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Turner Publishing

About

Turner Publishing Company is an award-winning, independent publisher of books. The company is in the top 101 independent publishing companies in the U.S. as compiled by Bookmarket.com and has been named five times to Publishers Weekly's Fastest Growing Publishers List. Todd Bottorff, President and Publisher, was featured on the cover of Publisher’s Weekly in March 2009 after being named to their fastest growing publisher list.

Headquartered in Nashville, TN & operating since 1984, Turner has a broad array of titles in fiction & non-fiction, including business, young adult, history, romance, mystery, cookbooks, health & wellness, animals, design, and more. Turner continues to expand their titles by acquiring innovative content from existing and debut authors worldwide.

The editors may not respond to all submissions. After waiting a reasonable amount of time, assume your submission will not be accepted.

Country of Publication

United States

Publication Media

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication
Print Publication Print Publication

AI Policy

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Statistics Synopsis

Slower
Turner Publishing's overall average response time is slower than most publishers.
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Collapse section Fiction Open

  • Dystopian
  • Horror
  • Contemporary Romance
  • Fantasy
  • Romantasy
  • Sci-fi
Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults, Young adults.

Genres:

General Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Historical
Mystery/Crime Open to all/most Subgenres
Romance Open to all/most Subgenres

Lengths:

Novel: No specific word count limits known (our definition: more than 40000 words).

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Mainstream.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

Unknown advance + Unknown royalties Unknown advance. Unknown royalties.

Submissions:

Method: QueryTracker.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

Collapse section Nonfiction Open

  • Historical
  • Current events
  • Business/Economics
  • Psychology
Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults, Young adults.

Lengths:

Book: No specific word count limits known.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Mainstream.

Topics:

Business/Finance.
Health/Medicine.
Lifestyle: See guidelines.
Nature/Environment: See guidelines.
Other: See guidelines.

Payment:

Unknown advance + Unknown royalties Unknown advance. Unknown royalties.

Submissions:

Method: QueryTracker.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

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Turner Publishing Submission Statistics

The statistics in this section are compiled from submission reports sent to us through our submission tracker. They are not provided by the publication's editors/staff or by Duotrope's admins. Information in this section is updated a few times per day. Learn more about the statistics.

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Accuracy
We have received 5 reports from 5 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.
Days Reported
68 min | 237.8 mean avg | 196.0 median | 434 max days (168.4 std dev)
Pending
7 responses are pending (31 min | 351.8 mean avg | 335.0 median | 524 max days waiting | 763.6 std dev) from 7 different members This only includes pending reports from people who have been active on Duotrope within the past 30 days

Other Information

The editors may not respond to all submissions. After waiting a reasonable amount of time, assume your submission will not be accepted.
Date compiled: 11 Sep 2026 15:28 UTC (6 hours, 39 minutes ago).

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Dates

Last Updated: 23 Jul 2026

We check their guidelines for changes every four weeks, and we audit the listing twice a year.

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