Black Owned Bookstores & Publishers

Black Owned Bookstores & Publishers-We are working on making connections over here with Black owned bookstores and publishing companies as well.
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We are working on making connections over here with Black owned bookstores and publishing companies as well. During the Summer Interview Series, I met SHIONKA MCGLORY who owns Mocha Books, an online bookstore that will be going mobile soon! Someone on Instagram reached out asking for some contacts of Black owned publishers and it was disheartening to say how hard it was to search and connect with some, especially those specializing in children’s picture books. So I put our team to work and we gathered a list for you!

In light of everything that is happening this year, we are working to DO better and educate ourselves as well as connect and promote others of color in the book industry. In order to model this to our younger audience, we are hosting a Book Drive here in the Detroit area this month. We are collecting gently used picture books and will donate them to families here in Michigan. Cardinal Rule Press will be donating 100 diverse books to this collection. Find out more here.

6 Comments

Benahz on December 14, 2020 at 5:41 pm

Greetings, my is Benahz, and I am looking for a black self-publishing company. I know Covid-19, has changed a lot of things. But are there any blacks, male or female publishing company in 2020.

Maria Dismondy on December 22, 2020 at 9:06 am

Hi Benahz, please follow IPGBOOKS on Instagram, they have awesome black owned resources!
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Jackie Smith, Jr. on April 14, 2021 at 3:58 pm

Check-out J Merrill Publishing!! (www.JMerrill.pub)

Jaymes Davis on June 2, 2021 at 2:17 pm

I have just completed my book and I’m looking to connect with a black owned publisher.

CJ on June 25, 2021 at 5:28 pm

Hello, I have just finished my book and I am looking to Publish it with a company who is serious about telling the truth about a real subject that affects a lot of people/

Maria Dismondy on June 25, 2021 at 6:59 pm

Hi! Please see our manuscript submission guidelines here https://cardinalrulepress.com/submissions/. Thank you!
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Benahz on December 14, 2020 at 5:41 pm

Greetings, my is Benahz, and I am looking for a black self-publishing company. I know Covid-19, has changed a lot of things. But are there any blacks, male or female publishing company in 2020.
- Maria Dismondy on December 22, 2020 at 9:06 am
  
  Hi Benahz, please follow IPGBOOKS on Instagram, they have awesome black owned resources!
Jackie Smith, Jr. on April 14, 2021 at 3:58 pm

Check-out J Merrill Publishing!! (www.JMerrill.pub)
Jaymes Davis on June 2, 2021 at 2:17 pm

I have just completed my book and I’m looking to connect with a black owned publisher.
CJ on June 25, 2021 at 5:28 pm

Hello, I have just finished my book and I am looking to Publish it with a company who is serious about telling the truth about a real subject that affects a lot of people/
- Maria Dismondy on June 25, 2021 at 6:59 pm
  
  Hi! Please see our manuscript submission guidelines here https://cardinalrulepress.com/submissions/. Thank you!

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