PRINT ON DEMAND/ SMALL PUBLISHERS

 

The author and C2R Consultants CC do not necessarily endorse the ff. services and are not liable for any damage or legal claims or otherwise that may arise from the use of any of the organization's services cited below. Contacting and interacting with these bodies is entirely at your own risk.

 

FOR A LIST OF TRADITIONAL  PUBLISHERS WHICH ARE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICA (PASA), PLEASE VISIT THE PASA WEBSITE  (http://www.publishsa.co.za/).

 


1. THIRTY DEGREES SOUTH PUBLISHERS

http://www.30degreessouth.co.za

Email: info@30degreessouth.co.za


2. NEW VOICES PUBLISHING

Telephone:-

+27 (0)21 972 1194

Fax:-

+27 (0)21 972 1194

Cell phone:-

+27 (0)72 114 5411

e-mail:-

barbara@newvoices.co.za

Http://www.newvoices.co.za


3. JUST DONE PRODUCTIONS - PUBLISHING

Just Done Productions—Publishing
Phone: 083-3888290; Fax: 031-7673654
E-mail: publish@justdone.co.za
http://www.justdone.co.za/


4. Kwagga Publishers

Dianne Case; P O Box 18001;  Wynberg; 7824
Tel: 021 7977590  Cell: 072 0307451
Email: diannecase@telkomsa.net

Kwagga publishes children’s story books, young adult fiction, poetry collections and chapbooks, fiction, including short story collections and novels, memoir, autobiography, biography, literary non fiction and health and self-help books.


5. Junkets Publisher
Robin Malan; 11 Winchester Road; Mowbray; 7700
Tel:  021 448 7186; Cell: 076 169 2789
Email:  info.junkets@iafrica.com

Junkets Publisher publishes young adult fiction, fiction, including short story collections and novels, memoir, autobiography, biography and literary non fiction. Language: English; Print runs: 750 copies.


6. Aaron’s Beard Books

Arik Reiss; 19 Killarney Mansions; Gorge Road; Oranjezicht; 8001
Tel: 021 461 2371; Cell: 083 747 2880
Email: arik@webmail.co.za
Website: www.arik.co.za

OR Lenard Roos; Tel: 073 514 0047; Email: lenarder@yahoo.com

Aaron’s Beard Books publishes children’s storybooks, young adult fiction, poetry collections and chapbooks, fiction (including short story collections and novels) and graphic novels in print runs of 200 or more. Languages: English and Arabic


7. Assegai Publishing

Robin Morris; P O Box 1588; Jeffreys Bay; 6330
Cell: 083 293 6932
Email: robin.morris@intekom.co.za

Assegai Publishing publishes fiction. Languages: English; Print runs: 3 000 copies; Availability: Books may be purchased direct from Robin Morris.


8. Aerial Publishing

P O Box 404; Grahamstown; 6140
Tel: 046 603 8565
Email: C.Leff@ru.ac.za

Aerial, a collective of writers based in Grahamstown, has published four chapbooks of poems over the past two years. Language: English; Print runs: 200; Availability: ISEA Rhodes University Grahamstown and local bookstores.


9. Dye Hard Press

Gary Cummiskey; P O Box 783211; Sandton; 2146
Tel: 011 781 6787
Email: dyehardpress@iafrica.com

Dye Hard Press Poetry publishes poetry collections and chapbooks and Green Dragon, Dye Hard Press’s literary journal. Languages: English; Print runs: usually between 200 and 300. Availability: Publications are distributed by Bacchus Books, Johannesburg and may be purchased from major bookstores countrywide, such as Exclusive Books, Wordsworth Books in the Cape, and Adams’ Bookshop in Durban. Publications can also be purchased from smaller independent bookstores such as Clarke’s in Cape Town or Frank Thorold in Johannesburg, or directly from Dye Hard Press.


10. Deep South Publishing

Robert Berold; P O Box 6082; Grahamstown; 6140
Tel: 046 622 5081 
Email: r.berold@gmail.com  or contact@deepsouth.co.za
Website: http://www.deepsouth.co.za/
Deep South Publishing is a small publisher specialising in South African writing, mostly poetry. Languages: English; Print runs: 700 - 1000; Availability: Publications are distributed through UKZN Press and are available in most bookshops in the country.


11. Chill Publishers

Verenia Keet; 92A Garden Block; Garden Town; Lahore; Pakistan 
Cell: +92 300 848-0969 for Verenia Keet in Pakistan 
Email address: coloredhill@bluebottle.com 
Website address: http://coloredhill.bravehost.com
Otherwise: c/o Soraya Jappie; 15 Zenith Road; Vanguard Estate; 7764; Cape Town 
Cell: 072 3511167 for Soraya Jappie in Cape Town 

Chill publishes fiction, including short story collections and novels. Language: English; Print runs:1 000 copies; Availability: Books may be bought through Soraya Jappie (see above), at Clarke’s Bookshop, Obz Bookstore, Frank R. Thorold and online through the website.   


12. Electric Book Works

59 Milton Road; Observatory; 7925
Tel: 021 448 4536; Cell 083 647 9678 (Arthur Attwell)
Email: info@electricbookworks.com
Website: http://www.electricbookworks.com/

EBW publishes children’s story books, young adult fiction, fiction, including short story collections and novels, memoir, autobiography, biography, literary non fiction, large illustrated books, educational / learning materials and corporate material. Language: English (for the moment); Print runs: 500 – 5000.


13. Froggy Press

Caroline Esterhuizen; 19 Garrison Road; Claremont; 7708
Tel: 021 6742232
Email: froggypress@telkmosa.net
Website: www.froggypress.co.za

The work of young people ages 5 to 18 years is considered.Froggy Press publishes poetry collections and chapbooks.


14. Njabulo Publishers

Themba Mabaso; 64 Scully Street; Roosevelt Park; 2195
Tel: 011 888 3419
Email: tmabaso01@telkomsa.net

Njabulo Publishers publishes children’s storybooks, young adult fiction and poetry collections and chapbooks in IsiZulu and English.


15. New Coin

c/o Alan Finlay
 P O Box 94; Grahamstown;  6140
Tel: 046 603 8565

New Coin publishes poetry, and poetry-related reviews, commentary and interviews.


16. Naps Publishers

P O Box 3092; Sibasa; 0970
Tel: 015 962 2086; Cell: 083 587 2086
Email: domina@webmail.co.za
Naps Publishers publish children’s story books, young adult fiction, poetry collections and chapbooks, fiction, including short story collections and novels, memoir, autobiography, biography, literary non fiction and drama and films. Languages:Tshivenda, Xitsonga, English, Afrikaans and Northern Sotho; Print runs 250 - 500; Availability: Publications are distributed via Khub’s Company and through prescription by the Department of Education.


17. LP Publishers

Mark Stranex; P O Box 201684; Durban North; 4016
Tel: 031 5732448
Email:lppublishers@gmail.com
Website: http://lppub.port5.com

LP Publishers publish fiction, including short story collections and novels. Languages: English.


18. Lotus

Dorothy Kowen; 1 Mount Prospect Drive; Constantia; 7806
Tel: 021 794 0265; Cell: 083 4570516
Email: kowen@mweb.co.za

Lotus publishes children’s storybooks. Languages: English and French. Print runs: 1000. Availability: Self-distributed. Books may also be purchased at Exclusive Books, the National Gallery, the District Six Museum and other museums.


19. Tiferet Publishing

15 Seafarer Close (off Guildford Road); West Coast Village; Parklands; 7441
Tel: 021 557 5232
Email: melville@72tec.co.za

Language:  English; Print Runs: Any number. Availability:  Tiferet Publishing does not do any sales distribution and books are available, both retail and for bookshops, directly from Tiferet Publishing.


20. StoryWorks

PO Box 146; Muizenberg; 7950
Cell: 082 9003459; Fax: 0866714889
Email: storyteller@icon.co.za

StoryWorks publishes comic stories for teenagers, young adults and adults. Languages: All South African official languages. Print runs : Vary in size from 2 500 to 1 million; we typically only print to order. Availability: We do not retail our publications. They can only be bought directly from the publisher.


21. Publishing Print Matters (Pty) Ltd

Robin Stuart-Clark; P O Box 640; Noordhoek; 7979
Cell: 083 280 0237
Email: info@printmatters.co.za
Website: www.printmatters.co.za

Publishing Print Matters publish children’s story books, young adult fiction, fiction, including short story collections and novels, memoir, autobiography, biography, literary non fiction  as well as books on art, music, sport, ‘how-to’, travel, health and cookery. Languages: English with plans to translate to African languages for children’s titles. Print run: 100 copies upwards - depending on the market. Availability: Distribution agents: Publishing Print Matters (Pty) Ltd for the South African market, Gazelle Book Services for UK/Europe, US distributor being negotiated.
Publications may also be purchased online and by subscription.


22. Prospect Publishers

Lloyd Burton; 15 Prospect Avenue; Somerset West; 7130
Tel: 021 852 3600
Email: lloydburton@xsinet.co.za

Lloyd Burton is a writer of short fiction. He publishes poetry. Language: English; Print runs: 100 – Publish on demand thereafter; Availability: Directly from the publisher, from tourism and nature reserve outlets, at craft markets.


23. North-West University

Subject Area Creative Writing; School for Languages 
North-West University 
Private Bag X6001; Potchefstroom; 2520  
Tel: 018 299 1781  
Email: sktsfg@puk.ac.za  
Website: http://www.puk.ac.za/fakulteite/lettere/skt/index.html 
We publish fiction, including short story collections and novels, memoir, autobiography, biography, literary non fiction and community publications – anthologies of community written and narrated stories. Languages: Afrikaans (mainly), English and Setswana; Print runs: 50-300; Availability: Distributed through the North-West University. They may also be ordered by email or by telephone. 


24. Minnetonka

Mari Wessels; 6 Sherry Street; Newlands; 7700
Tel: 021 6742459; Cell: 083 3605255
Email: minnetonka@worldonline.co.za

At present, Minnetonka publishes fiction, including short story collections and novels, but has plans to extend this to poetry, short story collections, and possibly children’s storybooks.Language: English, with plans to publish in Afrikaans.Print runs: Experimental run of 100 copies published. Availability: Publications may be purchased directly from Minnetonka.