Seedpod is a micro-publisher, publishing a small number of carefully prepared books of fiction and memoir each year as well as a series of flash fiction on Twitter. Inspired by Virginia Woolf’s Bloomsbury Group as well as the dawn of the era of digital reading, Seedpod’s goal is to nurture writers, to help grow compelling writing, and to share good stories with the world.
With the many modes of communication available today, we do not have to limit literature to bookstores. There are many ways to freely share stories in order to create an interactive community of readers and writers. We propose a new way of creating and sharing literature — a form of publishing that treats literature as a gift.
OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH SMASHWORDS
As of this writing, we are making Seedpod titles available through SMASHWORDS, the current leaders in multi-platform, wide-reach digital book distribution. For us, this partnership is the beginning of realizing our dream of making fiction and memoir readily available in any form readers choose — a plus for our authors and their readers.
DRM-FREE BOOKS
All Seedpod books are offered under standard copyright but without naughty Digital Rights Management (DRM) features that restrict your reading pleasure. Buy a Seedpod ebook and read it on your laptop, iPhone, Blackberry, Sony Reader®, Amazon Kindle®, and on a growing list of portable devices OR print out a chapter at a time to take into the tub, if that’s how you roll. And when you’ve finished, pass your ebook file to a friend and sing its praises, because a good story is worth sharing.
We are authors Diane J. Wright and Kathryn Pope. Reading has shaped our lives and now it’s time to pass it on.
THE SEEDPOD MANIFESTO
- We will publish literature in multiple digital formats for reading on cell phones, laptops, desktops, eReaders such as the Amazon Kindle® and Sony Reader®, and other digital devices.
- We will treat each story as a jumping off point, rather than an end in itself. We invite readers to share their reflections on each story and its possible interpretations through links to their own prose, verse, artwork, cocktail recipes, or anything else that was inspired by our books, including slideshows and video responses.
- Seedpod exists for readers, not consumers. Because of this, we work to have free versions of books, wherever possible, for readers to access and share with others.
- We believe that writers can and should be supported financially by the community. Because of this, the free versions of our books are made possible by donations as well as by advertising from organizations that are doing socially just work. Our aim is to nurture the work of writers and keep literature accessible for all.
Stay with us as we grow for your reading pleasure!
