We are tredition
Adventurers, contrarians, and enablers.
Freedom to succeed for every good book idea.
tredition transforms clever texts and fantastic stories into high-quality books. We accompany our authors on their journey to book success. Constantly searching for new ways and possibilities. Always with open eyes and ears, but without limits.
What's important to us with book projects
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Your book - the way you want it
You are in charge of and responsible for your own book project at tredition. We don't force any content specifications or visual guidelines on you. -
Diversity of opinion
We contribute to the diversity of opinions. We are politically neutral. Mainstream content as well as special interest topics find a home with us. We don't judge how well a text is written. We leave that decision to the readers. -
Social responsibility
We support freedom of expression and publication. We print and publish content that lies within the legal framework, even though we sometimes don't share the views of the authors. However, we distance ourselves from content that we believe to be harmful to social cohesion or dehumanizing. -
Copyright
The protection of intellectual property is very important to us. Therefore, you can only publish book projects for which you own all relevant rights. You cannot publish public domain works that you do not significantly enhance with your own work.
Self-Publishing Adventure
But with the first years came the first problems. As with almost all startups (or backpackers), money was tight. But instead of approaching the nearest bank, we made our way to TV and won 50.000 Euro for our family business competing in the "Quiz with Pilawa" TV show.
The prize money was like a magic potion for our small business. Various innovation awards and the ever-growing interest of the author world also kept us from giving up. We invested days and nights in our vision. We no longer knew weekends. Because we preferred to put our money into our technology rather than a fancy office, we worked from our small apartment. It was part of our daily routine to sit with our authors in our living room to create books together.
We were facing opposition from the traditional publishing industry right from the start. Go figure! As different-minded newcomers, we questioned the traditional publishing business and turned it upside down. We were convinced that every book deserved its stage, whether the editors of the publishing world liked it or not. They were often wrong anyway. Promising manuscripts such as Harry Potter by Joanne K. Rowling were rejected by dozens of publishers. We wanted to change that by hook or by crook.
Today, tredition is one of the leading companies in the self-publishing industry. We develop all the tools for authors ourselves exclusively. Because from our more than 16 years of experience, we know what really helps authors. Great technology without unneccessary bells and whistles. Therefore book success is easier than ever before. So let's get started, the adventure awaits.
Our authors
Those who publish with tredition love freedom. They bubble over with energy and creativity. They entertain, enlighten and whisk us away to foreign worlds.
We thank you for all the kind words!
Our support team
Hi, we your contacts at tredition. Our support team consists of book experts, editors, marketing professionals, and technology freaks. All with the motto: There's no such thing as can't! We're happy to help!
Why do you like working at tredition?
... and our Cheffies?
We are expanding our team. You can help us and profit from it!
Numbers, please!
55,000+ books
We could fill entire bookstores with our titles. And that's what we're doing.
98% happy customers
We're happy about every positive feedback. And we're working on making the last 2% happy too.
1 heart for Hamburg
We are a family business with Hanseatic values. No frills.
20,000+ authors
A whole small town of writers relies on us. From beginners to professionals, from the creative to the doer.
10 employees
Founded in 2006 as a team of two, now a whole team takes care of our author's book success.
We love trees
The world needs great books. And great books need healthy forests. That's why we're actively committed to reforestation. We plant a tree for every published book project.
