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Dorrance Publishing Company Inc

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  • Review from Janet M

    5 stars

    02/13/2025

    My decision publishing with Dorrance has been a great experience. They met my every request and expectation.. I would recommend them to anyone that would love to see their story in print. Its the greatest feeling in the world.
  • Review from Veronica G

    5 stars

    02/06/2025

    Dorrance Publishing puts a novice author at ease. Many people write books, but they never hold a printed copy because of the complex process of a book creating. The professional teams at Dorrance assigned to each writing project, small or huge take the writers through this journey step by step until a far-fetched dream becomes a beautiful shiny printed book. Through well executed plans and packages for advertising, promotion and marketing an author has good chances to be successful in the real world of books. I cannot hold down my excitement to see already my little children's book being sold on *************************** and ****** websites in both of its versions, printed and e-book. There is a reason why Dorrance Publishing has been making books since 1920... this reason is their excellence. *** *** ******** ********* Author of T is for Tractor, Copyright 2024
  • Review from JOSEPH W

    5 stars

    02/06/2025

    As a first time author, I'm delighted to have chosen Dorrance as my publisher. The process began with an insightful conversation outlining how Dorrance would shepherd my manuscript to publication. The timeline, deadlines, and finished product were all as promised. My Project Manager, ******* ********, was very helpful and considerate to a first time author while always being professional. I have no reservations in recommending Dorrance to any author, first time, or experienced.
  • Review from Bill E

    5 stars

    01/28/2025

    Deciding to publish a book was requested by a few friends of mine, so I went with Dorrance Publishing and I was truly amazed with every aspect of the processing. Dorrance personnel satisfied my every desire and made my dream as an author come true.
  • Review from KIMBERLY C

    4 stars

    01/18/2025

    I published my first non-fiction book with Dorrance and will be publishing my first historical novel with them also. Maisi was my project manager. I would have given 5 stars however, the editing process was very poor. I hope it improves when I submit my novel.
  • Review from GLENNON W

    5 stars

    01/17/2025

    If you are a novice author and have not selected your publisher, you might look at Dorrance. After chatting with a few publishers, I spoke with ***, at Dorrance, who guided me through why I should choose Dorrance. The fact that they have been in business for over one hundred and fifteen years will get your attention. In your chat with ***, you will discover who Dorrance is in the publishing business. Looking back on my first contact with Dorrance, beginning with ***, and throughout the process, I experienced friendly professionals who were eager to assist me, at first with my Project Manager and finally, experiencing the thrill of seeing my book in print.
  • Review from Barbara K

    5 stars

    01/13/2025

    Amazing "one stop shop" making your author dreams come true!
  • Review from Robert R

    5 stars

    01/11/2025

    I'd like to thank Dorrance Publishing for their tremendous help in bringing my manuscript to life as a published book.Their guidance and assistance made the process for a new author both easy and stress free.
  • Review from William D

    5 stars

    01/07/2025

    I've been with Dorrance Publishing for years. We have completed the second book ******** Decade" that deals with some very "real life wrote the plot" subject matter. I am humbled we made it this far on this journey. We still have issues with ****** but were making things happen. I pray we continue to make dreams come true now post covid where more Tales of The Luminous Universe will manifest!
  • Review from Arnaldo M

    5 stars

    12/30/2024

    Hello everyone, my name is ******* *******, a first-time author of The Instrument of Evil, Memoirs of The Unwanted Child, a three-part autobiography, the first part deals with the first seventeen years of my life where my family tortured me in every possible way, even attempted murder on my life, one at the age of ten and the other at seventeen years old, where because of my abuse something evil and deadly is created in me. and the past few decades, I have decided to tell my tale. and in doing so, I edited my book and went to three other publishing companies before Dorrance, I pulled out of one publishing because they had a few terrible reviews and the two publishing companies took five days each to decide if they would take my manuscript and they denied my manuscript stating that it was to strong content, I was about to give up hope when I saw an ad of Dorrance publishing on ********, so I decided to give it a try, especially after I learned who created Dorrance publishing and why, Dorrance told me it would take five days to determine if they would accept my manuscript but less than twenty-four hours, they sent me a text stating that they accepted my book, I also told them that my financial situation was not good, so they made me a deal I couldn't refuse and since then they kept their word and I just recently received my first copy of my Book and I'm ecstatic, soon the world will read a story like no other, so deciding Dorrance publishing is a excellent bet, and Thank You All at Dorrance for helping me tell my story.

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