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What's an Amoeba?An amoeba (or ameba) is a small single celled organism.How do you pronouce Amoeba?ah-mee-ba ...the "o" is silent. We left it cause it looks pretty. Also there's some designers in Australia that go by Ameba. Since they do shirt/clothing design as well, we didn't want to cause confusion.What's the significance of the amoeba?An amoeba is small and very flexible, but also a fairly independent creature.What kind of company is Amoeba Ink?Amoeba Ink is a multi-media content creation company intended to facilitate collaborations and support its creative contributors. This may mean publishing things directly or more often working in cooperation with other companies.How are Amoeba Ink, Amoeba Play Group, and Amoeba Dreams related?Amoeba Dreams was the name of my amateur production company in college. In October 2008, Amoeba Play Group was started as a small child care service with the intention of funding artistic endeavors. Amoeba Play Group incorporated as Amoeba Ink in 2009.Amoeba Play Group continues to exist as the child care side of the business but may fade out eventually. Our Books and Comics will be published under the Amoeba Ink name. The future of using the name Amoeba Dreams is currently up in the air. What happened to the Apartment Project? / Why haven't there been new releases since 2016?2017 saw the beginning of Cafepress phasing out it's fanportals, which is how we were able to do designs for things like Captain Planet, NCIS, Dexter, etc. Losing them was a blow, but we were still doing orignal creative projects, writing, making art, got in a couple of convention appearances, etc. August 2018-August 2019 in an effort to do better promotion for the second edition of Living Single on Minimum Wage, we filmed a year long video project (while working full time day jobs) for YouTube... which got destroyed in a fire in September of 2019 along with a lot of our business records. The pandemic dragged out the recovery process. Things are much better now in 2025, but years of being inactive have left the business with very little to finance new projects. Amoeba Ink is not shutting down or giving up, but we have been revising our strategies for moving forward.How can I help Amoeba Ink get back on track?We are always grateful for your purchases and reviews do not have to flattering to be helpful, just honest so other readers can know if the book is for them. Word of mouth is powerful and sharing Amoeba Ink books, designs, and other projects with other people who might like them is the best way to enable us to make more books and art. You can also follow the Amoeba Ink on Facebook or follow our authors and artist through their various platforms. If you want to read a book and can't afford it, try requesting it through your local library, that's extreme helpful for our visibility and connecting with new readers.Are you hiring? Or accepting submissions?Not currently. We're a very small, close knit group of multi-talented friends, who are currently working for royalties. For the immediate time, we're going to be pulling talent from friends, family, and people we already know. As the company grows we may have hiring needs, but that's a ways off. However if you see us at cons or on the web, feel free to say hi and show us what you do.Can I hire you?Yes and no. We're pretty busy with our own projects, but artists may be open to commissions at times...and we're not restrictive with either our staff or our independent contributors, so all our artists can take on side projects if they choose.Can you watch my kids?Amoeba Play Group does have some drop in homeschooler options right now, but is only taking local clients from homeschool groups and personal referrals. |
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