About Us:
The Hambug Company is a charity-focused, independent publisher of books, video games and music, with an emphasis on complete liberty for artists' and authors' creative goals and intellectual property. All profits go to providing clean drinking water for people in developing countries!
Alongside being a charity-centered organization, we believe that creators should be compensated fairly for what they produce. Because of this conviction, when publishing a work with The Hambug Company they maintain a large percentage of the royalties generated from their works. When creators publish their works with us, they can also expect an unprecedented degree of transparency and honesty. The Hambug Company is unlike other media publishers in that our goal is not to satisfy shareholders, but rather to help talented creators share their work with the world and receive the compensation they deserve in exchange.
People need water to survive and art to thrive. The Hambug Company is endeavoring to provide both for the world.
The Hambug Company Name:
We very frequently get asked the question "What does Hambug mean?" There's quite a story to where we got our name from, and it all goes back to The Hambug Company's founder Simon Ward, and his wife Charlotte. Here's a letter from him telling the story:
If I'm honest, how The Hambug Company got its name is embarrassingly cheesy. One morning, I woke up to my wife talking in her sleep. While dreaming she said "Oh look, a moon-bug!" "A moon-bug," I said to myself, "what the heck is a moon-bug?"
When she woke up I started teasing her about it and telling her "you're a moon-bug!" After joking back and forth with each other, she said "You're being such a ham! You're a ham-bug!" And thus the name was born.
It's not "Humbug." It's not "Hamburg." It's "Hambug." It's what I am, and it's what this company is. It's cheesy, I know, but I hope you love it as much as I do!
Simon Ward
Well there you have it! Who knew, right? Our name, we think, reflects the cheerful and upbeat nature of our team's mentality. With such a tough time in the world right now, it's important not to lose our sense of humor. Positivity and silliness go a long way!
Where Our Money Goes:
100% of our money that isn't going into funding publishing and operational costs is going straight to providing clean water for people in impoverished countries.
This is done by giving all our profits directly to charity: water. If you're not familiar with charity: water, you can rest assured that our profits are going into good hands. One of the largest water charities in the world, they have created access to clean drinking water for millions of people. Furthermore, with their 100% model, 100% of public donations go directly to funding clean water projects. And with a four star rating on Charity Navigator, charity: water is one of the most trusted charities in the world.
You can learn more about charity: water from this brief promotional film, created by them in 2020:
Our Impact:
The Hambug Company is currently working with 9 different artists and authors to produce and publish quality content in the mediums of video games, music and literature.
With our artists and authors maintaining a high percentage of the revenue generated from their creations, we are also simultaneously making an impact in the field of global water provision. We are making this impact by donating 100% of the profits we as a company generate to charity: water. You can see The Hambug Company's impact in this field directly on charity: water's website, by going to https://www.charitywater.org/ham-corp.