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| Industry | Book publishing |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1991 |
| Founder | Alexander Shulgin;Ann Shulgin |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Alexander Shulgin;Ann Shulgin; Wendy Tucker |
| Products | PiHKAL,TiHKAL,The Shulgin Index,The Simple Plant Isoquinolines,The Nature of Drugs,Ergot Alkaloids: History, Chemistry, and Therapeutic Uses |
| Owner | Wendy Tucker |
| Website | transformpress |
Transform Press is a smallpublishing company in the area ofpsychedelics and otherpsychoactive drugs that is based inBerkeley, California.[1][2][3][4][5] It is the publisher of the books ofAlexander Shulgin andAnn Shulgin and is led by Wendy Tucker, Ann Shulgin's daughter.[1][2][5]
The company's published books by the Shulgins includePiHKAL (Phenethylamines I Have Known and Loved) (1991),TiHKAL (Tryptamines I Have Known and Loved) (1997),The Shulgin Index (2011),The Simple Plant Isoquinolines (2002), andThe Nature of Drugs (2021).[1][3][2][4][5] They have also publishedErgot Alkaloids: History, Chemistry, and Therapeutic Uses (2023), an English translation by Jitka Nykodemová ofAlbert Hofmann's 1964 bookDie Mutterkornalkaloide: Vom Mutterkorn zum LSD (The Ergot Alkaloids: From Ergot to LSD).[6]
According to Nick Cozzi of theAlexander Shulgin Research Institute (ASRI) in mid-2023, the group is in the process of translatingDaniel Trachsel's bookPhenethylamine: von der Struktur zur Funktion (Phenethylamines: From Structure to Function) into English, with tentative publication by Transform Press.[7]