Transform Press
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Transform Press is a small publishing company in the area of psychedelics and other psychoactive drugs that is based in Berkeley, California.[1][2][3][4][5] It is the publisher of the books of Alexander Shulgin and Ann Shulgin and is led by Wendy Tucker, Ann Shulgin's daughter.[1][2][5]
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| Industry | Book publishing |
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| 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 |
The company's published books by the Shulgins include PiHKAL (Phenethylamines I Have Known and Loved) (1991), TiHKAL (Tryptamines I Have Known and Loved) (1997), The Shulgin Index (2011), The Simple Plant Isoquinolines (2002), and The Nature of Drugs (2021).[1][3][2][4][5] They have also published Ergot Alkaloids: History, Chemistry, and Therapeutic Uses (2023), an English translation by Jitka Nykodemová of Albert Hofmann's 1964 book Die Mutterkornalkaloide: Vom Mutterkorn zum LSD (The Ergot Alkaloids: From Ergot to LSD).[6]
According to Nick Cozzi of the Alexander Shulgin Research Institute (ASRI) in mid-2023, the group is in the process of translating Daniel Trachsel's book Phenethylamine: von der Struktur zur Funktion (Phenethylamines: From Structure to Function) into English, with tentative publication by Transform Press.[7]