Cune Celebrates:
Renaissance women and men--writers and booklovers who demonstrate skill in different realms of human activity. Writers with savvy and survival skills are a welcome contradiction to the stereotypical writer--utterly dependent upon others (agents, publishers) for his or her success.

Note:
Cune may be the world's only publishing company that is legally organized as a division of a construction company.

Who We Are
Cune was founded in May, 1994 by Scott C. Davis, Mamoun Sakkal, and Elsah "Midge" Bowman. Legally, Cune is a division of The Scott Davis Company, a sole proprietorship registered in the State of Washington.

Cune exists because of volunteer services and substantial charitable donations.  Thanks to:
Diane Solvang Angell
Richard Bevan
Elisabeth Brinton
Scott C. Davis
Mandy Helseth
Frederic Hunter
John Kutz
Mamoun Sakkal
Steven Schlesser
Claire Simons
Laurie Vette
John Milton Wesley


Cune wishes to thank the following volunteer sales reps:
Stephen Balsley
Roger Canning
Caitlan Sullivan
Farhad Tyabji


Cune wishes to thank the following supporters for making Cune author tours possible by providing lodging and hosting readings:
John & Sue Anderson
Lucy Aron
Eli Ashley
Kay Bullitt
Bron Bradshaw
Margaret Collins
Sue Collins
Don & Lyn Davis
John Esbenshade
Lisbeth Hamlin
Eleanor Hernandez
JoAnn Horton
Hugh Hudson
Fred Hunter
Peter Keir
Andy King
Toby Judith Klayman
Carol Krishnaswami
John McGovern
Marc Messing
Lori Sonken
Elizabeth Stimson
Martti Vallila
Phil White

Financially, Cune survives on charitable contributions and web advertising sales. The largest contributors are The Scott Davis Company and The Schlesser Company.

Thanks also to:
Sean Bentley
Kay Bullitt
Colin Campbell
Don & Lyn Davis
Peter Davis
Frederic Hunter
Literacy Unlimited
Microsoft
Jody & Paul Pineda

Cune has been helped by software donations:
Adobe Systems
Fractal Design
Macromedia
Microsoft

About Cune
A Grassroots Publishing Company
An Online Magazine

Cune is
"Cune" is from?
Strategy for World Domination
Why Grassroots Publishing
Our Evolution
Your Help
Cune History
Credits (Cune authors, artists, and supporting booklovers)

Cune
Cune is the place where creative artists and writers meet entrepreneurs. It is a gathering place for all who feel that art and literature are a necessity for cultural renewal.

Cune is devoted to two notions:
Creative work requires business skill.
Business enterprise requires heart.

Cune is a protest against the leveling effect of conglomerates on culture. Cune celebrates individual creative work and individual entrepreneurial enterprise.

Cune does not throw wooden shoes into the looms. We welcome new technology that provides inexpensive tools for individuals to bring their art and their enterprise before the public.

Cune Is From?
"Cune" meets ancient Summaria, the Phoenicians, and literary populism.
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Why Grassroots Publishing?
Because of hyper-commercialism among major houses, a habit which we trust they will kick as soon as possible. Read more:

Manifesto, 1994
Strip Mining, 1995
Reality, 1995
Literary Cleansing, 1995
The Last Best Hope for Literature, 1996

Our Evolution
We started out as rebels who protested the injustice that pits literature against commerce (see "Manifesto" above). We have evolved into practical minded people who understand that small scale publishing eeks out a living by selling rights to the conglomerates.

We recognize the necessity for integrating the financial might of conglomerate publishers with the creative verve of grassroots presses.

Still, we look forward to the day when writers and their grassroots presses can reach the reading public directly--without the need to do deals with conglomerate publishers or bookstores.

From the beginning we have recognized that men and women who love literature are found in all kinds of presses, large and small, as are people who are out for a quick buck. Smallness and virtue are not always the same thing.

Your Help
With your tax deductible contributions we will be able to publish cutting edge writers who have not yet become commercially viable. For more info:
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Current Staff:
Lorna Burden
Eric Soderlund
Reach us
fax: (206) 782-1330
phone: (206) 782-0136
snail mail:
Cune Press
P.O. Box 31024
Seattle, WA 98103
email: info@cunepress.com

Thought
for the Day
Ever go into a Barnes & Noble and notice the portraits of famous writers? Ever find it a little odd that a major corporation would honor writers who couldn't get the time of day when they were alive and struggling?

We wish the staff of  B&N well in what we hope is their increasing effort to assist struggling artists, writers, and grassroots publishers NOW, while they are alive and need the help.