Blank Slate Press

3963 Flora Place, St. Louis, MO 63110; 314-363-4546; www.blankslatepress.com

Blank Slate Press is a small, independent publisher founded to discover, nurture, publish and promote new voices from the greater Saint Louis region.

Camp Pope Publishing

PO Box 2232, Iowa City, Iowa 52244; 319-351-2407; www.camppope.com

Camp Pope Publishing provides complete book publishing services, including text editing, proofreading, typesetting, design, layout, photo editing, scanning, printing and binding (soft and hardcover, b/w and color interiors).

Carol Galusha, author

312 Casson Street, Williamsville, IL 62693

217-622-1138; www.cgalusha.com

Carol Galusha will sell and sign her two novels. The Same Birthday is a young adult novel about three girls who grow up in the Midwest with different family dynamics and struggle to reach their dreams. Writing His Autobiography is an adult romance novel about a ghost writer who is assigned to write the autobiography of a has-been rock star.

Christian Science Reading Room

511 Iowa Avenue, Iowa City, IA 52240

319-621-3970;

The Christian Science Reading Room is a unique blend of bookstore, research library and a place for exhibits related to writing and book publishing. The Reading Room is a gift to the community where all can come and enjoy free Wi-Fi, read current copies of the Pulitzer prize winning Christian Science Monitor or write on our "Wall of Ideas."

Chuck Waldron, Author

604-195 Natchez Rd, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada N2B1W2

519-568-7872; www.writebyme.ca

An independent author/publisher with three novels.

Defunct Books

521 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52240

319-354-3534; www.defunctbooks.com

Iowa City's newest used bookstore with 20,000 used, out-of-print, collectible, and rare books in all genres. We also buy and trade, including full libraries/estates.

Demika Caldwell

2228 W. Palmer Street, Chicago, IL 60647

773-628-3222; www.demikacaldwell.com

Self-published children's book author of Manners Stink: Starring Kennedy. The sequel, Stink Boys: Starring Kennedy, will be out in August 2011.

Dianna Penny

1025 Walnut Street, Iowa City, IA 52240-3345

319-338-1746

Small handmade books, some containing my own haiku poetry; others titled "A Celebration of Women in the Bible," compiled and edited by me.

Dogzplot Summer Reading Tour

507 Marlboro Ct., Tecumseh, MI 49286

517-304-6054; www.supermojomania2011.blogspot.com

DOGZPLOT is traveling through the Midwest from July 12 - 26 for a summer reading tour full of fiction, poetry, book festivals, music, and friends. Please join us anywhere and everywhere along the way.

Fidlar Doubleday Inc.

1515 E. Kimberly Road, Davenport, IA 52807

563-468-2819; www.fidlardoubleday.com

Fidlar Doubleday is a full service digital printer specializing in quantities of 25 to 1000 books. Whether it's fiction, non-fiction, a family cookbook or your personal memoirs we have everything that you need to make your book a reality.

HR Phillips

3312 Jackson Blvd, Rapid City SD 57701

605-791-6060; www.primeimmortals.com

Author

Ice Cube Press

205 N Front, North Liberty, Iowa 52317

319-558-7609; www.icecubepress.com

Independent publisher since 1993.

Iowa Book

8 South Clinton Street, Iowa City, Iowa 52240

319-337-4188; www.iowabook.com

Iowa City's oldest bookstore, selling books to the Iowa City community since 1920. A wide range of general books, textbooks, bargain books and bargain DVDs, sportswear, and school and office supplies.

Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature

123 S. Linn Street, Iowa City, IA 52240

319-356-5245; www.cityofliteratureusa.org

A non profit cultural organization whose mission is to celebrate and support literature on a local, regional, national and international level, connecting readers and writers through the power of story.

Jones Harvest Publishing

4001 E 3rd Street Suite 10

812-323-2330; www.jonesharvest.com

Publishing, marketing & book selling services

Kay Fenton Smith

542 Waterbury Circle, Des Moines, IA 50312

515-473-8613; www.zakerysbridge.com

The new book Zakery’s Bridge: Children's Journeys From Around the World to Iowa, by Kay Fenton Smith & Carol Roh Spaulding with a foreword by Governor Robert D. Ray. 100% of proceeds from the book benefit Iowa Council for Understanding (www.iciu.org) and CULTUREALL (cultureall.org). Both of these nonprofit organizations promote international understanding and education throughout Iowa and the world.

Lighthouse Media

3534C Dolphin Dr. SE, Iowa City, IA 52240

309-623-4920; www.ShopLighthouseMedia.com

Lighthouse Media is an online bookstore that has been serving Iowa City since 2007. We pride ourselves by offering programs to help non-profits and organizations raise money by selling books and media online. We also offer a year round buyback location for the general public.

Lovable Linc

P.O.Box 1042, Waterloo, Iowa 50704

319-234-8396

Readers discover how a tiny orphaned kitten becomes a lovable, loyal teacher's helper and wins everyone's heart.

Lovable Linc is written and illustrated by former staff members of Lincoln Elementary School in Waterloo, Iowa.

Midwest Writing Center

225 E. 2nd St., Suite 303, Davenport, Iowa 52801

563-324-1410; www.midwestwritingcenter.org

The Midwest Writing Center is a Non-profit organization, which was founded, largely through contributions from the estate of well-known Quad Cities author David Collins and other generous benefactors, to foster the written word.

Murphy-Brookfield Books

219 N. Gilbert, Iowa City, IA 52245

319-338-3077; www.abebooks.com/murphy-brookfield-books-iowa-city-ia-u.s.a/3950/sf

Established in 1980, Murphy-Brookfield Books is a used book store specializing in scholarly/academic material in the Arts and Humanities.

National League of American Pen Women

782 Westside Drive, Iowa City, Iowa, 52246

319-341-7166

As writers, artists, composers, and choreographers we believe the power of words, art, and music can illuminate the human experience, fire the imagination, and nurture the soul. As a League, we provide educational programming, and recognize, encourage, and promote the production of creative works.

Prairie Lights Bookstore

15 S Dubuque St, Iowa City

319-337-2681; www.prairielights.com

Founded in 1978, Prairie Lights is an independent bookstore in the heart of Iowa City which hosts readings by authors from across the country and around the world.

S.C. Sherman

340 Lockmoor Ave, North Liberty, Iowa 52317

319-936-2200; www.scsherman.com

S.C. Sherman is a prolific author with works in several genres. His Historical Fiction, Leaving Southfields, won Best Christian Historical of 2007. The Spiritual Thriller, Hell and Back, has created quite a following. Sherman's latest novel, Moxie, is a Young Adult fantasy.

Sackter House Media

730 South Dubuque St., Iowa City, Iowa 52240

319-341-7003; www.sackterhousemedia.org

Sackter House Media presents books written by persons with disability or by others writing about a person with disability. Sackter House Media is associated with Extend the Dream Foundation and Bill's Small Mart on South Dubuque Street.

Shaggy Dog Stories

318 Ferson Avenue, Iowa City, IA 52246

319-351-3784; www.biblio.com/bookstore/shaggy-dog-stories-iowa-city

Shaggy Dog Stories specializes in used, rare, fine and antiquarian books on dogs and related topics in the broader area of natural history that includes other canines such as wolves and coyotes. Of course, a true shaggy dog story can touch on many subjects.

The Haunted Bookshop

203 North Linn Street, Iowa City, IA 52245

319-337-2996; www.thehauntedbookshop.com

Serving the Iowa City community since 1978, The Haunted Bookshop carries 45,000 used and rare books in a wide range of subject areas as well as new toys, cards, and gifts. We welcome browsers, readers, study groups, puppeteers, piano players, students, and families, and we host events for a variety of audiences.

The Wild Helpers

2512 Princeton Rd., Iowa City, IA 52245

641-990-9974;

The Wild Helpers is a kids club that pledges to "to help our community, protect the environment and always care for others." Their current project is collecting gently used children's books to be distributed to children in shelters and foster care to ensure that they too can take part in the joy of reading.

TshirtBooyah

1117 Essex St, Iowa City

319-328-8863; www.tshirtbooyah.com

Tshirt Booyah was founded by Eric Johnson in 2007 because of the obvious lack of quality humorous tshirts available online and the belief that I could do better (at least as good). In 2010, Jenna, Eric's wife, joined the team with an equally delusional attitude. We print all of our shirts in-house (literally) in our Iowa City residence.

University Book Stores

Old Capitol Mall, 201 Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA 52240

319-335-3179; www.book.uiowa.edu

University Book Store & Wild Rose Books provide many goods and services for the University Community, patients and visitors to University Hospitals & Clinics as well as greater Iowa City.

University of Iowa Press

119 W Park Rd, Iowa City IA 52242

319-335-2015; www.uiowapress.org

Established in 1969, the University of Iowa Press is a well-regarded academic publisher serving scholars, students, and readers throughout the world with works of poetry, short fiction and creative nonfiction. As the only university press in the state, Iowa is also dedicated to preserving the literature, history, culture, wildlife, and natural areas of the Midwest.

Usborne Books & More

4048 Erica Blvd SW, Oxford IA 52322

319-545-7804; www.BooksForOurKids.com and www.ReadForOurFuture.com

Usborne and Kane Miller books for children from birth through teens. Usborne features fabulous non-fiction titles from science, history, math, hobbies, and more! Kane Miller offers the best fiction from around the world.

Lightful Press

210 N Gilbert St., Iowa City, IA, 52245

617-312-5335; www.lightfulpress.com

Lightful Press is a publishing collaborative started in the summer of 2008 in Sunnyside, Queens, which seeks to produce beautiful books made with care that are also accessible to a wide audience. Lightful Press has published poetry and translation, and plans to expand into new territory including lyrical essays and artist books.

 

Flim Forum Press

611 N. Johnson #3

Iowa City, IA 52245

(518) 728-2403; www.flimforum.blogspot.com 

Flim Forum Press provides SPACE to emerging poets working in a variety of experimental modes. Flim's books include the communal volumes Oh One Arrow (2008) and A Sing Economy (2009), as well as The Alps (2009) by Brandon Shimoda, and aaaaaaaaaalice (2010) by Jennifer Karmin.

 

Further Adventures Chapbooks and Pamphlets

119 Myrtle Avenue #7, Iowa City, IA  52246

319-930-9558; furtheradventurespress.blogspot.com

Further Adventures Chapbooks and Pamphlets is a micropress specializing in hand-made chapbooks and smaller letterpressed fare since 2008.