Bancroft Press

Novels, Trade Fiction, General Non-fiction, All Genres
bancroftpress.com
bruceb@bancroftpress.com

Bancroft Press is a small American, general interest publisher producing around 3-6 titles per year. It was founded in 1992 by Bruce Bortz. Operating in Baltimore for 29 years, it now calls Los Angeles, California, home. Bancroft Press has published nearly 200 titles, with several selling more than 10,000 copies.

The Missing Kennedy (author Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff) was a New York Times eBook bestseller after appearing on the cover of People Magazine.

Bancroft has published four Pulitzer Prize winners, a Guggenheim Fellow, and many bestselling authors who’ve offered titles on subjects as diverse as cancer survival and climate change.

Bancroft Press Submissions

Publishers Weekly named Bancroft a “top 10 indie,” noting, “Being a maverick also applies to the way Bancroft promotes and sells its books.” Bortz and his team pursue every avenue, utilizing hundreds of different direct and strategic marketing sales avenues, depending on timing, subject matter, author influence, marketplace learning,

Bancroft publishes trade fiction and non-fiction, and they publish what they like. Virtually every genre is represented.

Send complete ms, or just samples first, to Bruce at: bruceb@bancroftpress.com

“We look forward to reading your submission!”

Bancroft titles

– Everything’s Under Control by Dr. Roger Mills

Authors

– Bill O’Reilly, whose book “The O’Reilly Factor” became a #1 New York Times bestseller for hardcover non-fiction.
– Stephen Hunter, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and acclaimed movie critic for The Washington Post.
– Alice Steinbach, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, whose first book with us led to a two-book deal with Random House.
– Robert Kanigel, an esteemed writer recognized as the author of the year by the Association of Journalists and Authors.
– Mike Walker, the National Enquirer’s renowned journalist.

Bancroft Press
4527 Glenwood Ave
La Crescenta, CA 91214
USA

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