July 21st, 2009
Later, our tiny little company that was now a bit bigger and older and named Skratch Publishing Inc. finished its second book.
“These are great!” Skratch said as it toiled away. “I can’t wait for people to read them!”
But the words of the great big grand companies echoed in its head. “Why sell books if people don’t read?”
Skratch nodded once and set to work. If grown-ups were reading less, it meant that kids were reading less too. That was a big problem for a little company who writes children's books.
What Skratch needed to do was build something. Not a house or a boat but something that would make kids want to read more. Something fun for children but helpful for parents too. Something to keep track of all the books in all the world for all the kids. Something that would reward them for reading!
Skratch finished writing all of this down and came up with a name for this something. It was called SkratchTrack.
Skratch looked at what he had made. It was big and it snored loudly. It was still sleeping, but it looked like it could really help families. Skratch quietly set the alarm for the middle of September, 2009 and tiptoed out of the room. When SkratchTrack woke up, it would be ready to work!
It was decided early on that we can't just be another small press and publisher. The top ten publishing companies in the world supply more than 85% of the books you read. The rest of us fight over the last 15%.
So as we registered our name and incorporated our company in the beautiful province of British Columbia, as we wrapped up design on book number one and books two and three started up, we realized that we could offer so much more than just books. Don't get us wrong, books are hugely important for kids and grown-ups alike. But we've seen the statistics on how little children, teenagers, and adults are reading today and they are troubling to say the least. Why try to sell books if people don't want to read?
That's why we invented SkratchTrack. We'll be talking about it more in the weeks ahead, but Skratch Publishing has something special up its sleeve. Don't worry, you'll hear about it first right here.
Thanks for reading!
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