This is a list of book distributors, companies that act as distributors for book publishers, selling primarily to the book trade. The list includes defunct and merged/acquired companies, and distributors whose primary business is not books, such as comic books. The companies may provide exclusive distribution rights, or act as a wholesaler or warehouser of publisher's titles. Many of the companies distribute other products, and some also sell directly to the public. Book distributors offer a consolidated list of publishers' titles, so that bookstores can purchase from a wider range of publishers than if they had to open separate accounts with each publisher, who often require a minimum order that the bookstore might not be able to meet. Most small or independent publishers have relationships with a distributor, including self-published authors, who often use services like Amazon.com to sell to the public. The large publishing companies, including the "Big Five" (Penguin Random House, Hachette, Macmillan, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster), act as distributors for the numerous imprints they have acquired over the years.
United States AK Press Alibris Amazon.com, not strictly a distributor to the trade, but acts as a de facto distributor for many self-published authors and small presses Anchor Distributors Baker & Taylor (portions of Baker & Taylor were acquired by Readerlink Distribution Services in February 2015)Milliot, Jim (23 February 2015). "Readerlink Buys B&T Publishing, Warehouse Units", Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 20 December 2015 (sold to book distributor Follett in April 2016, ending B&T's status as an independent and forcing change in B&T's management). Out of business due to Chapter 11 Bankruptcy as of March 2026. Barnes & Noble Blackstone Audio Casemate Diamond Comic Distributors (comics) Capital City Distribution (comics, acquired by Diamond) New Media/Irjax (acquired by Diamond) Distributed Art Publishers Draft2Digital Follett Corporation Greenleaf Book Group, distributor and hybrid publisher Heroes World Distribution, owned by Marvel Comics Independent Publishers Group, owned by Chicago Review Press Ingram Content Group Consortium Book Sales & Distribution Publishers Group West Two Rivers (formerly Perseus Distribution) Last Gasp Midpoint Trade Books Perseus Books Group PublishDrive Inc. Readerlink Distribution Services (largest book distributor to mass merchandisers in United States) Rowman & Littlefield Send the Light Small Press Distribution Smashwords, global ebook distribution TAN Books Texas Bookman Tuttle Publishing University of Chicago Press, distribution (warehousing, fulfillment, and marketing) for many university presses and small non-profit publishers.
Canada
Fitzhenry & Whiteside Raincoast Books Thomas Allen & Son University of British Columbia Press University of Toronto Press
Asia Booktopia, Australia Dangdang, China Diamond Comics, India Flipkart, India India Book House, India Jarir Bookstore, Saudi Arabia JD.com, China Reformers Bookshop, Australia Rokomari, Bangladesh
Europe Baker & Taylor, United Kingdom Bookwire, Germany Gardners Books, United Kingdom Hachette Livre, France Ingram Publisher Services UK, United Kingdom Logista, Spain Macmillan Publishers, United Kingdom Penguin Random House, United Kingdom Simpkin & Marshall, United Kingdom Streetlib, Italy
See also List of online booksellers Lists of publishing companies
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