What are the best English-language Academic Publishers?

[iv0live]

I'm not a English native speaker, and only aware of mostly Oxford and Cambridge.
Have seen many Springer books, that's why i am asking.
I didn't even know Springer.

[SectorVector]

There is one consolidated list here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Eng..._companies

Springer publishes science and technology books.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springer_Sc...ness_Media
At the end of the above page, there is a link to list of "Computer book publishing companies".
That might be of help to you I think.
- Wiley, O'Reilly, Prentice Hall, CRC Press, Addison Wesley are some popular publishers for Computer Science.
- Oxford, Cambridge, MacMillan, Penguin, are good for books on English classics.

If you are looking for printed books, then depending on the country you live in, there may be more/other options.

Knowing a publisher name, you can head to http://libgen.org and search and download books from that publisher.
You could also browse amazon, "google books", "barnes and noble" or similar sites to gradually gather publisher names.

[RobertX]

How would you guys rate Thomson? Is that relevant?

[iv0live]

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-to...-2014.html

Judging by the site list, they must be relevant as they are 3rd based in annual revenue.

[hrothgar]

For humanities, these come to mind:

Minnesota
Columbia
Verso
MIT Press

These would be best for "theory" (French poststructuralism and its heirs), cultural studies, and new media.