Homestead Book Company
{{Short description|Publisher and wholesale distributor}}
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| founder = David Tatelman
| defunct = 2017
| location_city = Seattle, Washington
| location_country = US
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| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = David Tatelman
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Homestead Book Company was a publisher and wholesale distributor of books, magazines, videos, games, and novelty items. Founded in 1972 and closed in 2017,[https://www.homesteadbook.com/ Homestead Book Company] official site, accessed 2017-06-13 the organization was located in Seattle, Washington. They specialized in counter-cultural books and distributed over 3,000 titles to retailers as well as through their own mail-order business.
History
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Homestead Book Company was founded in 1972 by David Tatelman. They began as a distributor of underground comix for Rip Off Press. Tatelman initially delivered comix to various accounts between Olympia and Bellingham in Washington.{{cite web | last=Steve Krupp’s Curio Shoppe | title=Seattle Simpleton Tabloid No.1 (1975) |url=http://deniskitchen.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=VC_simpleton1&Category_Code=| accessdate = 17 May 2012}} The company soon began distributing books with their first book being The Complete Guide to Growing Marijuana by David Fleming. Homestead Book Company was also one of the first distributors for High Times Magazine.
Mushroom kits
During the Teononacatl Mushroom Conference in 1977, Tatelman met with author Bob Harris and they decided to start offering home grown Psilocybe mushroom kits. The kits were introduced using growing methods that were outlined in Harris' book Growing Wild Mushrooms.{{cite web | last=The Vaults of Erowid | title=Mushroom Pioneers – Bob Harris | url=http://www.erowid.org/library/books_online/mushroom_pioneers/mushroom_pioneers14.shtml | accessdate = 17 May 2012}} The first kits were introduced in 1978 and sold through advertisements in High Times Magazine. The kits are still on the market and are now referred to by the name EZ-Gro Mushroom Kits.{{cite web
|last=High Times
|title=SSDP Sets The Bar High
|url=http://hightimes.com/news/ht_admin/4639
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080911193030/http://hightimes.com/news/ht_admin/4639
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=11 September 2008
|accessdate=28 Feb 2013
}}
Published books
Homestead Book Company also published many books over the years, including several associated with the growing and cultivating of Psilocybe Mushrooms.{{cite web | last=MushroomJohn.org | title=MushroomJohn.org | url=http://www.mushroomjohn.org/mp5.html| accessdate = 17 May 2012}}
- Miller, Richard; and Tatelman, David. Magical Mushroom Handbook, 1977. {{ISBN|978-0930180010}}
- Stamets, Paul. Psilocybe Mushrooms and Their Allies, 1978. {{ISBN|978-0930180034}}
- Jackson, Michael; Cottone, Vince; and Chieger, Bob. Good Beer Guide: Breweries and Pubs of the Pacific Northwest, 1986. {{ISBN|978-0930180096}}
- Chieger, Bob. Poor Man's Gourmet Guide to Seattle Restaurants, 1986. {{ISBN|978-0930180089}}
- Flenniken, Shary. Seattle Laughs: Comic Stories About Seattle, 1994. {{ISBN|978-0930180133}}
Philanthropy
In Seattle, Homestead was a co-sponsor of the 4th of July fireworks and Seattle Hempfest.{{cite web|last=Hempfest.org |title=Seattle Hempfest 2011 Thank-you's |url=http://www.hempfest.org/drupal/thankyou |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090820184033/http://hempfest.org/drupal/thankyou |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 August 2009 |accessdate=16 May 2012 }}
References
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External links
- [https://www.homesteadbook.com/ official site]
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Category:Book publishing companies based in Seattle
Category:Bookstores of the United States