What are the big 5 traditional publishers?

jean_patterson

The Big Five traditional publishers in the United States are Simon & Schuster, Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, and Macmillan Publishers. These five publishers are responsible for the vast majority of traditionally published books in the United States.

sadleopard588

The "big 5" refers to the five largest publishers in the United States: Simon & Schuster, Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Hachette, and Macmillan. These publishers are traditionally the homes of the biggest bestsellers, and they're often the only places that authors can get advances and guarantee national distribution for their books.

happysnake793

The big 5 traditional publishing houses are Simon & Schuster, Hachette, Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, and Macmillan. These 5 companies control the majority of the book market, and are considered the most difficult to get published by. They tend to prefer more established authors, and are risk averse when it comes to new voices.