[citation needed] The company was first established in 1892 and began as a general store and printer;[1] it is owned by the same family to this day.
[3] Specialising in books which have a distinctive Welsh identity, Gomer had four distinct lists: The English list for adults features fiction, history, travel writing, biography, literature, cookery, sport, and visual arts.
Authors and artists include Gillian Clarke, Jim Perrin, Kyffin Williams, Eddie Butler, Jeremy Moore, and Idris Davies.
From 2000 to 2012, at least six Gwasg Gomer publications have won one of the two annual Welsh-language Tir na n-Og Awards.
[5] Gomer published the work of a number of the Welsh language's eminent literary figures, past and present, such as Islwyn Ffowc Elis, T. Rowland Hughes, Gwenallt, Hywel Teifi Edwards, Angharad Price, Fflur Dafydd, and Owen Martell.