东北师范大学出版社成立于1983年。2001年经国家新闻出版总署批准又成立了东北师范大学音像出版社。2010年在两社的基础上企业改制成立长春东北师范大学出版社有限责任公司。出版社现有员工180人，有15个业务和行政部门。在大中专教材和教师教育教材、高职高专教材、中小学生教辅、少儿读物的出版上已形成一定的规模和优势，在读者中享有很高的声誉，与世界十几个国家和地区的出版社有业务往来。30年里累计出书近10000种，总印数达12亿册。已发展成为年出版新书近1000种，重版图书450多种，年销售码洋近3.6亿元的具有相当规模和影响的大学出版社。
建社30年来，依据国家新闻出版总署关于高等学校出版社出版方针、任务和出书范围的原则规定，结合东北师范大学的办学方向，确定了“为教学科研服务，为教师教育服务，为基础教育服务”的办社宗旨，艰苦奋斗、文明经营，出版了一大批具有较高学术价值、受社会广大读者欢迎的优秀图书，连续获得了中宣部“五个一”工程奖，第九、十、十一、十二届中国图书奖，第六届国家图书奖，首届中国出版政府奖优秀图书奖，第四届中华优秀出版物奖，国家教育部优秀学术著作奖及优秀教材奖，长白山优秀图书奖等400多种奖项。
2000年被国家新闻出版总署评为良好出版社，2006年、2007年图书质量通过“国检”，受到国家出版总署表彰。2007年获得首届吉林省新闻出版奖优秀图书出版社奖，同年荣获“全国十佳高校出版社”（《腾讯网》、《中国青年报》、《现代教育报》主办的“回响中国2007年中国教育年度总评榜”）。
Northeast Normal University Press(NENUP) was established in 1983 and Northeast Normal University Audiovisual Press also received approval for establishment from State Administration of Press of the People’s Republic of China in 2001. Moreover, Northeast Normal University Press Corporation, Ltd came into establishment with the institutional reform in 2010, which now comprises working staff of 180 as well as 15 business and administration departments. NENUP has acquired some advantage in college teaching materials, books for teachers’ development, vocational school materials, supplementary materials for elementary and secondary schools, children’s books, which earned high reputation among readers. At the meantime, NENUP has business connections with publishing houses in more than tens of countries in the world.
For the past 30 years, NENUP has published books over 10,000 categories, total print run amounting to 1.2 billion. At this point, it develops into a sizable and influential university press with yearly new books over 1000 categories, re-publishment over 450 categories and its annual turnover reaches 360 million yuan(RMB). NENUP has been sticking to the principle of “serving the need of educational and scientific research, the need of teachers’ education, the need of elementary education”, following the university’s development course, based on a series of principles of State Administration of Press of the PRC. Through the studious work and faithful business, NENUP has published a great amount of high academic-value books, which have been prevailing among readers. Therefore, NENUP has received over 400 prizes consecutively, such as the national prize of “five-one project” by Central Propaganda Department, the Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth China Book Prize, the Sixth National Book Prize, the Best Book Prize in the *** Government Prize for China’s Publication, the Fourth China’s Best Publication Award, the Best Academic Work and Best Textbook Award by Educational Ministry, the Changbaishan Best Textbook Award.
In 2000, NENUP was marked as Good Publishing House by State Administration of Press of the PRC; in 2006 and 2007, NENUP passed the national check for quality of publication and gained favorable remark. And in 2007, it received the Best Publishing House Award in the *** Jilin Press & Publication Award and the title of “Top Ten University Presses” on the “Echo China” List for China’s Education 2007 hosted by ******, China Youth Daily and Modern Education News.