It was founded in Lublin in 2001 by Eryk Adam Górski and Robert Łakuta who always wanted to publish good literature they liked reading themselves.

Fabryka Słów also publishes historical novels and journalism for example Hubal by Jacek Komuda and Polactwo by Rafał Ziemkiewicz.

It owns a number of popular series, most notably: Pan Lodowego Ogrodu, Achaja, Demonic Cycle, Seria o Przygodach Jakuba Wędrowycza, Inkwizytor Mordimer.

Other notable Polish authors who published in Fabryka Słów are: Andrzej Ziemiański, Eugeniusz Dębski, Jacek Komuda, Rafał A. Ziemkiewicz, Jarosław Grzędowicz, Maja Lidia Kossakowska, Jacek Piekara, Michał Gołkowski, Tomasz Kołodziejczak, Magdalena Kozak, Adam Przechrzta.

Fabryka Słów publishes foreign authors too, for example: Peter V.Brett, Miroslav Żamboch, Angus Watson, Brian McClellan, Patricia Briggs, Ilona Andrews, R. F. Kuang, Roman Kulikow, and Jack Campbell.