Angel City Press – 2118 Wilshire Blvd., #880, Santa Monica. 310-395-9982
Avalon Travel Publishing – 1400 65th St., Suite 250, Emeryville, 94608. 510-595-4228.
Balcony Books – 512 East Wilson, Suite 306, Glendale. 818 956-5313. Art and architecture books.
Bay|SOMA Publishing – 444 DeHaro Street, Suite 130, San Francisco CA 94107. 415-252-4350. Independent publisher of lifestyle books, with a focus on cooking.
Behler Publications – 22365 El Toro Road, #135, Lake Forest, 92630. 800-830-2913. Publishes fiction with a focus on personal introspection, conflict and resolution.
Believer Books – 826 Valencia St. San Francisco, 94110. Division of McSweeney’s.
Bow Tie Press – P.O. Box 6050, Mission Viejo. Animal books.
Capitola Book Company – 1601 41st Avenue, Capitola, 95010. 831-475-9042
Carousel Press – P.O. Box 6038, Berkeley. 510-527-5849. Travel book publisher.
Children’s Book Press – 2211 Mission St.,San Francisco. 415-821-3080. Non-profit publisher of multicultural children's picture books, often bilingual.
Chronicle Books – 85 Second St., Sixth Floor, San Francisco. 415-537-3730
City Dog Publishing – 4311 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 608, Los Angeles, 90010. 323-857-5217.
City Lights Publishers – 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco 415-362-1901. The publishing side of the City Lights Bookstore.
Copper Canyon Press – P.O. Box 271, Building 313, Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend WA. 360-385-4925. Publishes poetry exclusively.
Harcourt Trade Publishers – 525 B St., Suite 1900, San Diego.
Hay House – P.O. 5100, Carlsbad, 92018-5100. 800-654-5126.
Heyday Books – P.O. Box 9145. Berkeley. 510-549-3564.
Huntington Library Press – 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, 91108. 626-405-2172. Income from sales supports the research, education, and preservation programs of the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Immedium – P.O. Box 31846, San Francisco, 94131. Publishes children's books, Asian-American issues, and arts and culture subjects.
Inner Ocean Publishing – PO Box 1239, Makawao, Maui, Hawaii 96768-1239. 808-573-8000. Publishes books on topics such as personal growth, spirituality, women's issues, inspiration, and environmental and political activism.
Les Figues Press – PO Box 35628, Los Angeles, 90035. A nonprofit literary press.
Lonely Planet Publications – 150 Linden Street, Oakland, 94607. 510-893-8555. Travel books.
Los Angeles Times Books – 145 South Spring St., Los Angeles, 90012. 213-237-5982.
MacAdam/Cage Publishing – 155 Sansome St., Suite 550, San Francisco.
North Atlantic Books – P.O. Box 12327, Berkeley, CA 94712. 1-800-337-2665
Nolo.com – 950 Parker St., Berkeley. 800-728-3555. Press offers self-help legal books and software.
O'Reilly & Associates – 1005 Gravenstein Highway North Sebastopol, 95472. 707-827-7000/800-998-9938. Company's focus is on computer technology.
Perceval Press – 1223 Wilshire Blvd., Suite F, Santa Monica, 90403.
PoliPointPress – 80 Liberty Ship Way, Sausalito, 94965. Publishes books on politics and current affairs.
Post Apollo Books – 35 Marie Street, Sausalito. 415-332-1458. Specializes in writing by women.
Red Hen Press – P.O. Box 3537, Granada Hills, 91394. 818-831-0649.
San Diego State University Press – 720 Heber Ave.,Calexico, 92231. 619-594-6220.
Santa Monica Press – P.O. Box 1076, Santa Monica, 90406. 310-230-7759
Sasquatch Books – 615 Second Avenue, Suite 260, Seattle, WA. 206-467-4300
Scala House Press – P.O. Box 17964, Seattle, WA.
Scarlet Tanager Books – P.O. Box 20906, Oakland, 94620.
Scottwall Associates Publishers – 95 Scott St., San Francisco. 415-861-1956
Seven Locks Press – P.O. Box 25689, Santa Ana, 92799. 1-800-354-5348
Sierra Club Books – 85 Second Street, San Francisco. (415) 977-5500.
Sunbelt Publications – 1250 Fayette Street, El Cajon. 619-258-4911
Ten Speed Press – P.O. Box 7123, Berkeley. 510-559-1600
Travelers’ Tales – 330 Townsend Street, Suite 208. San Francisco. 415-227-8600
University of California Press – 2120 Berkeley Way, Berkeley. 510-642-4247. Also distributes Sierra Club Books.
University of Oregon Press – 5283 University of Oregon, Eugene OR. 97403-5283. 541-346-5885
University of Nevada Press – Mail Stop 166, Reno, NV, 89557-0076. 877-682-6657.
Windy Hill Publications – PO Box 7215, Menlo Park, 94026. 650-851-7048. Western travel guides.
The Wine Appreciation Guild – 360 Swift Avenue, Unit 30-40. South San Francisco, 94080. 650-866-3020 or 800-231-9463.
Golden State Classics
A brief history of California literature – From the Northern California Independent Bookseller’s Association.
California Fiction – UC Press offers paperback series of novels about California. Includes work by Jack London, Mary Austin, James D. Houston, and Upton Sinclair.
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