Dallas hybrid publisher. Its website is down for maintenance, so check back before you contact it.
Final Thoughts
Dallas gives you real choices, as long as you know which kind of company you’re talking to. UNT Press, Deep Vellum, Dalkey Archive, TCU Press, and BenBella read submissions the traditional way, Djarabi Kitabs will again when it reopens, and Henery Press works through agents. Brown Books, Inspire on Purpose, Beyond Publishing, and International Health Publishing are paid services, so compare their quotes with doing it yourself. GC2 Press, the Schlager Group, and Applied Practice publish their own educational and church materials. If none of them fits, Texas has many more book publishers, and next up you may want to explore a guide to the top book publishers in Arkansas.
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