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</style><table class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org" style="font-size: 125%;">Transform Press</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="Book_publishing" class="mw-redirect" title="Book publishing">Book publishing</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1991</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="Alexander_Shulgin" title="Alexander Shulgin">Alexander Shulgin</a>; <a href="Ann_Shulgin" title="Ann Shulgin">Ann Shulgin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="ib-company-locality locality"><a href="Lafayette%2C_California" title="Lafayette, California">Lafayette</a> or <a href="Berkeley%2C_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley, California</a></div>, <div class="ib-company-country country-name"><a href="United_States" title="United States">United States</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="Alexander_Shulgin" title="Alexander Shulgin">Alexander Shulgin</a>; <a href="Ann_Shulgin" title="Ann Shulgin">Ann Shulgin</a>; Wendy Tucker</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="PiHKAL" title="PiHKAL">PiHKAL</a></i>, <i><a href="TiHKAL" title="TiHKAL">TiHKAL</a></i>, <i><a href="The_Shulgin_Index" title="The Shulgin Index">The Shulgin Index</a></i>, <i>The Simple Plant Isoquinolines</i>, <i>The Nature of Drugs</i>, <i>Ergot Alkaloids: History, Chemistry, and Therapeutic Uses</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data">Wendy Tucker</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://transformpress.com/">transformpress<wbr>.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>Transform Press</b> is a small <a href="Publishing_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Publishing company">publishing company</a> in the area of <a href="Psychedelic" class="mw-redirect" title="Psychedelic">psychedelics</a> and other <a href="Psychoactive_drug" title="Psychoactive drug">psychoactive drugs</a> that is based in <a href="Berkeley%2C_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lighthouse2024_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lighthouse2024-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Stone2021_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stone2021-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MAPS2022_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MAPS2022-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Presti2022_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Presti2022-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Alternet.org_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alternet.org-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the publisher of the books of <a href="Alexander_Shulgin" title="Alexander Shulgin">Alexander Shulgin</a> and <a href="Ann_Shulgin" title="Ann Shulgin">Ann Shulgin</a> and is led by Wendy Tucker, Ann Shulgin's daughter.<sup id="cite_ref-Lighthouse2024_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lighthouse2024-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Stone2021_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stone2021-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Alternet.org_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alternet.org-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>The company's published books by the Shulgins include <i><a href="PiHKAL" title="PiHKAL">PiHKAL</a></i> (<i>Phenethylamines I Have Known and Loved</i>) (1991), <i><a href="TiHKAL" title="TiHKAL">TiHKAL</a></i> (<i>Tryptamines I Have Known and Loved</i>) (1997), <i><a href="The_Shulgin_Index" title="The Shulgin Index">The Shulgin Index</a></i> (2011), <i>The Simple Plant Isoquinolines</i> (2002), and <i>The Nature of Drugs</i> (2021).<sup id="cite_ref-Lighthouse2024_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lighthouse2024-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MAPS2022_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MAPS2022-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Stone2021_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stone2021-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Presti2022_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Presti2022-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Alternet.org_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alternet.org-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They have also published <i>Ergot Alkaloids: History, Chemistry, and Therapeutic Uses</i> (2023), an English translation by Jitka Nykodemová of <a href="Albert_Hofmann" title="Albert Hofmann">Albert Hofmann</a>'s 1964 book <i>Die Mutterkornalkaloide: Vom Mutterkorn zum LSD</i> (<i>The Ergot Alkaloids: From Ergot to LSD</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-Hofmann2023_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hofmann2023-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>According to Nick Cozzi of the <a href="Alexander_Shulgin_Research_Institute" title="Alexander Shulgin Research Institute">Alexander Shulgin Research Institute</a> (ASRI) in mid-2023, the group is in the process of translating <a href="Daniel_Trachsel" title="Daniel Trachsel">Daniel Trachsel</a>'s book <i>Phenethylamine: von der Struktur zur Funktion</i> (<i>Phenethylamines: From Structure to Function</i>) into English, with tentative publication by Transform Press.<sup id="cite_ref-MorrisHartCozzi2023_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MorrisHartCozzi2023-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Alexander_Shulgin_Research_Institute" title="Alexander Shulgin Research Institute">Alexander Shulgin Research Institute</a> (ASRI)</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://transformpress.com/">Transform Press official website</a></li>
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