Find the lumedot team at Web Summit Vancouver. Web Summit is landing in Vancouver, which means a lot of people who normally live inside laptops will briefly be standing in the same buildings, drinking too much coffee, and trying to explain what they are building in under 30 seconds. If you spot the lumedot team, come say hi! We are giving a few people we meet at Web Summit a free 12-month lumedot membership. Readers, authors, publishers, reviewers, bookclub hosts, media people, AI people, and curious book people are all welcome. A quick note on lumedot lumedot is a literary platform for ebooks, audiobooks, authors, publishers, and reader communities. The short version of the thesis: Books should not stay trapped as static files forever. Reading, listening, discovery, community, and future interactive media should feel more connected. But the most important part is simpler than the technology. Authors and publishers should be paid more fairly. A lot of digital media platforms grew by making access easier while pushing creators and suppliers into weaker economics. Publishing still has a chance to modernize without repeating that pattern. lumedot is being built around direct digital access, better royalty structures, transparent publisher tools, and reader relationships that authors and publishers can actually understand. That means: - Readers get a better place to read, listen, discover, and follow books - Authors get a better path to reach people who care about their work - Publishers get more direct visibility into sales, pricing, and reader engagement - Book communities get more ways to gather around the work
Books are where lumedot starts. Over time, we believe long-form media will become more interactive, intelligent, and programmable. But first, it has to work for the people who make books and the people who love them. If you are at Web Summit Vancouver, come find us : )