This week on the People’s Guide to Publishing podcast, we answer a question from an up-and-coming book publisher who asked “what forms your perspective as a publisher?” This is just a ten-minute episode but it really is about why we get up every morning to do this work, and maybe it will resonate with your goals and dreams, too.
Today on the People’s Guide to Publishing podcast, we welcome guest Jessie Kwak, author of several books from Microcosm, most recently including From Dream to Reality: How to Make a Living as a Freelance Writer. Jessie shares some of her methods and perspectives, shares what it’s actually like to do this work, and tells us about the event she’s organizing for next year, the Author Alchemy Summit.
This week on the People’s Guide to Publishing podcast, Joe and Elly are joined by experienced writer (and Women on Wheels author) April Streeter to tackle a reader question: How do I make sure someone doesn’t steal the idea for my book?
This week on the People’s Guide to Publishing podcast, Joe and Elly talk about the secret sauce… how publishers can know whether or not a book they’re considering acquiring will sell. We talk about information to collect and strategies and tools that you can use to look into the future and determine if your new book will fly off the shelves or sit gathering dust.
Today on the People’s Guide to Publishing podcast, we are joined by guest Guy LeCharles Gonzalez to talk about a topic near to all our hearts: How publishers can better work with and support libraries! Guy works in this exact field and has a lot of great advice and perspective on the joys, challenges, and practical logistics of nurturing a mutually fruitful relationship with library buyers.
Today on the People’s Guide to Publishing podcast, Joe and Elly somewhat belatedly talk about an incident that happened at a Chicago bookstore over the holidays, where a customer made a huge purchase, then came back to return it all a month later. Those indomitable booksellers turned the situation around in the most charming way possible. Like bookselling, publishing can be economically precarious, and we talk about this and other incidents when seeming disasters can be turned into wins for everyone.
Holy moly, it’s the 200th episode of the People’s Guide to Publishing podcast! For this special episode, Joe and Elly talk about how we’d like to see the publishing industry change in the future. Our visions might surprise you!
This week on the People’s Guide to Publishing podcast, Joe and Elly are joined by Guy LeCharles Gonzalez, whose influential publishing industry commentary on blogs and social media has been influenced by years of experience in every part of the book world; as an author, editor, slam poet, marketer, publisher, and more. In this wide-ranging conversation, we talk about the benefits of coming into publishing from an untraditional background, publishers’ tendencies to keep their cards close and why we all want to change that, and plenty of insights and predictions about the current state of the industry.
This week on the People’s Guide to Publishing podcast, we interview special guest John Cordero, author of the brand new Microcosm book The History of Miami Hip Hop. John was a teenage hip hop head and graffiti artist who started an underground newspaper, The Cipher, with his friends in the late 90s to chronicle the burgeoning scene around them that was being ignored by mainstream magazines. He drew on his reporting, memories, and interviews with others who were there to bring us this fun and fascinating book, full of photos and vivid events. He joined us for a video interview to talk about the book (and offers some of the best advice about publishing we’ve ever had on the show).
This week on the People’s Guide to Publishing podcast, we tackle a reader’s question: They are nervous about getting called out on social media by an angry author and want to know how to handle that situation. These conversations can be difficult even in private; we walk you through the ins and outs of having them in public, ideally coming out the other side with everyone feeling heard, everyone learning, and stronger relationships all around.