Robert Burns Kilmarnock Edition was published and printed by him in 1786.

Established 1989, Glasgow. Educational publications.

Founded Edinburgh. Woman’s writing.

Born Lanark, Scotland. An early travel writer who although totally innocent, was held by the Spanish as a spy and brutally tortured.

Established 1981, Edinburgh. Fiction, history, guide books, poetry, biography, natural history etc.

Established 1978, Edinburgh. Books about Scotland. In 2005 entered into partnership with Random House to publish best sellers in fiction. In march 2013 the owners announced that they will not publish any new works from march 2014. Bill Campbell, one of the founders said he will now pursue other business and literary ambitions. He said “It is not something we had to do, it is a prepared and planned exit.”

Stated editing a revised version of the ODNB (Oxford Dictionary of Nation Biography in 1992, following his completion of the Gladstone Diaries.

Established 1980. Distributors.

Founded in 1768 by John Murray (1745 – 1793). Renowned for publishing, among others, the works of  Jane Austin, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Lord Byron, Charles Lyell, Goethe, Herman Melville, Edward Whymper and Charles Darwin.

Established 1994, Edinburgh. Preserves, protects and promotes the nations records.

Established Edinburgh. Publishers of fine art and photography. Books leaflets and guides to the collections.

Established 1992, Glasgow. Food and drink, travel, walking, climbing etc.

Founded in 1835 by James Gordon Bennett (1795-1872), a Scot born in Banffshire and educated there and in Aberdeen. In 1819 he sailed to the United States where he became a major figure in the history of American newspaper publishing.

Established 1985, Glasgow. Publishing division of National Museums Scotland. Illustrated catalogues for museum exhibitions.

Established 2009, Glasgow. English language teaching materials.

Established 2008, Peterhead. New Scottish writers.

Established 1988, Perth. Local interest.

Established 1908, Edinburgh. General trade and specialised books. Architecture, archaeology and industry of Scotland.

An 18th century Scottish map-maker. More information required.

Established 1670, Edinburgh. Visitor information, botanical journals, scientific reports, colour plant atlases and plant monographs.

Established 1954, to publish the works of William Barclay. Christian and general market. Scottish interest, history and biography.

Established 1936, Edinburgh. To increase awareness of the Scottish cultural heritage.

Established 2002, Dingwall, Ross-shire. Fiction and non-fiction based in the highlands of Scotland.

Established 2000, Glasgow. Mostly illustrated non-fiction titles on arts, architecture, symbolism, history and the environment.

Established 1961, Edinburgh. The leading agency for the promotion of literature in Scotland.