35 Best Publisher & Publishing Websites 2026: Shopify and WordPress Dominate
Colorlib has unveiled its list for 2026, showcasing the top 35 publisher and publishing websites, assessed through actual browser usage. Featured on this list are notable names such as Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Phaidon, Thames & Hudson, TASCHEN, DK, ABRAMS, Bloomsbury, Simon & Schuster, Hachette Book Group, Chronicle Books, Laurence King, Verso Books, Fitzcarraldo Editions, New Directions, Graywolf Press, And Other Stories, Pushkin Press, New York Review Books, Canongate, Salt Publishing, Mendo, Smashing Magazine, Aeon, Literary Hub, Kinfolk, It’s Nice That, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Blurb, Reedsy, IngramSpark, Draft2Digital, Issuu, and Substack. The article also covers effective practices and provides answers to common questions regarding platform selection and direct sales methods.
Key facts
- Colorlib published a 2026 list of the 35 best publisher and publishing websites.
- Ten of the 35 sites sell directly through Shopify, including HarperCollins, Phaidon and Verso.
- Ten of the 35 sites run on WordPress, including Penguin Random House and Hachette.
- Penguin Random House uses WordPress with Shift headlines and a mega menu of genres.
- Penguin Books UK uses Next.js with Penguin Inclusive Sans and a bento grid on orange.
- HarperCollins runs a Shopify store with tabs for New Releases, Bestsellers and Coming Soon.
- Bloomsbury uses Umbraco with Tiempos Headline and offers ISBN search and country stores.
- TASCHEN uses Next.js with Scala and photographs books like luxury objects.
Entities
Institutions
- Colorlib
- Penguin Random House
- Penguin Books UK
- HarperCollins
- Simon & Schuster
- Hachette Book Group
- Bloomsbury
- TASCHEN
- Phaidon
- Thames & Hudson
- Chronicle Books
- Laurence King
- DK
- ABRAMS
- Verso Books
- Fitzcarraldo Editions
- New Directions
- Graywolf Press
- And Other Stories
- Pushkin Press
- New York Review Books
- Canongate
- Salt Publishing
- Mendo
- Smashing Magazine
- Aeon
- Psyche
- Literary Hub
- Kinfolk
- It’s Nice That
- McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
- The Believer
- Blurb
- Reedsy
- IngramSpark
- Ingram
- Draft2Digital
- Issuu
- Substack
- Shopify
- WordPress
- WooCommerce
- Next.js
- Astro
- Sanity
- Umbraco
- HubSpot CMS
- Ruby on Rails
- Divi
- Patreon
Locations
- UK
- United Kingdom
- Canada
- Australia
- US
- United States
- India
- EU
- Amsterdam
- Netherlands
- San Francisco