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A People"s Guide to Publishing

Microcosm Publishing

Joe Biel is the founder and CEO of Microcosm, a 25-year-old midlist publishing and distribution company that has sold millions of books. Elly Blue is the editorial and marketing director at Microcosm. Joe is also the author of A People’s Guide to Publishing, which distills what they’ve learned over the past 25 years in 416 pages. Together, they distill this knowledge for other publishers and people who simply want to understand the publishing industry. ************ Thank you for watching the

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48:27

Episode 291: What Makes a Hybrid Publisher a Good...

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2024/12/05

This week on the podcast, Brooke Warner of She Writes Press and Spark Press, talks with Elly and Joe about her experience in hybrid publishing, how to tell if it's a good idea for your books, recognizing predatory publishers, and misconceptions about that particular branch of the industry.

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Episode 290: How does an election impact publishing?...

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2024/11/27

How does a major election effect publishing sales trends? Jane Friedman of the Hot Sheet is backto talk about how we're all doing, what's been selling, and what do we think that means. Plus, we touch on the differences between the aftermath of the 2016 election vs this year.

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Episode 289: How do you manage author expectations?...

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2024/11/21

Publisher/author relationships are just like any other relationships— they need care, communication, and understanding. This week on the pod, Chris Vega of Blue Cactus press talks with Joe and Elly about different ways to onboard authors and set expectations, how to resolve disagreements, and more.

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Episode 288: How Can a Publisher Expand Their List...

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2024/11/14

Most publishers are most comfortable publishing to their own tastes. And from there, what’s popular but familiar. This week on the pod, we tackle the important but somewhat uncomfortable transition of publishing what you know to things that would resonate with your readers but are unfamiliar to you.

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Episode 287: How Can Edelweiss Digital Cataloging and...

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2024/11/07

Edelweiss! It's a valuable tool for publishers, booksellers, and other industry folks. Buyers use it all the time to research and bring in books to their stores and libraries. How does a publisher break through all the noise, make their products stand out, and make sure buyers are able to easily find what they're looking for?This week on the pod, we're sharing a little bit of a presentation marketing manager (and former bookseller) Abby gave this year on how booksellers and buyers use

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Episode 286: Is Your Distributor Working?

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2024/10/31

How does a publisher know if a distributor is working for them? Odds are, if you're asking that question, they probably aren't! This week on the pod, Joe and Elly give you a few tips on what numbers and data points to look at, how to tell if a distributor is adding value to your enterprise, and revaluating if your contract is getting in your way.************Thank you for watching the People's Guide to Publishing vlogcast! We post new episodes every Thursday about publishing, authors, and

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Episode 285: What Publishing Industry Media Should I...

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2024/10/24

There are a lot of publishing industry news blogs, sites, and publications out there. Which ones are worth your time?Jane Friedman of The Hot Sheet is back to chat with Joe and Elly about her favorites, and which ones are best for what publishing news you're interested in.If you're looking for the link Jane references to see her follows, you can find it here: https://substack.com/@janefriedman/readsCheck out the Hot Sheet here: https://hotsheetpub.com/

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Episode 284: What is Vertical Integration?

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2024/10/17

Vertical integration. It sounds like a fancy business term, but in reality, it means keeping things in-house as much as possible to keep costs low.This week, Joe and Elly (and special guest Bernie!) take a few minutes talk about vertical integration, why we say Microcosm is vertically integrated, and how to decide if it's right for you.

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Episode 283: How To Design a Book Cover

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2024/10/10

Can you judge a book by its cover?We're revisiting another classic episode this week! Joe and Elly talk about cover design, how to make a book cover stand out, and how a cover communicates to its audience.************Thank you for watching the People's Guide to Publishing vlogcast! We post new episodes every Thursday about publishing, authors, and the book industry. You can also listen via your preferred podcast app, or by visiting linktree.com/microcosmGet the book:

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Episode 282: What is book editing (and how do I do it...

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2024/10/03

Book editing! Surely it's easy, right? Especially if you're someone who has read like, a lot of books. Nope!This week Joe and Elly talk book editing, why it's a technical skill, and how to do it right.

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Episode 281: Why are so many books so mediocre?

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2024/09/26

A reader asks a very straightforward question— why are so many books so mediocre? Is it a new trend? How do we measure quality?Jane Friedman of the Hot Sheet joins us again this week to find the answers!

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Episode 280: How does being an editor make you a...

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2024/09/19

Being a book editor and an author can be a double-edged sword. On one hand, you have unique insight into how a book is developed before you even get started. On the other hand, you can end up getting in your own way trying to make it "perfect". And if you're an editor for the publisher of your own book, how do you balance that? We sat down with Disabled Witchcraft author (and Microcosm editor!) Kandi Zeller to talk writing, disability, witchcraft, cookies, and Bettie's Pages. Get your copy

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Episode 279: How Should a Publisher Manage Their Brand?

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2024/09/12

Branding tells the consumer who you are, what your vibe is, and (probably most importantly) that you publish books. Past wisdom has focused on authors in the branding and marketing, but the market has since shifted to focus even more on publishers and imprints as the communication point.This week on the podcast, Joe and Elly offer their thoughts and insights on how to get started with your publisher branding.************Thank you for listening to the People's Guide to Publishing! We post

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Episode 278: Where Does the Money Go in Publishing?

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2024/09/05

If you hang in certain circles, you'll frequently hear that "Publishers have all the money," which is funny because bookstores get the largest percentage of each sale. But everyone has to pay their staff and operating expenses, and often it's bewildering to watch even the revenues from your bestsellers dwindle into nothingness. So this week on the pod, we look at that illustrious pie chart and talk about how it all disappears so quickly! Please feel free to eat pie during this episode.

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Episode 277: How Can Every Book You Publish Be...

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2024/08/29

The publishing industry invests heavily in the logic that a new book hits hard out of the gate, has a third of its total sales before it's published, a third of its sales in the following year, and the final third gradually across the lifetime of the book, until it gradually saturates and dead stalls. The good news? It doesn't have to be this way! So this week on the pod, we look at how to make books sell forever.

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Episode 276: How do I get my first books in stores...

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2024/08/22

You published a few books! Congrats! That's one of the most important parts of being a publisher.But... now what? How do you get your book in stores and libraries? Smoke signals? Pigeons? The answer is, as always, more simple and more complex than you would think.

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Episode 275: The Burning Rage of a Dying Planet (with...

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2024/08/15

Craig Rosebraugh, author of "Burning Rage of a Dying Planet: The FBI vs. the Earth Liberation Front" sits down with us to talk about how he became the spokesperson for the ELF, the FBI faking a book deal to gain intel, and publishing controversial materials.Check out Craig's book on our website.If you have a New York Times sub, here's a link to an article about Craig's experience with the FBI.

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Episode 274: How do you become a neighborhood...

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2024/08/08

This month for the #BookstoreSolidarityProject, we hung out with Cierra, owner of Portland-local bookstore Spoke & Word! We talked about bookselling, strategic romance and genre placement, and how much of a fan Joe's doctor is of them.Check out Spoke & Word's site: https://www.spokeandwordbooks.com/

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Episode 273: Why Do We Keep Talking About Boxes?

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2024/08/01

Boxes— they make the book world go round. Why do we have such strong opinions on boxes (and where we get them from? Why is there a cat on ours now? Let us deliver the good word and show off our new boxes.

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Episode 272: What is a Hybrid Publisher? (starring...

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2024/07/25

What is hybrid publishing? What is it a hybrid between? Halfway between traditional publishing and service providing, hybrid publishers have come to mean a lot of things from a rebranded vanity publishing to a co-investment model with superior royalties and it's often difficult to tell the difference until you are familiar with the players involved. So this week Jane Friedman tackles these difficult questions.

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