Qualifying Markets

Qualifying Markets (listed below) received a questionnaire that included the following statements:

As a professional writers association, RWA stands firmly against any attempts to directly solicit RWA members to pursue vanity/subsidy publishing or other author-financed forms of publication. Publishing programs (lines, imprints or divisions) that directly solicit or refer writers to Predatory Publishing companies or other author-financed means of publication will not be allowed to participate in RWA’s annual conference as a featured publishing program.

For RWA purposes, "Predatory Publishing" means a business model based on selling products or services to authors rather than selling books to readers. Services or publishing packages offered by the entity are usually priced higher than similar services found in the open marketplace. Promises of mass-distribution, marketing services, or expertise in editorial, design and delivery of quality works made by Predatory Publishing companies are rarely fulfilled and often result in unsuccessful distribution or sales. This definition includes, but is not limited to, publishing programs that withhold or seek full or partial payment or reimbursement of publication or distribution costs before paying royalties.

To learn more about RWA Qualifying Markets, contact Carol Ritter at [email protected] or call 832-717-5200, Ext. 127.

Management from the lines, imprints or divisions listed below certified to RWA that they have read and understand the above statement. They have attested that the publisher, line, imprint, or division they represent does not and will not refer RWA members to Predatory Publishing companies or author-financed publishing programs.

 

The following Qualifying Markets have completed the evaluation process.

Amazon
  Audible
  CreateSpace
  KDP


Avalon Books


Bastei Lübbe AG / LYX


B & H Publishing Group


BelleBooks, Inc.
  Bell Bridge Books


Baker Publishing
  Bethany House


Blushing Books


Bold Strokes


Boroughs Publishing Group
  Lunch Box Romance


CBJ Publishing (Random House Germany)


City Owl Press


Dreamspinner Press


Droemer Knaur Publishing Group


Egmont Verlagsgesellschaften mbH


Entangled Publishing
  All Entangled Imprints


Evernight Publishing


Guideposts
  Guideposts Books


Hachette Book Group
  Book Shots/Little Brown and Company
  Forever
  Grand Central Publishing
  Orbit/Orbit and Redhook


Hallmark Publishing

Harlequin Enterprises Limited
  Arabesque
  Carina Press
  Harlequin Presents
  Harlequin Presents Extra
  Harlequin Romance
  Harlequin Superromance
  Harlequin American Romance
  Harlequin Intrigue
  Harlequin Heartwarming
  Harlequin Historicals
  Harlequin Historicals Undone
  Harlequin Teen
  HQN Books
  Kimani Romance
  Kimani Press
  LUNA
  Mills & Boon Romance
  Mills & Boon Modern
  Mills & Boon Modern Heat
  Mills & Boon Medical Romance
  Mills & Boon Historical
  Mills & Boon SuperHistorical
  Mira
  Harlequin Nocturne
  Harlequin Nocturne Bites
  Harlequin Desire
  Harlequin Special Edition
  Harlequin Romantic Suspense
  Spice
  Spice Briefs
  Love Inspired
  Love Inspired Suspense
  Love Inspired Historicals
  Love Inspired Classics


HarperCollins Publishers
  Avon Books
  Avon A
  Avon Inspirational
  Avon Red
  William Morrow
  Zondervan


J' ai Lu


Kensington Publishing Corp.
  Aphrodisia
  Brava
  Dafina
  Kensington
  K Mass Market
  Zebra


Lake Union Publishing (Amazon)


Liquid Silver Books


Loose ID, LLC


Loewe-Verlag (Loewe Publishing Company)


Melange Books, LLC


Milady Romance (Bragelonne)


MLR Press


Montlake Romance (Amazon)


Omnific Publishing, LLC


Penguin Random House Group, USA
  Berkley
  Berkley Sensation
  Heat
  Jove
  NAL
  Putnam
  Ballantine
   Bantam Dell
  Loveswept
  Crown
  WaterBrook Multnomah


Red Sage Publishing, Inc.


Riptide Publishing


Riverdale Avenue Books


Simon & Schuster
  Pocket Books, Gallery Books
  Crimson Romance


Soul Mate Publishing


Sourcebooks, Inc.

St. Martin’s Press - MacMillan
  Swerve


TOR Romance - Tom Doherty Associates (Tor/Forge) - MacMillan


Tule Publishing Group


Turquoise Morning Press


United Methodist Publishing House
  Abingdon Press Fiction


Verlagsgruppe Random House


The Wild Rose Press