In 1989, the Dorrance name, book inventory, and assets were purchased and moved from the Philadelphia area to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and a new company, Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc., was formed.

Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc. is continuing the Dorrance philosophy that the opportunity to publish a work should be available to all who have something which they wish to communicate to others and are willing to purchase subsidy publishing services.

We publish all categories of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry and offer a choice of programs to suit the needs of various authors and their particular manuscripts. Dorrance authors, including some with previously published books to their credit, appreciate our services and the extent to which they can participate in shaping the presentation of their work.

We are particularly pleased to publish books which contain information, ideas, or insights which will add to reader enjoyment, wisdom, or awareness. A book designed to help or educate a relatively small number of people is as worthy of publication, in our opinion, as a book written for millions. A small collection of poetry by an unknown writer may offer as much real truth about contemporary society as a best seller by a famous author. A thoughtful study of a religious issue may generate the insight or inspiration that influences readers' lives. The scientific knowledge of one person may provide others with the data they need to carry on their work. One of the advantages offered by a free society is that individuals, who have the means and desire to pay for publication, can have the opportunity to publish their own work.

Over the years, Dorrance titles have totaled approximately eight thousand. While these include novels, mysteries, short stories, essays, and children's books, they also include books in the fields of business, philosophy, health, medicine, politics, economics, sociology, education, science, religion, art, travel, sports, humor, biography, history, Americana, personal reminiscences, and other specialized subjects. Styles range from the traditional to the avant garde. Dorrance authors have come from every state in the Union and from many foreign countries as well.

Dorrance and some of its authors and books have received national attention. For example, The Navajo Code Talkers, published in 1973, was featured in four segments of CBS Television's An American Portrait series. Dorrance author A.R. Ammons published his first book of verse, Ommateum, in 1955, and went on to win the National Book Award in 1972 and the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1981.

Although most Dorrance authors do not achieve such recognition, they do enjoy the personal satisfaction of seeing their manuscripts professionally produced in book form.

And, on the lighter side, Lucy Ricardo wrote and submitted a novel to Dorrance & Company on Episode 90 of "I Love Lucy."