Become a published author
S U M M A R Y O F D O R R A N C E S E R V I C E S

If you send your manuscript to Dorrance, you will receive an acknowledgment when it is received.

  • It is not necessary that you obtain a copyright in advance of sending your manuscript to us as manuscripts and unpublished works are protected by common law and statutory law.
  • Dorrance will respond with a subsidy publishing proposal and agreement within three to four weeks.

Let us know which of our subsidy publishing programs you wish to consider:

  • Traditional Subsidy Publishing
    (Book is produced and promoted, within a defined budget, as a Dorrance title.)
  • Self Publishing/Private Printing
    (We manufacture a specific number of books under your imprint to your specifications. You may perform any promotional efforts on your own. You handle warehousing and distribution.
    An additional, unique Dorrance option allows you to select our Private Promotion Option. Under this program, we implement the standard promotion performed for Dorrance subsidy titles. You handle warehousing and all aspects of distribution.)

Our traditional subsidy publishing program includes the following:

  • Mechanical editing of your manuscript.
  • Typesetting and design of the finished text.
  • Creating original artwork and design for the cover.
  • Printing and binding of the book.
  • Copyrighting the finished book in your name.
  • Implementing a specified, limited promotion plan.
  • Warehousing your finished books.
  • Shipping books ordered to bookstores, wholesalers, and other customers.
  • Handling invoicing and collections to bookstores, wholesalers, and other customers as well as accounting for inventory, books sold, returns, and author payments.
  • Obligation to go back to press if and when the initial supply of bound and unbound books is depleted and as often as demand dictates during the term of our contract, at no additional cost.

Our self-publishing/private printing program includes the following services:

  • Mechanical editing of your manuscript.
  • Typesetting and design of the finished text.
  • Creating of original artwork and design for the cover.
  • Printing and binding of the book.
  • Copyrighting the finished book in your name.
  • Private Promotion Option.

We look forward to receiving your manuscript for our no-obligation, subsidy publishing proposal. Thank you for your interest in Dorrance.


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