Dorrance Publishing Company


Dorrance Publishing Company, Inc. is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania–based self-publishing company. The company publishes both traditional printed books as well as ebooks.

History

The company's website reports that they were founded by Gordon Dorrance in 1920. The Catalogue of Copyright Entries for that year lists "Dorrance & company, inc." publishing works The Pocket Chesterfield and Broken Shackles. Dorrance set up the company after a work he was editing did not complete publication with Scribners.
The company was established in Philadelphia and periodically changed address within Philadelphia and environs. By 1989 it was located in Monroeville, outside Pittsburgh. By 1991, the company's address was in Pittsburgh.
They have been accredited by the Better Business Bureau since 1995. The BBB lists them as having started in June 1989, and also operating under the alternate business names I-Proclaim Books, Red Lead Press, Rose Dog Books, and Whitmore Publishing Company.

Services

Dorrance Publishing is a vanity book printer that offers book production, promotion, distribution, and ghostwriting services.
After publication, authors’ books are made available through the Dorrance Publishing bookstore, and may be sold through other large-scale book retailers, including Google Books, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble.

In popular culture

Gordon Dorrance, the founder of Dorrance Publishing, was portrayed by actor Pierre Watkin in an episode of I Love Lucy entitled "Lucy Writes A Novel."

Self-publishing contract and Better Business Bureau reviews

Dorrance Publishing does not attempt to hide its charges and makes no claims of selecting clients based on potential for commercial success.
As of May 2020, Dorrance Publishing has an A- rating with the Better Business Bureau.