BookPress Publishing
Independent publisher · US
Open nowEligibility limitsCBC member Verified on June 9, 2026
This publisher charges authors a fee. Reputable trade publishers pay authors, not the other way around. Proceed with care.
Submission status
Accepting unagented submissions now, on an ongoing basis.
- Source says
- “Please refer to submission guidelines on our website: https://www.bookpresspublishing.com/contact”
- We derived
- Open now
- Confirmed
- Verified on June 9, 2026 against the publisher's own site.
Eligibility
Hybrid / partial-subsidy model: authors share 20 to 80 percent of production costs and revenue. Not a traditional advance-paying publisher.
What they publish
- Audiences
- Preschool, Elementary
- Formats
- Ebook
- Genres
- Nonfiction, Fiction
- Themes / focus
- Fiction, Nonfiction, Biography
- Titles per year
- 10-20 children's book annually
How to submit
- Method
- Query first
- No
- info@bookpresspublishing.com
Trust & source
- CBC member
- Yes — Children's Book Council member
- Charges authors
- Yes — see caution above
- Website
- www.bookpresspublishing.com/
- Policy source
- cbcbooks.org/publishers/our-members/
Verified on June 9, 2026. The publisher's own submissions page is always the final word — policies change without notice.