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- Rachel Bell of Overcup Press talks about reaching your readersOvercup Press publishes formidable coffee table art books, children books, and Portland drinking guides. Today on the podcast Rachel discusses their formative story, how they reach audiences and readers, and the trouble of having five gatefolds in your first book.1 hr 5 min
- Bringing Your Book To Its AudienceMicrocosm owners Joe Biel and Elly Blue bring you a workshop they presented at the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association regional trade show about the importance of connecting your work to an audience and the vitality of putting books in boxes (and all of the various dangers and how to avoid them).51 min
- Unf*ck Your Brain with Dr. Faith HarperOur brains are doing our best to help us out, but they can be real assholes sometimes. Sometimes it seems like your own brain is out to get you—melting down in the middle of the grocery store, picking fights with your date, getting you addicted to something, or shutting down completely at the worst possible moments. You already told your brain firmly that it isn't good to do these things. But your brain has a mind of its own. That's where this book comes in. With humor, patience, and lots of swearing, Dr. Faith shows you the science behind what's going on in your skull and talks you through the process of retraining your brain to respond appropriately to the non-emergencies of everyday life. If you're working to deal with old traumas, or if you just want to have a more measured and chill response to situations you face all the time, this book can help you put the pieces of the puzzle together and get your life and brain back. Dr. Faith is here to help!1 hr 4 min
- Corbett Redford: director of Turn it Around: The Story of East Bay PunkTURN IT AROUND excavates 30 years of the California Bay Area’s prolific punk past, highlighting Berkeley's landmark 924 Gilman Street music collective and its community of bands. Corbett (Bobby Joe Ebola Songbook, Meal Deal with the Devil) has been an entrenched part of this scene for decades and was chosen by Green Day (the executive producers) as the unique individual who could make all of the participants, scene, and fans happy—even though this is his first feature documentary! Aaron Cometbus did the lettering. Iggy Pop did the narrating. Jesse Michaels did the illustration.40 min
- Kate Berube, children's author/illustratorKate's journey of sixteen years to become a children's illustrator and author. We talk about racism, her time working for Trump, her current resistance to Trump, what she went through to get published, and share many tips for combating depression, writer's block, and hard days in general.51 min
- Laura Stanfill, publisher of Forest Avenue PressLaura Stanfill has built a movement of authors and publishers in Portland into a coherent force. Whether that's a product of her own publishing efforts or working to demystify the reality of publishing and setting proper expectations, she's smiling, shaking hands, and introducing new allies!1 hr 11 min
- Why Not? Minot's Jazmine Wolff SchultzCo-founder of the Why Not? Fest in Minot, North Dakota, Jazmine is a shining beacon that you can change your community by getting involved and rocking and rolling. She loves to be organized. People that don't do what they agreed to get under her skin. She shows us how even tragedies like suicide can inspire communities to create the greatest memorial music festival.31 min
- Top Shelf Comix's Brett WarnockFounder of Top Shelf Comix's Brett Warnock, has seen quite a bit. From the rise of indie comics to saturation of web and self-publishing, he turned to his second career as a nature and food writer and photographer.36 min
- John "Jughead" PiersonThe premiere episode of Microcosm Publishing’s brand new podcast, featuring Johnny “Jughead” Pierson of Screeching Weasel and the Neofuturists about growing up as a musician and an actor in a chaotic household and how it directed his adult life when these hobbies turned professional.55 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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