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Trafford Publishing

Trafford Publishing
Parent company Author Solutions
Founded 1995 (1995) (Victoria, British Columbia)
Founder Bruce Batchelor, Marsha Batchelor, John Norris and Steve Fisher
Country of origin United States
Headquarters location Bloomington, Indiana
Publication types Books
Official website www.trafford.com

Trafford Publishing is a company for self publishing using print on demand technology, formerly based in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and now based in Bloomington, Indiana, USA.

The company was founded in 1995, by Bruce and Marsha Batchelor, John Norris and Steve Fisher. Bruce Batchelor served as CEO until 2006. According to Trafford, they were the first company in the world to offer print-on-demand ("POD") publishing, which means they print shorter runs or even one copy at a time, in response to orders from the author or from retail customers. Trafford's service is being used by authors from more than 100 countries.

In 2005, Trafford announced a pledge of $1.6 million to help preserve endangered indigenous languages around the world.

At its peak size, Trafford had about 150 employees working at offices in Canada, USA, UK and Ireland, and was grossing over $1 million per month in sales. Trafford's self-publishing service was sold to Author Solutions Inc. in 2009.

Trafford requires payment from the author to cover set-up costs, and the author has to do most of his or her own marketing. Unlike most other POD publishing services, Trafford owned its own large printing plant, located in Victoria. Book printing was also done through Lightning Source Inc. (LSI), a subsidiary of Ingram Books distributors, in Tennessee and Milton Keynes as well as at BookSurge LLC's plant in South Carolina.

Some titles have been converted to e-books and are distributed via Powells.com and Lightning Source Inc. (LSI).

According to their publishing guide, a number of packages are available. They range from a basic publishing service for those just wishing to be able to order printed copies (for family histories, etc.), an intermediate package for those only needing basic online ordering capability, to an inclusive package with full internet distribution. All of the packages include an ISBN number and full color cover. Trafford also offers a line of packages for publishing full-color children's books.


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