This is a list of English-language book publishers. It includes imprints of larger publishing groups, which may have resulted from business mergers. Included are academic publishers, technical manual publishers, publishers for the traditional book trade (both for adults and children), religious publishers, and small press publishers, among other types. The list includes defunct publishers. It does not include businesses that are exclusively printers/manufacturers, vanity presses (publishing and distributing books for a fee), or book packagers. 0–9 1517 Media – official publishing house of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 37 INK – an imprint of Atria A A & C Black – now an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing A. C. McClurg A. S. Barnes & Co. founded by Alfred Smith Barnes Abilene Christian University Press Ablex Publishing – an imprint of Elsevier Abrams Books Academic Press – UK publisher; now an imprint of Elsevier Ace Books – an imprint of Penguin Group Addison-Wesley – an imprint of Pearson Education Adis International – an imprint of Wolters Kluwer Akashic Books – independent small press; known for its noir series Aladdin Paperbacks – a children's fiction imprint of Simon & Schuster Alfred A. Knopf Allen & Unwin Allison & Busby Alma Books Alyson Books American Graphics Institute André Deutsch – an imprint of the Carlton Publishing Group Andrews McMeel Publishing Anova Books – now rebranded as Pavilion Books Antenne Books Anvil Press Poetry Applewood Books Apress – technology book publisher Arbor House Arbordale Publishing Arcade Publishing Arcadia Publishing – local U.S. history Arkham House Arktos Media Armida Publications ArtScroll – an imprint of Mesorah Publications Ash-Tree Press Athabasca University Press Atheneum Books – a children's fiction imprint of Simon & Schuster Atheneum Publishers – publisher of political books including the Pulitzer Prize winner The Making of the President 1960 Atlantic Books Atlas Press ATOM Books Atria Publishing Group – a division of Simon & Schuster a UK-based imprint of Little, Brown Aunt Lute Books – feminist publisher (US) Austin Macauley Publishers Avery Publishing - an imprint of the Penguin Group Avon Publications – an imprint of HarperCollins () B Baen Books Baker Publishing Group Ballantine Books Banner of Truth Trust – UK-based Christian publisher Bantam Books imprint owned by Random House Bantam Spectra specialist Sci-Fi imprint of Bantam Books Barrie & Jenkins Basic Books BBC Books Belknap Press Bella Books Bellevue Literary Press Bendon Publishing International Berg Publishers – now owned by