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- How should a publisher’s time management work?What should you do next? What is your most pressing task? What is an important task? What is a priority? This week we discuss how to figure out how to manage your time.13 min
- How does a publisher's acquisition process work, step by step?It's back to basics this episode as we retrace the who, what, where, why, and how of publisher acquisitions. What to look for, what to avoid, and how to redirect the conversation towards making something work for everyone!44 min
- How Much Do Bestseller Lists Matter?This week, we landed Dr. Faith Harper's Unfuck Your Brain on the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post bestseller lists. So we explore the significance of bestseller lists as marketing and their place as an effective strategy for launch.13 min
- How to Launch a BookThis week on the podcast we look at how to launch your book through the lens of the 2002 classic Making Stuff & Doing Things, how to go viral, and why organic buzz is always superior to the largest publicity budget.
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Get the book: https://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/books/366319 min - What constitutes a "difficult author?"Last week during our talk on author platforms, we touched on the idea of what is "difficult," "cooperative," and "reasonable" behavior for an author so we thought it would be helpful to discuss the author's behavior from the publisher's perspective.20 min
- Honing Your Craft and Author PlatformThere's a lot of conjecture out there about how to get published, what to do to prepare, and how to make yourself attractive as an author. Elly and Joe talk about what we look for in an author and how to refine your work and platform to be attractive.16 min
- Costs and Consequences of PublishingSo much of what needs to go on in the publishing ecosphere is thinking about the costs and consequences of each of our actions and how they impact the greater whole. So that's what we talk about this week on the podcast!24 min
- Aim Your Microphone: How to Bring Diverse Viewpoints to PublishingIn recent years the publishing industry has suddenly realized how homogenized and myopic its viewpoints are and is struggling to figure out how to make itself more diverse. This week on the vlogcast, we present some answers.
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Find us on social mediaFacebook: http://facebook.com/microcosmpublishingTwitter: http://twitter.com/microcosmmmInstagram: http://instagram.com/microcosm_pub************32 min - 5 Things I Learned from Metal Scrappers that Made Joe a Better Publisher / 5 Things I Learned from Liberal Arts College that Made Elly a Better PublisherSo much focus in publishing is on education but there are things that we can learn everywhere so today Elly talks about what she learned in liberal arts college and Joe talks about what he learned from metal scrappers.11 min
- How do books get into bookstores? (with Kurtis Lowe of Book Traveler's West)It's often assumed that if a book is "good" enough it'll be discovered, create buzz, and get placements in bookstores around the world. So this week we're going to look at how books land placements, what goes on in the background, and what considerations rep groups take when selecting publishers for representation.
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Thank you for watching the People's Guide to Publishing vlogcast! Get the book: https://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/books/3663
Get the workbook: https://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/zines/10031
More from Microcosm: http://microcosmpublishing.comMore by Joe Biel: http://joebiel.netMore by Elly Blue: http://takingthelane.com
Subscribe to our monthly email newsletter: https://confirmsubscription.com/h/r/0EABB2040D281C9C
Find us on social mediaFacebook: http://facebook.com/microcosmpublishingTwitter: http://twitter.com/microcosmmmInstagram: http://instagram.com/microcosm_pub************39 min
About A People's Guide to Publishing
From the publisher's feed
Do you find that the traditional methods for book publishing aren't working for you? Are you a publisher or author who wants to innovate, succeed, and expand your audience through time-tested…
methods? We offer time-tested publishing methods that we know work because we have used them to sell millions of books in a changing industry. We have been inundated with requests for consulting so we created this show to share everything we know. We are the executives of Microcosm Publishing, a Publishers Weekly fastest growing publisher three years in a row. Tune in every Thursday for us to share our latest research in the time it takes you to walk the dog. Check out our fan-favorite episode on cover design. Joe Biel is the inaugural winner of the PubWest Innovator Award and founder and CEO of Microcosm, a 30-year-old midlist publisher. 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 30 years, taught at dozens of universities. Together, they distill this knowledge for other publishers and people who simply want to understand the publishing industry.
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