For curious readers
Stories and activities made to spark imagination.
Independent publishing · North Chili, New York
Independent books for curious kids, thoughtful adults, and readers who still love turning pages.
Family-friendly stories, regional legends, creative activity books, and practical nonfiction.
Stories for every kind of reader
Independent & original
Books developed with a clear point of view.
Teacher friendly
Useful choices for reading time and creative work.
Made to be shared
For classrooms, families, road trips, and cozy nights.
For children & families
Curiosity comes first.
Start with funny, lightly spooky stories and interactive books that give young readers room to imagine, write, and explore.
Ages 8–12
Wherever We Go Stories
Funny, cozy, lightly spooky short-story collections for the places kids really go.
Visit the story world →
Interactive write-in adventures
Adventure Maker
Interactive write-in adventures that help young creators imagine, write, draw, and finish stories of their own.
Start an adventure →
Bold, easy & fun to color
The Simply Series
Eight cheerful coloring books with kid-favorite themes, seasonal options, and real interior samples to explore.
Browse all eight books →
Activities & puzzles
Put down the screen. Pick up a pencil.
Twelve Sudoku, word-search, maze, cryptogram, Kakuro, Dodeku, and variety books—with large-print options, clear layouts, and solutions included.
Explore the Puzzle SeriesFor grown-up readers
A different shelf after dark.
Pulp adventure, provocative economics, genuinely dark humor, and creative escapes live here—clearly apart from our children’s collections.
Coming October 9, 2026
Walled Garden
A domestic psychological thriller from P. E. Bradford, available in print and ebook.
Enter the garden →
Pulp adventure series
The Agartha Affair
Retro-styled, globe-spanning adventures for readers who like their mysteries big and bold.
Enter the adventure →
Economics & business
Nikolaus Stahl
Short, provocative books about markets, money, power, and the systems shaping everyday life.
Enter the argument →
Adult horror & dark humor
Scary Stories to Tell to Millennials
Twelve illustrated nightmares for readers who discovered adulthood is scarier than the monsters—and funnier when it happens to someone else.
Enter the nightmare →
Coloring books for grown-ups
Adult Coloring Books
Funny, gothic, giftable, and wonderfully strange creative escapes for every kind of mood.
Choose your next escape →
Learn · protect · remember · reflect
Practical Nonfiction & Guided Journals
Business, money, family technology, personal safety, memory-keeping, and guided reflection—organized by what readers want to do next.
Browse the collection →
Stories that travel well
Meet kids where they already are.
On the school bus. In a pillow fort. Around the campfire. Wherever We Go gives parents and teachers approachable short stories that make independent reading feel like an invitation.
Explore the collectionFor teachers, librarians & homeschoolers
Give every reader a way into the work.
Explore short-story collections, guided creative-writing books, regional field guides, and screen-free activities organized around real classroom and program needs.
Explore educator resources
Free 10-page printable · Ages 7–12
Turn an ordinary house into a paranormal case.
Get the free Junior Paranormal Investigator Kit, then search every room for strange evidence, interview suspicious witnesses, and deliver an official haunted-house verdict.
Get the free investigator kitFor independent authors
Wrote a book but don’t know how to publish it?
Get practical, one-on-one help with formatting, cover sizing, KDP setup, A+ content, advertising, and the decisions that turn a manuscript into a professional print book.
For independent retailers
Bring giftable, family-friendly books to your shelves.
Explore flexible mixed-title wholesale ordering, approachable opening minimums, and collections designed for bookstores, gift shops, museums, camp stores, and boutiques.
View wholesale informationAbout the press
We publish books that make people want to keep reading.
J. R. Salem Publishing is an independent press creating imaginative books for children, families, and grown-up readers. We care about inviting design, memorable premises, and books that earn a place on the nightstand, in the classroom, or in the travel bag.