Major publishers marketed & distributed by the University of Chicago Press

Founded in 1906, the American Alliance of Museums Press, part of the American Alliance of Museums, is devoted to publishing the best and most comprehensive professional literature for and about museums, helping to demonstrate the enormous contribution that museums of all kinds make to communities and society at large. Their readers include museum professionals—from directors and trustees to curators, registrars, and educators—as well as members of the public who care about and support museums.

The American Meteorological Society publishes books focusing on the study of weather. UCP distributes their books throughout the world.

Amsterdam University Press publishes academic and general interest books in Dutch and English. Their list is strong in literary studies, film studies, archaeology, and current European economic and political issues. UCP distributes the English-language titles of AUP in the USA and Canada.

The Association of American University Presses is one of the world’s largest organizations of nonprofit scholarly publishers. AAUP is dedicated to the support of creative and effective scholarly communications.  AAUP produces an annual membership directory distributed by the University of Chicago Press.  UCP distributes their books throughout the world.

The Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford publishes books related to their collection, in some cases facsimile editons of rare or noteworthy titles. UCP distributes Bodleian Library titles in North America.

UCP distributes Brigham Young University's Middle Eastern Texts Initiative books worldwide.

The British Library publishes bibliographical reference, manuscript studies, illustrated books based on the Library's collections, and book arts. UCP distributes British Library titles in North and South America.

Campus Verlag is a German publisher. Campus also publishes books in English in the social sciences; UCP distributes these English-language titles worldwide.

The Center for the Study of Language and Information, an independent research center in Stanford, CA, publishes books in information science, computing, linguistics, cognition, and philosophy. UCP distributes CSLI titles worldwide.

Conservation International, based in Washington, DC, publishes books related to its mission to preserve global biodiversity, including field guides, reports, and heavily-illustrated books. UCP distributes Conservation International books worldwide.

Eburon Academic Publishers in Delft, Netherlands, publishes scholarly books in the humanities and social sciences. UCP distributes English-language Eburon titles worldwide except in Belgium and the Netherlands.

The Field Museum, based in Chicago, IL, publishes books related to its mission to explore, explain, and sustain the Earth and its peoples, including Rapid Inventory reports and lavishly-illustrated books about the Museum's collections. UCP distributes Field Museum books worldwide.

Front Forty Press creates and publishes materials and products on a variety of topics through unique relationships. A Front Forty Press project is one that embodies uninhibited creativity and deals with current topics. The work can be functional, political, ecological or simply expressive. What matters most is the cultivation and communication of ideas. UCP distributes Front Forty Press titles worldwide.

gta publishers publishing house is one of the leading architecture publishers in Switzerland and Europe. Its publications report on current research results and are widely discussed in debates on contemporary issues in architecture.

Hirmer Verlag is a German publisher based in Munich. Hirmer publishes some of its books in English editions or in bilingual German-English editions on art, architecture, photography, and antiques. UCP distributes these English or German-English books in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Intellect is a UK-based company committed to serving the academic community by publishing authors and editors with original thinking. UCP distributes Intellect titles throughout the world excluding the UK, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. For publicity news about Intellect titles see their blog, News from Intellect.

The University of Chicago Library publishes exhibition catalogues and books based on its collections. UCP distributes their books throughout the world.

The Karolinum Press is part of Charles University, Prague, one of Europe's oldest universities. The Karolinum Press is the largest publisher of scientific and educational books in the Czech Republic. UCP distributes English-language Karolinum Press titles worldwide except for the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Liverpool University Press publishes academic and general interest books in history, literature, art and architecture. UCP distributes Liverpool University Press titles in North America.

The McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College publishes scholarly, interdisciplinary volumes in conjunction with its exhibitions.  UCP distributes their books throughout the world.

The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis publishes engaging catalogs with a focus on modern and contemporary art that push the forefront of critical inquiry by promoting innovative ideas, historically grounded interpretations, and original research from a variety of theoretical perspectives. UCP distributes Kemper Art Museum publications worldwide.

As a division of the Missouri History Museum in St. Louis, MHM Press has been publishing books since 1991. The goal of the publishing program is to expose readers to new perspectives of St. Louis and Missouri history. Though focused on nonfiction, MHM Press has increased its readership and presence by expanding into other genres—biography, memoir, historical fiction, and narrative nonfiction.

The Museum’s mission is to collect, make available, and promote important works of 20th- and 21st-century art, highlighting arts links to important historical events, social phenomena, and scientific development.

Museum Tusculanum Press is an independent, full range, international scholarly publisher publishing monographs, anthologies, journals, e-books, e-journals within the humanities, social sciences and theology.

The Newberry is a world-renowned independent research library and community of learning in Chicago, serving the public since 1887. UCP distributes their books throughout the world.

Based at the University of Bristol, UK, the aim of The Policy Press is to try to improve social conditions with publications that make a difference. Established in 1996, we are now well-known as a leading international publisher of high quality books and journals across a wide range of subjects including: social policy and social welfare, childhood studies and family policy, ageing, social work and social care, public policy, criminology and criminal justice, health, housing and urban policy, many in multi or interdisciplinary fields. We have over 500 titles in our book list and publish around 80 new titles each year as well as some of the key journals in the field.

Prickly Paradigm Press publishes short and unconventional works in anthropology, critical theory, and politics. UCP distributes Prickly Paradigm books worldwide.

Reaktion Books publishes books for general readers and for academics in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural history. UCP distributes Reaktion Books in North and South America.

Kew Publishing is the publishing house of the United Kingdom's Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Kew publishes for scientists, academics, and the general public of all ages. Kew publishes floras, checklists, field guides, and illustrated botanical monographs. They cover many areas in plant sciences and horticulture, including taxonomy, systematics, economic and ethnobotany, conservation and ecology, the history of botany, and botanical art. UCP distributes Kew's books in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Royal Collection Publications produces definitive books on the United Kingdom's royal residences and works of art. These include guidebooks, exhibition catalogs, scholarly catalogues raisonnés and books on the Collection and the royal palaces and residences. UCP distributes Royal Collection Publications in the United States and Canada.

With offices in London and Calcutta, Seagull Books has dedicated itself to quality arts and culture publishing. Seagull is the publisher of two novels by Mo Yan, the 2012 Nobel Laureate in Literature. From documentation of cultural history in the making, to building a climate of critique, its focus is firmly on the alternative and the experimental, and on the socially committed. UCP distributes Seagull Books worldwide, except India.

The Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago publishes catalogues related to its collections and exhibitions.  UCP distributes Smart Museum books worldwide.

Solar Books publishes on European art, literature, history, and ideas. Their books focus on avant-garde, modernist, and surrealist work. UCP distributes Solar Books worldwide.

Swan Isle Press publishes literary titles, often in bilingual Spanish/English editions. UCP distributes Swan Isle Press titles worldwide.

The Terra Foundation for American Art, based in Chicago and Paris, publishes books on historical art of the United States related to its collection, grants, and other initiatives. UCP distributes the Terra Foundation's English-language titles throughout the world.

University of Alaska Press publishes books on Alaska, the Pacific Rim, Arctic Canada, Siberia, and Scandinavia. UCP distributes University of Alaska Press titles worldwide.

University of Exeter Press publishes in medieval studies, classical studies, European literature, history, film history, performance studies, archaeology, landscape history and south-west (UK) studies. UCP distributes University of Exeter titles in North and South America.

University of Scranton Press publishes books in religion and social sciences. UCP distributes University of Scranton Press titles worldwide.

The University of Wales Press publishes English and Welsh-language books in History, Political Philosophy and Religious Studies, Welsh and Celtic Studies, Literary Studies, European Studies, and Medieval Studies. UCP distributes English-language University of Wales Press titles in North and South America.

Verlag Scheidegger & Spiess is a Swiss publisher specializing in art, architecture, and photography. UCP distributes English-language VSS titles worldwide outside of Europe and the UK.

WhiteWalls is an innovative Chicago-based publisher of fine art titles. UCP distributes WhiteWalls titles worldwide.