Startup’s one-stop publishing gives writers a new avenue
By Scott Duke Harris
sdharris@mercurynews.com
Updated: 10/09/2009 08:51:31 AM PDT
The Scribd Store, the San Francisco startup’s new e-book marketplace, was jump-started this spring by “The Sower,” a satirical biotech thriller by Kemble Scott about a man who has curative powers that can be delivered only through sexual contact.
Scott, who had a regional bestseller with his 2007 debut novel “SoMa,” turned to Scribd after a major publishing house — he declined to say which — offered him a contract for “The Sower” that was, he said, “absolutely criminal.”
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