FAQ: Publishers & Vendors of Deaf-Related Materials

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Publishers of deaf-related books and other materials

Listed below are some English-language publishers who specialize in or otherwise publish a relatively large number of deaf-related books and/or videos. This is not all the publishers of deaf-related materials: many general publishers publish one or a couple of deaf-related books among many others, and there are many tiny deaf specialty publishers that publish just one to a few deaf-related books or videos. However, the following publishers are good places to start shopping around your manuscript.

We recommend that you first visit a publisher's Web site and/or get a copy of its catalog to get a feel for the type of deaf-related books it publishes, and so whether or not it might be interested in your book. Many of these publishers specialize in subcategories of deafness, and this list indicates what areas each publisher tends to be interested in (it does not necessarily limit itself to those areas only).

Disclaimer: the Gallaudet University Library neither endorses nor recommends against any of these publishers, nor does omission of a publisher mean anything other than that we don't have space to list them all. The following is provided for your information only.

• Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf
  3417 Volta Place NW
  Washington, DC 20007
  
  voice 202/337-5220, fax 202/337-8270
  
  URL: http://www.agbell.org/publications/publications.html
  Materials supporting the oral system of education and the oralist philosophy, and speechreading.

   

• Butte Publications, Inc.
  P.O. Box 1328
  Hillsboro, OR 97123-1328
  
  voice 503/648-9791 or 866-312-8883, fax 503/693-9526
  
  URL: http://www.buttepublications.com
  Materials in support of deaf education.

   

• Dawn Sign Press
  6130 Nancy Ridge Drive
  San Diego, CA 92121-3223
  
  voice and TTY 858/625-0600 or 800/549-5350, fax 858/625-2336
  
  URL: http://www.dawnsign.com
  Books and videos for children and adults on sign language and Deaf history and culture.

   

• DeBee Communications
  1709 South Braddock Avenue
  Pittsburgh, PA 15218
  
  TTY only 412/241-0545, fax 412/241-0383
  
  URL: http://www.debee.com
  Videos on Deaf history, culture, and American Sign Language. Laurent Clerc Press is their new custom book publishing service.

   

• Gallaudet University Press
  800 Florida Avenue NE
  Washington, DC 20002-3695
  [Campus location: Denison House, on Faculty Row]
  
  voice & TTY 202/651-5488 or 888/630-9347, fax 202/651-5489 or 800/621-8476
  
  URL: http://gupress.gallaudet.edu
  All aspects of deafness. Other imprints include Clerc Books and Kendall Green Publications.

   

• Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
  10 Industrial Avenue
  Mahwah, NJ 07430-2262
  
  voice 201/236-9500 or 800/926-6579, fax 201/236-0072
  
  URL: http://www.erlbaum.com
  Scholarly books on sign language, deaf culture, speech pathology, special education, communication, and bilingualism.

   

• League for the Hard of Hearing
  71 West 23rd Street
  New York, NY 10010-4162
  
  voice 212/741-7650, TTY 212/255-1932, fax 212/255-4413
  
  URL: http://www.lhh.org
  Materials about and for the hard of hearing (not deaf) and speechreading.

   

• Linstok Press, Inc.
  4020 Blackburn Lane
  Burtonsville, MD 20866-1167
  
  voice and TTY 301/421-0268 or 800/475-4756, fax 301/421-0270
  
  URL: http://www.signmedia.com
  Scholarly books on American Sign Language and Deaf culture.

   

• National Association of the Deaf
  814 Thayer Avenue
  Silver Spring, MD 20910-4500
  
  voice 301/587-6282, TTY 301/587-6283, fax 301/587-4873
  
  URL: http://www.nad.org/store/index.html
  Books from the Deaf advocacy point of view and for learning sign language.

   

• SHHH, Inc. [Self-Help for Hard of Hearing People, Inc.]
  7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 1200
  Bethesda, MD 20814
  
  voice 301/657-2248, fax 301/913-9413
  
  URL: http://www.shhh.org
  Materials about and for the hard of hearing (not deaf).

   

• Sign Enhancers, Inc.
  
  voice 800/767-4461, TTY 888/283-5097, fax 612/906-1099
  
  URL: http://www.signenhancers.com
  Videos on American Sign Language, ASL interpreting, and Deaf culture.

   

• Sign Media, Inc.
  4020 Blackburn Lane
  Burtonsville, MD 20866-1167
  
  voice and TTY 800/475-4756 or 301/421-0268, fax 301/421-0270
  
  URL: http://www.signmedia.com
  Videos on American Sign Language and the Deaf Community, Deaf culture, interpreter education, Deaf entertainment, and ASL translations/synopses of material published in English text.

   

• Signum-Verlag
  Schlosstrasse 4
  23883 Seedorf, GERMANY
  
  voice + + 49-(0) 45 45-79 10 56
  
  fax + + 49-(0) 45 45-79 10 57
  
  URL: http://www.signum-verlag.de/
  Scholarly books, videos and CD-ROMs on sign language and deaf education. Mostly German-language works but publishes some in English.

   

• Singular Publishing Group, Inc.
  401 W. A Street, Suite 325
  San Diego, CA 92101-7904
  
  voice 800/521-8545 or 619/238-6777, fax 619/238-6789
  
  URL: http://www.singpub.com
  Scholarly works on audiology, speech-language pathology, and deaf education.

   

• T.J. Publishers, Inc.
  817 Silver Spring Avenue, Suite 206
  Silver Spring, MD 20910-4617
  
  voice and TTY 800/999-1168 or 301/585-4440, fax 301/585-5930
  
  email: TJPubinc@aol.com
  Materials on American Sign Language and Deaf culture.

   

• Whurr Publishers, Inc.
  19b Compton Terrace
  London N1 2UN
  United Kingdom
  
  voice 0171 359 5979, fax 0171 226 5290
  
  URL: http://www.whurr.co.uk
  Materials on audiology and deaf education.

   

Vendors of deaf-related books and other materials

"Where can I buy/order deaf-related books and other materials?"

The following are some major vendors of deaf-related books and other deaf-related materials. Most have a catalog, which you may request in print and/or peruse through the Web. "Novelties" includes such materials as jewelry, T-shirts, keychains, candles, etc.

Disclaimer: the Gallaudet University Library neither endorses nor recommends against any of these vendors, nor does omission of a vendor mean anything other than that we don't have space to list them all. The following is provided for your information only.

• ADCO
  5661 South Curtice Street
  Littleton, CO 80120
  
  voice and TTY 800/726-0851 or 303/794-3928
  
  URL: http://www.adcohearing.com
  Novelties and gifts with an "ILY" or sign language theme.

   

• Assistive Communication Center
  7346 South Alton Way, Suite E
  Englewood, CO 80112
  
  voice and TTY 800/859-8331 or 303/290-6227, fax 303/290-0405
  
  URL: http://www.assistcenter.com
  Books, videos, CD-ROMs, novelties, and assistive devices relating to deaf people and deafness.

   

• Campus Connections (Rochester Institute of Technology Bookstore)
  48 Lomb Memorial Drive
  Rochester, NY 14623-5604
  
  voice 716-475-2501, TTY 716/475-7071 or -7072, fax 716/475-6499
  
  URL: http://finweb.rit.edu/Bookstore/deafness_related.htm
  Publications of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at RIT and some other deaf-related books and materials.

   

• Forest Bookshop
  8 St. John Street
  Coleford, Gloucestershire GL16 8RF
  UNITED KINGDOM
  
  voice and TTY +44 0 1594 833858, fax +44 0 1594 833446
  
  URL: http://www.forestbooks.com
  World's largest deaf-specialty bookstore, carrying English-language books, videos and CD-ROMs related to all aspects of deaf people, deafness, Deaf culture and history, from all over the world. Note that their videos are for the British PAL video system and will not work in standard American NTSC-system VCRs.

   

• Gallaudet University Bookstore
  800 Florida Avenue NE
  Washington, DC 20002-3695
  [Campus location: Student Activities Center]
  
  voice and TTY 202/651-5271, fax 202/651-5724
  
  URL: http://bookstore.gallaudet.edu
  Books, videos and novelties on deaf people, deafness and sign language.

   

• Gallaudet University Television
  800 Florida Avenue NE
  Washington, DC 20002-3695
  [Campus location: Merrill Learning Center]
  
  voice and TTY 202/651-5115
  
  URL: http://tv.services.gallaudet.edu/resources/catalog/
  Videos on sign language, the Deaf community, and Gallaudet University.

   

• Greater Los Angeles Council on Deafness, Inc. (GLAD) Bookstore
  2222 Laverna Avenue
  Los Angeles, CA 90041
  
  voice and TTY 323/478-8000, fax 323/550-4225
  
  URL: http://www.gladinc.org/bookstore.htm
  
  [No catalog, walk-in only]
  Books and videos on deaf people, deafness, and sign language; assistive devices.

   

• Harris Communications, Inc.
  15155 Technology Drive
  Eden Prairie, MN 55344-2277
  
  voice 800/825-6758, TTY 800/825-9187, fax 952/906-1099
  
  URL: www.harriscomm.com
  Books, videos, CD-ROMs, novelties, and assistive devices relating to deaf people and deafness.

   

• Hear-More, Inc.
  P.O. Box 3413
  Farmingdale, NY 11735
  
  voice and TTY 800/881-4327 or 516/752-0738, fax 516/752-0689
  
  URL: http://www.hearmore.com
  Books, videos, CD-ROMs, and assistive devices relating to deaf people and deafness.

   

• National Association of the Deaf Store
  814 Thayer Avenue
  Silver Spring, MD 20910
  
  voice 301/587-1788, TTY 301/587-1789, fax 301/587-1791
  
  URL: http://www.nad.org/store/index.html
  Deaf advocacy materials and some novelties.