Welcome to our publishing offices!
Authors! Your book can be published in a manner that is affordable, environmentally friendly, fast and simple using Trafford's on-demand publishing service (TM).
Created by self-publishing authors for self-publishing authors, Trafford's remarkable invention has changed the publishing world to authors' great advantage. Since mid-1995, we've been refining our services and are now helping authors from 120 countries (over 12,000 titles), with book sales around the globe and more authors are joining each week. Our books, manuals and reports are all manufactured one-at-a-time to fill individual orders.
On-demand publishing is truly "book publishing for the rest of us" -- allowing authors to publicize and retail their books on a global scale without leaving their own homes.
Here are some of the benefits of publishing with Trafford:
- Authors control many key factors including book design, appearance and retail price
- You keep your copyright, and all other marketing rights
- Trafford handles publishing's administrative and legal requirements
- Cost-effective, global distribution channels make your book easily purchased
- Trafford provides authors with tools to get the word out to potential buyers
- Book production and order fulfilment take advantage of on-demand printing
- You can make a significantly larger royalty percentage than with other, conventional publishing routes
- Upgrade between packages at any time, by simply paying the difference in price
- Choose between six great publishing packages for paperback
books to select the benefits you need -
Click HERE to request your free Publishing Guide - Choose between two amazing publishing packages for full-color kids' books -
Click HERE to request our free guide, Have You Written A Kids' Book?
Innovations and new developments benefit Trafford authors!The breakthroughs are happening in waves -- making printing more affordable, and distribution far more extensive.
- Use the handy Publishing Profit Calculator to see your book's payback potential when you self-publish with Trafford
- We've greatly enlarged our own in-house on-demand print shop with the latest technology -- allowing MUCH lower production costs and the absolute lowest price to the author when buying your own book (AT LEAST 52% off the retail price - with even further discounts when you buy in larger quantity).
- Because the printing costs are much lower, we can extend a full 40% discount to bookstores and also sell through Ingram and Baker & Taylor (two of the world's largest book distributors).
Read our Publishing Guides for a step-by-step explanation of our service for paperback books.
Paperback book publishing packages:
- READ ON-LINE
-- an overview of our comprehensive on-demand publishing service,
with links to detailed explanations, technical specification,
contract, checklists and other goodies. This is a complete
explanation of our publishing program for black & white softcover books (such as novels, memoirs, how-tos, etc.).
- DOWNLOAD our 20-page PUBLISHING GUIDE in .PDF format
OR order a FREE printed copy
Visit our Publishing Guide download page to see an overview of our service and register to download the guide. This is a 1MB PDF file and you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view it.
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full-color publishing packages: |
- READ
ON-LINE -- the complete 16-page guide for publishing full-color books contains detailed information for authors and illustrators.
- DOWNLOAD in .PDF format
OR order a FREE printed copy
Visit our Color Book Guide download page to see an overview of our service and register to download the guide. This is a 1MB PDF file and you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view it.
More Information
AUTHOR TOOLKIT: a great source of information about all aspects of the publishing process.
TALENT POOL: more services for self-publishing authors. Browse the resumes and contact information of freelance writers, EDITORS, book designers, printers, publicists, wholesalers, translators, legal advisors and more.
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