Publishing Houses

If everyone is a hero, no one is. Why does every publishing house say they are the best? There are not that many differences between these publishing houses. I have tried to find information that might help me choose which one is better than the other, but they all seem to have equally great qualities.

Little Brown Company
The Little Brown Company is one of the older publishing houses. It is celebrating 175 years in the business. The first works that they ever published were works by Emily Dickinson, Little Women, and etc. They publish both fiction and non-fiction books. Time Inc. purchased the Little Brown Company in 1968.

I would recommend going with this publishing house for the best chances for your story to get readers. This is the oldest publishing house, which means that it is well known. The only problem with going with this publishing company is that you have less chances of being published. They only take the best works of both fiction and non-fiction.

Penguin
I've read a lot of books that come from the Penguin Publishing Company, most of which is older literature. Normally literature teachers tell you to get books from this publishing company. This publishing house seems to be more focused on their writers. Their website has information, such as a blog and book clubs.

This publishing house seems to focus a great deal on older works. I wasn't that impressed with this publishing company. It wasn't that they were not good. I just had a hard time figuring out what they actually published besides older literature. Therefore, I feel like their marketing is not that great.

Harper Collins
Harper Collins has had 89 books on the New York best sellers list, four of which ranked number one on the list (such as "Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man by Steve Harvey, which was also featured in a movie). They also have different publishing companies throughout different countries, which is similar to Random House. Harper Collins also has publishing houses in the UK, Canada, New Zealand /Australia.

Harper Collins seemed like a really great publishing company. The only problem that I had with this company is that they had a horrible website. The information was hard to find, which makes me think that they might not be the best at marketing their books. I would only suggest going to this company because they do have publishing houses in other countries.

Random House
Random House is a global publishing company. There are publishing houses throughout nineteen different countries. This means that the books that are published through this publishing house are sold world wide and are accessible in different countries. Random House was first founded in the U.S. in 1925. They later started a Random House in Canada in 1944. In 1987 they became part of the United Kingdom. Overall, they publish books from all different types of genres including pieces of fiction, non-fiction, and children's books.

I loved Random House. Their website was easy to navigate. They are also located in different countries. They do take pieces of fiction and non-fiction. In addition, they do publish new writers.

St. Martin's Press
St. Martin's Press is known as one of the largest publishing companies in New York. They are not focused on a certain genre. They are known to accept both fiction, non-fiction, and children's books. They welcome new writers of many different genres, but also continue to publish older literature.


They have a lot of modern stories, some of which that were turned into TV shows (WALKING DEAD!). I would suggest going to this publishing company. I was, however, confused why the website went from the St. Martin's Press to Macmillan. I believe that it is an imprint of the company, but I was not sure.