Recently I learned through another discussion on RG that the blacklist of predatory journals, publishers and conference organizers comprize some of the names I naively considered normal.
We were contacted by several publishers who are, alas, predatory. So I wanted to ask you for suggestions of decent publishers for our next book. I will appreciate your help.
Just for the reality check, here is the list
https://www.professeur-alexandre-georges.info/dolos-list
Milena - to a certain extent you have answered your own question. Be extremely way of any source that directly approaches you. Some of the larger, reputable publishing houses will contact you directly i.e. Sage, Taylor & Francis - but that is more to let you know what resources of theirs are available to you. They do not contact you about writing books.
My advice is to stick with the larger, established publishing houses i.e. Elsevier, Wiley etc. However, you have to approach them and not the other way around - and the process is quite labour-intensive and competitive. The advantage of them is that 'once you are in' and your product sells and is reviewed well - then they tend to keep you in their fold. For instance, I am the lead editor and author of a popular Elsevier text that is currently commissioned for its 6th edition due March 2020.
You also state 'your next book. If you have published previously, then one assumes that a better option for you is to go back to those publishers - if the process was a reasonable one.
It depends on the theme of your book. In the field of social sciences, there are listings of recognized publishers, both commercial and scientific or institutional publishers. Currently in the field of health sciences, there is no listing
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