

Your donation of $10 will help defray the cost of marketing and publicizing the books we published. Chief among these costs are 1) the cost of entering various literary contests like the National Book Awards or the Pulitzer Prize Award (entry fees vary from as low as $35 per title to as much as $135 per title); 2) purchasing a review in The Kirkus Review ($250 - $450, depending upon the size of the review); and 3) taking our books to Book Festivals (average cost to be listed as a vendor at a literary festival is $400).
River Boat Books is a publisher of great literature and was founded in 1996 in St. Paul, MN on the banks of the Mississippi River. We chose the name to honor the indomitable, adventurous spirit of Mark Twain, whose presence lingers not only up and down the Mississippi, but across the landscape of American literature. Our titles reflect both the elegance of a bygone era and an unrelenting passionate commitment to breaking all boundaries and exploring new territory.