24 Best Business Book Publishers (Links to Submissions)

Books are still an excellent source of fresh ideas that can improve your business acumen.

If you have expertise worth sharing, a business book can build your reputation, and behind every successful business book is a publisher that knows how to reach the right readers. The houses below range from Big Five imprints that work only through literary agents to specialist presses that read proposals straight from experts, plus a few paid programs that sell publishing services. For each one you’ll find what it publishes and exactly how it takes submissions right now. Business publishers almost always want a proposal, not a finished manuscript, and they care about your platform as much as your idea. Once you’ve navigated through this guide, expand your horizons with my vast collection of book publishers.

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 2, 2026.

Here’s the list of the best business book publishing companies:

1. Harvard Business Review Press

Harvard Business Review Press, the book arm of Harvard Business Publishing and one of the best-known Massachusetts publishers, publishes books on leadership, strategy, innovation, and management by researchers and practitioners. Harvard Business Review Press does not accept unsolicited book manuscripts or proposals, so you’ll need an agent or an existing relationship with its editors. If your idea suits a shorter piece, the magazine has its own guidelines for article pitches. Author guidelines.

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2. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

The Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House in New York, publishes business and economics titles alongside its much larger list of literary fiction, history, biography, and memoir. Knopf Doubleday does not accept unsolicited submissions, so work through a literary agent. Its site also warns that its editors never ask authors for payment or write from Gmail or Hotmail addresses. Knopf Doubleday.

3. Simon & Schuster

Simon & Schuster, one of the Big Five, publishes business, finance, and leadership books alongside fiction, memoir, and audiobooks. Simon & Schuster does not accept unsolicited manuscripts; submissions have to come through a literary agent. It points unagented authors to Archway Publishing, a paid self-publishing partner, which is a service you buy, not a book deal. Simon & Schuster.

4. McGraw Hill Education

McGraw Hill publishes educational books and digital courseware for college courses, including business, accounting, and economics. It accepts proposals for undergraduate higher-education products through its online submission portal, covering the course market, the competition, your content, and your credentials. Right now it is not taking proposals for professional-market books, so this is a route for textbook authors, not trade business writers. Proposal guidelines.

5. Harriman House

Harriman House is an independent British publisher specializing in finance, investment, economics, business, and marketing, with room for other nonfiction. It welcomes proposals from authors who are recognized experts in their field and already have an audience, for example through social media or a blog. Download its proposal form, which asks about your target market, competing books, and how you’ll help promote the book, and email it to the commissioning team. If you hear nothing within four weeks, Harriman has passed. Submission guidelines.

6. Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Berrett-Koehler is an independent publisher whose mission is “connecting people and ideas to create a world that works for all,” with books on management, leadership, workplace change, and social responsibility, translated into more than 60 languages. It welcomes proposals that fit that mission. BK calls its model partnership publishing, so the proposal asks for five comparable recent books, a chapter-by-chapter outline, and real numbers for your email list, social following, speaking calendar, and bulk-sales potential. Proposal guidelines.

7. HarperCollins Leadership

HarperCollins Leadership is the HarperCollins imprint for business and leadership books, home to New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers by John C. Maxwell, Donald Miller, and dozens of other experts. It also produces custom editions and bulk orders for companies that want books for their managers. Its site doesn’t post a submission policy for authors. HarperCollins Leadership.

8. Wiley

Wiley has published for more than two centuries from its base in Hoboken, New Jersey, and its list runs from business, finance, and investing books to academic and professional titles in fields such as engineering, psychology, and medicine. It accepts proposals directly, with no agent required: complete the Proposal Submission Form, and its content team forwards it to the editor for your subject area. Wiley publishes for both the general trade market and academic and professional readers. Submission guidelines.

9. Portfolio/Penguin

Portfolio, founded by Adrian Zackheim in 2001, is Penguin’s business imprint and part of one of the biggest publishing houses on the planet. It publishes nonfiction on technology, economics, entrepreneurship, biography, and investigative journalism, with authors such as Ryan Holiday and Morgan Housel. Its editors never ask for payment or write from unofficial email addresses, so treat any request for money in its name as a scam. Portfolio overview.

10. The Crown Publishing Group

The Crown Publishing Group, part of Penguin Random House, publishes business, economics, leadership, and personal development books alongside memoir, history, and politics. Crown works primarily through literary agents and does not accept unsolicited manuscripts or proposals. Contact page.

11. Allen & Unwin

Allen & Unwin is one of Australia’s biggest independent publishers, with business, finance, and leadership titles alongside fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books. It accepts submissions through The Friday Pitch, which, despite its name, is open all week: choose your genre and an in-house submission editor reads your pitch. Children’s and YA writers, and New Zealand writers, have their own routes on the same page. Submission guidelines.

12. Career Press

Career Press is a Red Wheel/Weiser imprint publishing practical how-to books on careers, business, and personal growth for professionals and general readers, while its sister imprints are known for spirituality and mysticism. Red Wheel/Weiser accepts unsolicited proposals, agented or not, by email, and review can take up to twelve weeks. Its Turning Stone Press imprint charges authors fees, so make sure you are submitting to the traditional list. Submission guidelines.

13. ForbesBooks

Forbes Books is the book publishing brand of Forbes, built for business leaders, entrepreneurs, and experts who want a book to build their authority. It is an independent publishing program, not a traditional advance-and-royalty deal: you check whether you qualify, schedule a consultation, and choose among its Standard, Select, and Global programs, which can include a ghostwritten manuscript, editing, distribution, and promotion across Forbes channels. You keep 100% of the rights to your book. Forbes Books.

14. Apress

Apress, part of Springer Nature, publishes technology books for developers, IT professionals, and enthusiasts, from programming and data science to cybersecurity. Apress accepts proposals through an online form, even for ideas at an early stage. An editor then talks the idea through with you, helps you develop it, and puts it forward for approval before a publishing agreement is offered. Submit a proposal.

15. Entrepreneur Press

Entrepreneur Press is the book division of Entrepreneur Media, publisher of Entrepreneur magazine, with practical books for entrepreneurs on starting, running, and growing a business. It recruits entrepreneurs and subject-matter experts with a clear business message through a “Do You Qualify?” application and describes the arrangement as a publishing partnership, so ask exactly how costs and royalties work before you sign. Become an author.

16. Greenleaf Book Group

Greenleaf Book Group in Austin, Texas, is a hybrid publisher and distributor, a middle path between self-publishing and traditional publishing. Authors pay for publishing services and keep creative control, their rights, and most of the royalties, while Greenleaf handles distribution to bookstores, airports, and specialty retailers. It accepts submissions through an online form that also covers its imprints Fast Company Press, Wonderwell Press, Kiplinger Books, Family Business Press, and An Inc. Original. Submitting comes with no obligation, and every author gets next steps whether or not Greenleaf moves forward. Submission form.

17. Bloomsbury Publishing

Bloomsbury Publishing in London publishes fiction, children’s books, and nonfiction, and its academic division covers business, economics, and management. Bloomsbury no longer accepts unsolicited manuscripts, so trade authors need a literary agent. The exception is Bloomsbury Academic, which takes proposals during its submission window, roughly once a year. Writing for Bloomsbury.

18. Dundurn Press

Dundurn Press is one of the largest independent publishers in Canada, and it gives priority to Canadian authors and those eligible for Canadian citizenship in nonfiction, literary fiction, and mystery and thrillers. It accepts submissions that follow its posted guidelines exactly. It won’t consider previously published or self-published books, and it is not publishing graphic novels, children’s or YA books, or poetry right now. Submission guidelines.

19. Harvard University Press

Harvard University Press, founded in 1913, is one of the world’s leading academic publishers, with books in economics, history, philosophy, law, and the social and natural sciences for scholars and general readers. It accepts proposals by email, sent to the relevant acquisitions editor or to the press’s general submissions address. Include a narrative description, your intended audience, comparable books, your background, a table of contents with chapter summaries, and an estimate of length and timing. Proposal guidelines.

20. Kogan Page

Kogan Page is an independent publisher of award-winning business and professional books on strategy, finance and banking, HR and learning, logistics and supply chain, marketing and sales, risk and compliance, and skills and careers, in print, ebook, and audio. It welcomes proposals in those areas. Prepare yours with its book proposal guidelines and email it to the editor for your subject; an editor reviews it, then pitches approved ideas to the senior leadership team. Submit a book proposal.

21. Thames & Hudson Australia

Thames & Hudson Australia publishes illustrated books, children’s books, and narrative nonfiction with Australian content in art, history, architecture, science, design, fashion, gardens, photography, and popular culture. It welcomes proposals from authors, photographers, designers, and illustrators by email: keep the package under 5MB, with a synopsis, contents, sample text and pictures, market and promotion notes, and a short bio. It doesn’t publish fiction or poetry and replies only if it is interested. Getting published.

22. Roli Books

Roli Books is a New Delhi publisher known for illustrated books on art, architecture, design, photography, and cookery, plus select fiction and nonfiction. Roli accepts unsolicited proposals in English: email a synopsis, the word count, three sample chapters, a few low-resolution images, and a third-person bio, with “Manuscript Proposal_Your_Name” in the subject line. If you hear nothing within three months, the answer is no. It doesn’t publish children’s books or poetry. Submission guidelines.

23. Business Expert Press

Business Expert Press publishes concise, applied books for executives and MBA and executive-education students, sold in paperback and ebook formats and to more than 600 colleges and universities. It accepts proposals through a proposal form, which its acquisitions and collection editors review before giving you feedback. Read its proposal guidelines first, because the press expects keyword lists, advance reviews, and an active hand in marketing from its authors. Publish with us.

24. Profile Books

Profile Books, an independent London publisher, publishes serious nonfiction on business, economics, history, politics, science, and current affairs, and its group includes Serpent’s Tail, Viper, and Souvenir Press. Profile accepts submissions only from published authors (not self-published) and university academics: send an outline, a table of contents, and a sample chapter of up to 2,500 words to its submissions address. It is not reading unsolicited fiction or poetry, and it never charges reading fees. Submission details.

Names you may be looking for

Wharton School Press

Wharton School Press was the book imprint of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and joined Penn Press in 2023. Penn Press now says it is no longer affiliated with the imprint and is not taking submissions or publishing new titles under it.

Final Thoughts

Business publishing rewards expertise and a platform. If you want a traditional deal without an agent, start with Wiley, Harriman House, Berrett-Koehler, Kogan Page, Business Expert Press, Apress for technology, Harvard University Press for research-based books, Dundurn for Canadian authors, and Allen & Unwin’s Friday Pitch. The Big Five houses, such as Crown, Knopf Doubleday, and Simon & Schuster, work through agents. Greenleaf is a hybrid publisher and Forbes Books sells publishing programs, so compare their costs with the benefits of self-publishing before you commit. Next up, you may want to explore a guide to the top legal book publishing companies.