{"id":1351,"date":"2017-03-17T19:23:19","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T19:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/?p=1351"},"modified":"2017-03-17T19:25:22","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T19:25:22","slug":"good-trouble-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/good-trouble-giveaway\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Trouble Giveaway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings!<\/p>\n<p>One thing I love about my new position at Microcosm is that now I get to <em>give\u00a0away books<\/em> &#8212; free! I mean, not all the time&#8230; but a lot, and it is becoming one of my favorite things to do.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the deal: This year I&#8217;d like to spend time telling the story of not Microcosm but the people who work here, make us what we are, and helped build this business along the way. But\u00a0for each month I&#8217;d like to host a great big book giveaway of past books! Each giveaway (hosted on Goodreads) will offer up 50 copies of one back-list title.<\/p>\n<p>For <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/giveaway\/show\/227799-good-trouble-building-a-successful-life-and-business-with-asperger-s\">the first<\/a>, though, we start at the beginning:<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/5764\/\">Good Trouble: Building a Successful Life &amp; Business with Asperger&#8217;s<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>is the memoir of Joe Biel, Microcosm&#8217;s founder, and the story of Microcosm itself; how it came into existence, the troubles it (and\u00a0its members) faced along the way, and how it became what it is now [a thriving indie publishing house with books and zines all over the world, of course]. The history involved is deepened by Biel&#8217;s rocky childhood and (at first un-diagnosed) place on the autism spectrum. Published one year ago to mark Microcosm&#8217;s 20th anniversary, <em>Good Trouble<\/em> dives into\u00a0all the shit and splendor that&#8217;s gone into making us who we are, from the very beginning.<\/p>\n<p>Check out this book trailer from a kickstarter project launched for the\u00a0book&#8217;s\u00a0release:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1351-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/ksr-video.imgix.net\/projects\/2190657\/video-610473-h264_high.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ksr-video.imgix.net\/projects\/2190657\/video-610473-h264_high.mp4\">https:\/\/ksr-video.imgix.net\/projects\/2190657\/video-610473-h264_high.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>So, starting today and ending March 31st, just before the start of Autism Awareness Month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/giveaway\/show\/227799-good-trouble-building-a-successful-life-and-business-with-asperger-s\">enter to win one of 50 copies of <em>Good Trouble<\/em>,<\/a> and get a nitty-gritty glimpse behind the Microcosm curtain.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"goodreadsGiveawayWidget227799\">\n<p><!-- Show static html as a placeholder in case js is not enabled --><\/p>\n<div class=\"goodreadsGiveawayWidget\" style=\"max-width: 350px; margin: 10px auto; padding: 10px 15px; border: 2px solid #EBE8D5; border-radius: 10px;\">\n<style>\n    .goodreadsGiveawayWidget { color: #555; font-family: georgia, serif; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; font-size: 14px;<br \/>      font-style: normal; background: white; }<br \/>    .goodreadsGiveawayWidget p { margin: 0 0 .5em !important; padding: 0; }<br \/>    .goodreadsGiveawayWidgetEnterLink {<br \/>      display: inline-block;<br \/>      color: #181818;<br \/>      background-color: #F6F6EE;<br \/>      border: 1px solid #9D8A78;<br \/>      border-radius: 3px;<br \/>      font-family: \"Helvetica Neue\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;<br \/>      font-weight: bold;<br \/>      text-decoration: none;<br \/>      outline: none;<br \/>      font-size: 13px;<br \/>      padding: 8px 12px;<br \/>    }<br \/>    .goodreadsGiveawayWidgetEnterLink:hover {<br \/>        color: #181818;<br \/>        background-color: #F7F2ED;<br \/>        border: 1px solid #AFAFAF;<br \/>        text-decoration: none;<br \/>    }<br \/>  <\/style>\n<h2 style=\"margin: 0 0 10px !important; padding: 0 !important; font-style: italic; font-size: 20px; line-height: 20px; font-weight: normal; text-align: center; color: #555;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\" target=\"_new\">Goodreads<\/a> Book Giveaway<\/h2>\n<div style=\"float: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/25943060\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Good Trouble by Joe Biel\" src=\"https:\/\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1447140845l\/25943060.jpg\" alt=\"Good Trouble by Joe Biel\" width=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0 0 0 110px !important; padding: 0 0 0 0 !important;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0; padding: 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/25943060\">Good Trouble<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0 0 10px; padding: 0; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\">by <a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/1229879.Joe_Biel\">Joe Biel<\/a><\/h4>\n<div class=\"giveaway_details\">\n<p>Giveaway ends March 31, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>See the <a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/giveaway\/show\/227799\">giveaway details<\/a><br \/>\nat Goodreads.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"goodreadsGiveawayWidgetEnterLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/giveaway\/enter_choose_address\/227799\">Enter Giveaway<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/giveaway\/widget\/227799\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Stay awesome and good luck!<\/p>\n<p>Cyn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings! One thing I love about my new position at Microcosm is that now I get to give\u00a0away books &#8212; free! I mean, not all the time&#8230; but a lot, and it is becoming one of my favorite things to do. Here&#8217;s the deal: This year I&#8217;d like to spend time telling the story of&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/good-trouble-giveaway\/\" title=\"Read Good Trouble Giveaway\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[14,90,89],"class_list":["post-1351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogifesto","tag-books","tag-contests-giveaways","tag-happy-bday-microcosm"],"my_excerpt":"Greetings!\r\n\r\nOne thing I love about my new position at Microcosm is that now I get to <em>give\u00a0away books<\/em> -- free! I mean, not all the time... but a lot, and it is becoming one of my favorite things to do.\r\n\r\nHere's the deal: This year I'd like to spend time telling the story of not Microcosm but the people who work here, make us what we are, and helped build this business along the way. But\u00a0for each month I'd like to host a great big book giveaway of past books! Each giveaway (hosted on Goodreads) will offer up 50 copies of one back-list title.\r\n\r\nFor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/giveaway\/show\/227799-good-trouble-building-a-successful-life-and-business-with-asperger-s\">the first<\/a>, though, we start at the beginning:\r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/5764\/\">Good Trouble: Building a Successful Life &amp; Business with Asperger's<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>is the memoir of Joe Biel, Microcosm's founder, and the story of Microcosm itself; how it came into existence, the troubles it (and\u00a0its members) faced along the way, and how it became what it is now [a thriving indie publishing house with books and zines all over the world, of course]. The history involved is deepened by Biel's rocky childhood and (at first un-diagnosed) place on the autism spectrum. Published one year ago to mark Microcosm's 20th anniversary, <em>Good Trouble<\/em> dives into\u00a0all the shit and splendor that's gone into making us who we are, from the very beginning.\r\n\r\nCheck out this book trailer from a kickstarter project launched for the\u00a0book's\u00a0release:\r\n\r\n[embed]https:\/\/ksr-video.imgix.net\/projects\/2190657\/video-610473-h264_high.mp4[\/embed]\r\n\r\nSo, starting today and ending March 31st, just before the start of Autism Awareness Month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/giveaway\/show\/227799-good-trouble-building-a-successful-life-and-business-with-asperger-s\">enter to win one of 50 copies of <em>Good Trouble<\/em>,<\/a> and get a nitty-gritty glimpse behind the Microcosm curtain.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div id=\"goodreadsGiveawayWidget227799\">\r\n\r\n<!-- Show static html as a placeholder in case js is not enabled -->\r\n<div class=\"goodreadsGiveawayWidget\" style=\"max-width: 350px; margin: 10px auto; padding: 10px 15px; border: 2px solid #EBE8D5; border-radius: 10px;\"><style>\r\n    .goodreadsGiveawayWidget { color: #555; font-family: georgia, serif; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; font-size: 14px;<br \/>      font-style: normal; background: white; }<br \/>    .goodreadsGiveawayWidget p { margin: 0 0 .5em !important; padding: 0; }<br \/>    .goodreadsGiveawayWidgetEnterLink {<br \/>      display: inline-block;<br \/>      color: #181818;<br \/>      background-color: #F6F6EE;<br \/>      border: 1px solid #9D8A78;<br \/>      border-radius: 3px;<br \/>      font-family: \"Helvetica Neue\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;<br \/>      font-weight: bold;<br \/>      text-decoration: none;<br \/>      outline: none;<br \/>      font-size: 13px;<br \/>      padding: 8px 12px;<br \/>    }<br \/>    .goodreadsGiveawayWidgetEnterLink:hover {<br \/>        color: #181818;<br \/>        background-color: #F7F2ED;<br \/>        border: 1px solid #AFAFAF;<br \/>        text-decoration: none;<br \/>    }<br \/>  <\/style>\r\n<h2 style=\"margin: 0 0 10px !important; padding: 0 !important; font-style: italic; font-size: 20px; line-height: 20px; font-weight: normal; text-align: center; color: #555;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\" target=\"_new\">Goodreads<\/a> Book Giveaway<\/h2>\r\n<div style=\"float: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/25943060\"><img title=\"Good Trouble by Joe Biel\" src=\"https:\/\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1447140845l\/25943060.jpg\" alt=\"Good Trouble by Joe Biel\" width=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/div>\r\n<div style=\"margin: 0 0 0 110px !important; padding: 0 0 0 0 !important;\">\r\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0; padding: 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/25943060\">Good Trouble<\/a><\/h3>\r\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0 0 10px; padding: 0; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\">by <a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/1229879.Joe_Biel\">Joe Biel<\/a><\/h4>\r\n<div class=\"giveaway_details\">\r\n\r\nGiveaway ends March 31, 2017.\r\n\r\nSee the <a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/giveaway\/show\/227799\">giveaway details<\/a>\r\nat Goodreads.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\r\n<a class=\"goodreadsGiveawayWidgetEnterLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/giveaway\/enter_choose_address\/227799\">Enter Giveaway<\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/giveaway\/widget\/227799\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n\r\nStay awesome and good luck!\r\n\r\nCyn","my_excerpt_rendered":"<p>Greetings!<\/p>\n<p>One thing I love about my new position at Microcosm is that now I get to <em>give\u00a0away books<\/em> &#8212; free! I mean, not all the time&#8230; but a lot, and it is becoming one of my favorite things to do.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the deal: This year I&#8217;d like to spend time telling the story of not Microcosm but the people who work here, make us what we are, and helped build this business along the way. But\u00a0for each month I&#8217;d like to host a great big book giveaway of past books! Each giveaway (hosted on Goodreads) will offer up 50 copies of one back-list title.<\/p>\n<p>For <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/giveaway\/show\/227799-good-trouble-building-a-successful-life-and-business-with-asperger-s\">the first<\/a>, though, we start at the beginning:<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/5764\/\">Good Trouble: Building a Successful Life &amp; Business with Asperger&#8217;s<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>is the memoir of Joe Biel, Microcosm&#8217;s founder, and the story of Microcosm itself; how it came into existence, the troubles it (and\u00a0its members) faced along the way, and how it became what it is now [a thriving indie publishing house with books and zines all over the world, of course]. The history involved is deepened by Biel&#8217;s rocky childhood and (at first un-diagnosed) place on the autism spectrum. Published one year ago to mark Microcosm&#8217;s 20th anniversary, <em>Good Trouble<\/em> dives into\u00a0all the shit and splendor that&#8217;s gone into making us who we are, from the very beginning.<\/p>\n<p>Check out this book trailer from a kickstarter project launched for the\u00a0book&#8217;s\u00a0release:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1351-2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/ksr-video.imgix.net\/projects\/2190657\/video-610473-h264_high.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ksr-video.imgix.net\/projects\/2190657\/video-610473-h264_high.mp4\">https:\/\/ksr-video.imgix.net\/projects\/2190657\/video-610473-h264_high.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>So, starting today and ending March 31st, just before the start of Autism Awareness Month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/giveaway\/show\/227799-good-trouble-building-a-successful-life-and-business-with-asperger-s\">enter to win one of 50 copies of <em>Good Trouble<\/em>,<\/a> and get a nitty-gritty glimpse behind the Microcosm curtain.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"goodreadsGiveawayWidget227799\">\n<p><!-- Show static html as a placeholder in case js is not enabled --><\/p>\n<div class=\"goodreadsGiveawayWidget\" style=\"max-width: 350px; margin: 10px auto; padding: 10px 15px; border: 2px solid #EBE8D5; border-radius: 10px;\">\n<style>\n    .goodreadsGiveawayWidget { color: #555; font-family: georgia, serif; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; font-size: 14px;<br \/>      font-style: normal; background: white; }<br \/>    .goodreadsGiveawayWidget p { margin: 0 0 .5em !important; padding: 0; }<br \/>    .goodreadsGiveawayWidgetEnterLink {<br \/>      display: inline-block;<br \/>      color: #181818;<br \/>      background-color: #F6F6EE;<br \/>      border: 1px solid #9D8A78;<br \/>      border-radius: 3px;<br \/>      font-family: \"Helvetica Neue\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;<br \/>      font-weight: bold;<br \/>      text-decoration: none;<br \/>      outline: none;<br \/>      font-size: 13px;<br \/>      padding: 8px 12px;<br \/>    }<br \/>    .goodreadsGiveawayWidgetEnterLink:hover {<br \/>        color: #181818;<br \/>        background-color: #F7F2ED;<br \/>        border: 1px solid #AFAFAF;<br \/>        text-decoration: none;<br \/>    }<br \/>  <\/style>\n<h2 style=\"margin: 0 0 10px !important; padding: 0 !important; font-style: italic; font-size: 20px; line-height: 20px; font-weight: normal; text-align: center; color: #555;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\" target=\"_new\">Goodreads<\/a> Book Giveaway<\/h2>\n<div style=\"float: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/25943060\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Good Trouble by Joe Biel\" src=\"https:\/\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1447140845l\/25943060.jpg\" alt=\"Good Trouble by Joe Biel\" width=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0 0 0 110px !important; padding: 0 0 0 0 !important;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0; padding: 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/25943060\">Good Trouble<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0 0 10px; padding: 0; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\">by <a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/1229879.Joe_Biel\">Joe Biel<\/a><\/h4>\n<div class=\"giveaway_details\">\n<p>Giveaway ends March 31, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>See the <a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/giveaway\/show\/227799\">giveaway details<\/a><br \/>\nat Goodreads.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"goodreadsGiveawayWidgetEnterLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/giveaway\/enter_choose_address\/227799\">Enter Giveaway<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/giveaway\/widget\/227799\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Stay awesome and good luck!<\/p>\n<p>Cyn<\/p>\n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1351"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1358,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1351\/revisions\/1358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}