Manuscript Selection	No
Kind of Contract	Non-exclusive
Distribution	Distribution ranges from 'none' for their least expensive package, to 'through their site' for their mid-range package and 'through their site and major online retailers mostly' for their most expensive package.
Price Range	Paperback	$699.00, $999.00 or $1,399.00 depending on what kind of distribution you want.
	Hardcover	Not available
	Paperback/hardcover combo	Not available
	Color publishing	$999.00 or $1,199.00 depending on whether or not you want distribution
Royalties	60% of gross margin. They charge you a 25% sales commission on books sold through their site
Author's Discount	The author can buy his/her book paying only the printing cost, plus a $10.00 handling fee for orders of fewer than 50 copies.
Breakeven point	Between 500 and 700 copies for the Legacy package. Between 700 and 1,000 copies for the Entrepeneur package More than 1,000 copies for the Bestseller package. These approximations are based on external sales of an average length book. Keep in mind that external distriution is only available in the context of their Bestseller package.
Basic retail price	Fairly expensive ($17.76 for a 200 pages book).
Interior Layout	You must supply a ready to print file or pay an additional fee of $550.00.
Cover Options	You basically supply your own
Choice of Trim Size	Yes
Color Printing	Yes, fees start at $999.00.
Pros*	Good royalties in theory (brought down by very high printing costs).
	You can buy your book paying only your printing costs.
	Lots of control as far as your design is concerned.
Cons*	Setup fee ranges from expensive to extremely expensive depending on the package (and that's not counting typesetting).
	Retail prices are not competitive.
	You must supply your own cover and layout or pay a rather hefty additional fee.
	Printing costs are very high (over $7.00 for a 200 pages book using their least expensive choices)
	Unless you buy their most expensive package distribution is almost non-existent.
Additional Comments*	Trafford is based in Canada and this may have a significant impact on your shipping and handling costs, depending on where you live, so this aspect must be kept in mind. They do have an office in NC, but they don't specify where they do the actual printing. The $10.00 handling fee in orders of less than 50 copies means that buying a few copies can be extremely expensive, but buying large quantities is very affordable. Their printing costs appear to be somewhat higher than those of other publishers (Click here to go to a printing cost comparison).
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* These represent my personal views on the matter.