About the categories used

Category

Definition

Academic/scholarly

Publishers who produce and distribute works of academic research and scholarship through non-fiction books, journals, textbooks, and online resources (includes university presses).  

Children's

Publishers which focus on publications aimed at children and young adults. 

Commercial

Academic publishers not affiliated to an academic institution with a for-profit business model. 

Cultural

Literary and/or artistic publishers. 

Educational

Publishers who produce materials for primary and secondary school, college and university, and/or training markets, includes textbooks and study guides. 

Irish language

Any publisher who publishes wholly in the Irish language. 

Library

A library team responsible for producing original work and applying a level of certification to the content published (e.g. via peer review or by extension of the library’s institutional brand). 

Local

Local societies which publish on areas of interest to their members. 

Other

Any publishers not covered by the other definitions. 

Poetry

Publishers who concentrate on the publication of poetry. 

Professional body

Professional bodies that publish on areas related to their tasks and functions. 

Religious

Publishers who create publications related to religion. 

Society

Not-for-profit learned societies which publish as part of their objectives, the output being generally peer reviewed. 

Student journal

Publishers of student-run academic journals. 

Trade

Publishers which produce books for a general audience, including fiction, non-fiction, history, memoirs, cookbooks and self-help books.