- Academic Therapy Publications
 - Novato - Publisher of K-12 regular and special ed. resource and curriculum materials for parents and teachers. - Amber-Allen Publishing, Inc.
- San Rafael - Publishes personal growth books and audios.
- Arion Press
- San Francisco - Produces limited edition books with original art that are handcrafted in San Francisco's fine press tradition.
- Atherton Fletcher
- Albany - Publisher of contemporary literature, music, and poetry both written and recorded.
- AttaGirl Press
- San Francisco - They're here, they're queer, and they're going to print brazen books.
- Avalon Travel Publishing
- Emeryville - Imprints include Moon Handbooks, Travel Smart, Foghorn Outdoors, and City Smart.
- Barclays
- South San Francisco - Official publisher of California state regulations with titles that cover health care, construction, safety, and toxics regulations.
- Bay | SOMA Publishing
- San Francisco - Publishes book and tape titles on home design, gardening, and food.
- Benjamin Cummings Science
- Menlo Park - Anatomy and physiology, biology, chemistry, earth sciences, and microbiology textbooks.
- Berkeley Hills Books
- Berkeley
- Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.
- San Francisco - Publisher of books on business, management, leadership, stewardship, career development, human resources, entrepreneurship, and global sustainability.
- Birdcage Books
- Palo Alto - Offers titles on art and medicine.
- Black Books
- San Francisco - Specialising in publications on underground and alternative culture.
- Black Sparrow Press
- Santa Rosa - Publishers in distinguished format of American poetry, prose and literary criticism.
- Bookbuilders West
- San Francisco - Holds monthly meetings and annual book design awards show.
- Bristol Publishing Enterprises
- San Leandro - Specialises in cooking and kitchen reference titles.
- Browntrout Publishers
- San Francisco - Specialising in calendars, books, and postcard books featuring fine art photography of dog breeds, lighthouses, nature, animals, cars, and more.
- Carousel Press
- Berkeley - Specialises in travel titles.
- Chronicle Books
- San Francisco - Titles include cookbooks, fine art, design, photography, children's books, and architecture.
- Consulting Psychologists Press, Inc.
- Palo Alto - Publisher of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Strong Interest Inventory, FIRO, and the CPI.
- Continuing Education of the Bar
- Berkeley - Site describes the publications, electronic products, and educational programmes of Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB), a California nonprofit legal education provider.
- Cookbook Company, The
- San Pablo - Offers cost-efficient publishing services for smaller businesses, fundraising, families, individuals, and more.
- Coop's Maps
- Menlo Park - Publisher of thematic travel maps. Series include breweries, railroads, dinosaurs, and mission churches.
- CoverOne Media
- San Ramon - Custom publishing company producing magazines, online content, and advertising supplements.
- Crisp Publications, Inc.
- Menlo Park - Self help publications and corporate training resources.
- Crown Point Press
- San Francisco - Publisher and art gallery of contemporary etchings & woodcuts.
- Cypress House Publishing
- Fort Bragg - Book production and promotion house for the independent press and self-publisher.
- Daedalus Publishing Company
- San Francisco - Publishes intelligent, non-fiction books about sexuality with a focus on leather/SM/fetish erotic play.
- Distribution-Publications, Inc
- Oakland - Publisher of ocean and intermodal freight tariffs as required by the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission.
- Drivers License Guide Company
- Redwood City - Publishes reference guides for checking drivers' licenses and other forms of identification, for use by law enforcement, banks, liquor-sellers, car rental agencies, etc.
- Echolalia Press
- Santa Rosa - Specialises in books about and by people with Tourette Syndrome. Topics include: music, poetry, and Monkey Magazine.
- EKS Publishing Company
- Albany - Specialises in books and learning aids for mastering classical Hebrew.
- Employer Resource Institute, Inc.
- Tiburon - Publishes guides to complex issues on California employment law, written by legal experts who live and work in California, including the California Employer Advisor.
- Epicenter Communications, Inc.
- Sausalito - Design and production of web sites and printed books.
- Foghorn Outdoors
- San Francisco - Publisher of outdoor recreation guidebooks on hiking, camping, fishing, boating, biking, golf, in-line skating and much more.
- Gay Sunshine Press
- San Francisco - Publisher of books for gay men.
- Gingko Press
- Corte Madera - Publisher of books on architecture, photography, graphic design, pop and underground culture, mass media, and the work of Marshall McLuhan. Includes image galleries of the work of Atget, Man Ray, and others.
- Great Explorations in Math and Science (GEMS)
- Berkeley - Publisher of activity-based math and science teacher's guides and handbooks for grades Preschool through ten.
- Heyday Books
- Berkeley - Specialises in publishing books on California history, literary anthologies, natural history, California Indians, and regional guides.
- Heyeck Press
- Woodside - Fine limited editions and paperback editions of contemporary poetry and books on paper marbling.
- Insight Press
- San Francisco - Physics books for the lay person and for students.
- Jain Publishing Company
- Fremont - General trade and undergraduate level textbook publisher with a diversified list.
- Kelsey Street Press
- Berkeley - Publishes collaborations between women poets and artists.
- Key Curriculum Press@
- Komenar Publishing
- Walnut Creek - Independent book publisher provides details about their current lineup of books, tips for writers on how to submit their work to a publisher, company blog, contact information, and more.
- Lemonade Factory
- Berkeley - Small press hosting frequent author readings.
- LightSpeed Publishing
- Glen Ellen - Publisher of books on hobbies for the computer user. Also offering freelance publishing services.
- Maledicta Press
- Santa Rosa - Insults, curses, swearwords, slurs, graffiti, slang, blasphemies, obscenities, threats, taboos and other maledicta from around the world.
- Manic D Press
- San Francisco - San Francisco publisher offering cutting edge fiction, poetry, and comix.
- Mayfield Publishing Company
- Mountain View - Publisher of college textbooks for the humanities and social sciences.
- Menus and Music Productions, Inc.
- Emeryville - Publisher of gourmet cookbooks packaged in boxed sets with music CDs or cassettes.
- Mercury House Books
- San Francisco - Nonprofit literary publisher.
- Metro Newspapers
- San Jose - Publishes a group of ten Northern California newspapers.
- Microquest Corporation
- San Rafael - Publisher of rosters of people in the computer industry.
- MixBooks
- Emeryville - Books to help you get ahead in the music industry.
- Mornum Time Press
- San Francisco - Family-run press specialising in books on the Alexander Technique.
- Nancy Mulvany Bayside Indexing Service
- Kensington - Includes professional papers and annotations about reference books for indexers.
- New Harbinger Publications
- Oakland - Publisher of self-help psychology books. Topics include therapy, mental health, relaxation, stress, phobia, addictons, health, fibromyalgia, and depression.
- New World Library
- Novato - Publishes books and cassettes that inspire and challenge people to improve the quality of their lives and the world.
- Newfront Productions
- San Francisco - Publisher and producer of online mysteries and mystery web sites.
- Night Shade Books
- Mountain View - Speciality publisher of horror.
- No Starch Press
- San Francisco - Publishes unique books on computing.
- Nolo Self-Help Law Center
- Berkeley - Publishes reliable, plain-English books, software, and forms on a variety of legal topics.
- North Atlantic Books/Frog, Ltd.
- Berkeley - Small publisher offering a wide breadth of subjects: Buddhism, ecology, alternative medicine and more.
- Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research
- Berkeley - Publishes volumes from the Taisho Shinshu Daizokyo, Sino-Japanese Buddhist canon.
- O'Reilly Media
- Sebastopol - Publisher of the iconic "animal books" for software developers, O'Reilly Media spreads the knowledge of innovators through its books, online services, magazine, and conferences.
- Octavo Corporation
- Palo Alto - Publishes digital editions of rare books and manuscripts.
- Optima Books
- Berkeley - Publisher of books on slang and idioms and the Street Talk series, for the non-native English speaker.
- Osborne/McGraw-Hill
- The publisher of the Internet Yellow Pages, a computer book for users at all skill levels.
- Parallax Press
- Berkeley - Publishing books and tapes on engaged Buddhism, particularly works by Thich Nhat Hanh.
- Pensema Publishing Company
- Berkeley - Literature and art that is constructive in relation to problems in the post-modern world. We aim to further the evolution of democracy toward more just and effective forms.
- Pere Bruin Press
- Alamo - Publisher of legal reference books for laypeople, including Probate in California and What To Do When Someone Dies. Also provides editing services.
- PhanTomb Publishing Co.
- San Francisco - Publishers of "Tomb Tales," a horror comic book done in the style of the 1950s EC comics.
- Pomegranate
- Rohnert Park - Books, journals, calendars, and more.
- Pot Shard Press
- Comptche - Devoted to poets writing for their lives.
- Presidio Press
- Novato - Publisher of military history.
- Professional Publications, Inc.
- Belmont - Publishes review guides for licensing exams for engineers, architects and interior designers.
- Professional Publishing
- San Rafael - Producer of "plain language" property forms for use nationwide.
- Publishers Group West (PGW)
- Berkeley - Distributor of independent publishers, including Grove, Moon Travel Handbooks, and Carroll and Graf.
- Publishing.com
- Pacifica - Services for companies wanting to outsource production of computer trade books, textbooks, and documentation.
- R.L. Shep Publications
- Fort Bragg - Offering a range of books on costume and etiquette from the various historical periods.
- RE/Search
- San Francisco - Offers the entire back catalogue plus retro swing, modern primitive, and beat culture books, T shirts, and music.
- Rich's Business Directories
- Palo Alto - Publisher of business information, specialising in high tech; includes sales prospecting and direct marketing assistance.
- San Francisco Study Center@
- San Francisco
- School Wise Press
- San Francisco - Creates and distributes information that clarifies how California schools work and how they differ, and guides parents as to how they can more fully participate in school life.
- Shelter Publications
- Bolinas
- Stone Bridge Press
- Berkeley - Publisher of books in English on Japan-related subjects: business, language, culture, travel, literature in translation.
- Stratton Press
- San Francisco - Publisher of the Bad Faith Law Report and the Handbook of California Civil Procedure.
- Stroboscope Productions
- San Francisco - Small press offering an eclectic mix informative, innovative and inexpensive publications seething with raw wit, biting commentary and underneath-the-table truths.
- Tachyon Publications
- San Francisco - Independent publisher of science fiction and fantasy, publishing work by such authors as Peter S. Beagle, Clifford D. Simak, Jack McDevitt, James Tiptree, Jr., and Stanley G. Weinbaum.
- Tap Space Publications
- San Jose - Publishers of percussion music and books.
- TasteTour
- Napa - Series of guides for anyone who enjoys wine or is in a profession where wine expertise is considered a personal or business asset.
- Ten Speed Press
- Berkeley - Publisher of books and posters for kids and adults. Topics include cooking, parenting, gardening, business, career, travel, and humour.
- Thornton House
- Sunnyvale - Publishers of books on antique and collectible eggbeaters, apple parers, nutcrackers, and cornhuskers.
- TQS Publications
- Berkeley
- Trillium Press
- Brisbane - Producers and publishers of limited edition fine art prints and books.
- United Light Publishing
- Campbell - Offers books on spirituality, personal growth, holistic health, and global change. Specialises in the work of Robert Perala.
- Universal Medical Press, Inc.
- San Francisco - Publishes technical books and articles for the medical field.
- University Science Books
- Sausalito - Publisher of academic books in astronomy, biology, chemistry, earth and environmental sciences, physics, and technical writing.
- Wadsworth Publishing@
- Watchword Press
- San Francisco - Nonprofit publisher specialising in presenting Eastern European authors in translation, and new and emerging America authors.
- Whereabouts Press
- San Francisco - Publisher of literary travel companions - collections of short stories by the writers of a place, organised geographically for the curious traveller.
- Wilderness Press
- Berkeley - Publishes high-quality books and maps for the outdoors. We have 30 years experience providing accurate, reliable information for outdoor adventurers.
- Wow Cool
- Berkeley - Distributor and publisher of comic books and punk zines.
- Yerba Buena Press
- Berkeley - Publishers of books on native California and California Indians.
- Yodan Publishing
- Mountain View - Books and educational material on Hebrew and Jewish topics.
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