2021 was our busiest year ever—by a wide margin. We sold $3.449M in books and grew 119% while we heard a lot of publishers worrying, grumbling, freezing budgets, and experiencing different outcomes. So this week on the pod, we spend some time looking at why our experience was so different and how it can be replicated by others!  https://microcosmpublishing.com/blog/2022/01/microcosms-2021-annual-mony-report-with-infographics/

2021 was our busiest year ever—by a wide margin. We sold $3.449M in books and grew 119% while we heard a lot of publishers worrying, grumbling, freezing budgets, and experiencing different outcomes. So this week on the pod, we spend some time looking at why our experience was so different and how it can be replicated by others! https://microcosmpublishing.com/blog/2022/01/microcosms-2021-annual-mony-report-with-infographics/

2021 was our busiest year ever—by a wide margin. We sold $3.449M in books and grew 119% while we heard a lot of publishers worrying, grumbling, freezing budgets, and experiencing different outcomes. So this week on the pod, we spend some time looking at why our experience was so different and how it can be replicated by others!&nbsp; https://microcosmpublishing.com/blog/2022/01/microcosms-2021-annual-mony-report-with-infographics/

Episode 149: Top 10 Reasons Why Microcosm's 2021 Was So Successful

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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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.

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.&nbsp;

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