Dorrance Publishing Celebrates 91st Anniversary by offering discounts during First Warehouse Blowout Sale

For 91 years, the staff at Dorrance has provided support and personalized service to many authors, and has been able to assist authors in their dreams of publishing their works. To celebrate the company's longevity they will be offering a discount on in-stock books during the month of August. Customers are invited to browse the Warehouse Sale section of the Dorrance website (dorrancebookstore.com) for featured titles in fiction, non-fiction, poetry and more. Customers can save up to 45 percent off regular retail prices on featured Dorrance titles.

On August 1, Dorrance Publishing will celebrate its 91st year in business providing author services to individuals. The Dorrance saga is a reflection of historic changes in publishing in the United States throughout the years. When the country was new, one of its most well-known and lasting works, Poor Richard's Almanack, was written and published by Benjamin Franklin. As time went on and the costs of printing became more economical and more people could read, greater numbers of books were printed. By the late 19th century, a hundred years after Franklin, most books published in America were paperbacks that were pirated from European publishers. American book publishers were not likely to publish American authors when they could "borrow" from European authors. In 1891 copyright law was introduced to protect European authors. This change forced American publishers to begin to publish original American manuscripts. Still many well-known authors, Whitman and Poe for example, had paid for the publication of their own work, and the tradition continued.

Legend has it that, early in the next century, Colonel Gordon Dorrance had a dispute with his publisher, Scribner's, over the editing of a book titled The Pocket Chesterfield, and so he started his own company and published the pocket book himself in 1920 under the Dorrance imprint.

Also participating in the Warehouse Sale, are the imprints of Dorrance Publishing: RoseDog Books and Red Lead Press.

Sale items can be found on the Dorrance (dorrancebookstore.com), RoseDog (rosedogboosktore.com) and Red Lead (redleadbookstore.com) websites. Orders will also be accepted over the phone at 1-800-788-7654 (Dorrance) or 1-800-834-1803 (RoseDog/Red Lead) if the sale price is mentioned when placing the order. For further information, please contact Katie Ubinger at kubinger@dorrancepublishing.com, or via telephone at 412-288-4543 x142.