![]() ![]() This is a cornerstone tale of Microcosm that made us so successful, because we think differently than the rest of our industry. Suddenly, all of the good copies were gone and we were making trips to New York to pick up the bad copies, dealing with the problem that few others wanted to and selling the book back into the trade. Turns out that this problem affected at least a third of the print run. ![]() Quickly, we noticed a strange problem: the pages kept falling out of the cover. Seth Tobocman's landmark graphic novel, War in the Neighborhood was published by Autonomedia. This week we look at how to excel! ************Get the book: you for watching the People's Guide to Publishing vlogcast! Get the book: the workbook: from Microcosm: by Joe Biel: by Elly Blue: to our monthly email newsletter: us on social mediaFacebook: : : ************ ![]() It's downright a fantastic time to be a book publisher. Yes, the industry is very crowded but people are reading more and buying more books than ever and willing to spend more on those books. Last week we presented to you the biggest problem in publishing. We realized how heterosexual these platitudes were and before long Joe announced "I'd love to write the queer version of this book!" and here we are, less than two years later!************Get the book: you for watching the People's Guide to Publishing vlogcast! Get the book: the workbook: from Microcosm: by Joe Biel: by Elly Blue: to our monthly email newsletter: us on social mediaFacebook: : : ************ We were looking at the many books of "helping sayings" that really didn't say anything at all besides repeating unhelpful wisdom of olde. It started as a joke at the kitchen table at 7 AM before AWP. Find us on social media Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: ************ More from Microcosm: More by Joe Biel: More by Elly Blue: Subscribe to our monthly email newsletter. ************ Thank you for watching the People's Guide to Publishing vlogcast! Get the book. Together, they distill this knowledge for other publishers and people who simply want to understand the publishing industry. 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. Elly Blue is the editorial and marketing director at Microcosm. Joe Biel is the founder and CEO of Microcosm, a 25-year-old midlist publishing and distribution company that has sold millions of books. ![]()
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