For those of you watching from the stands, what this all means is there is now only one (well, kind of two, but really just one) big business left to supply books to bookstores. Stores can order directly from publishers, but it usually makes more sense for them to order all those publishers\u2019 books at once from the same wholesaler, rather than trying to track down and manage dozens or hundreds of different accounts.<\/p>\n
What you may not know is that, along with publishing and distributing our own books, Microcosm is also a specialty wholesaler, offering a curated selection of titles from major houses, large indies, small presses, self-publishers, and DIY zine-makers! Alongside our 500 or so published titles, we carry thousands of others, selected for their interest and alignment with our mission and values. An overwhelming 8,000 new books are published every day, and we\u2019ve already sorted through them to find the best ones.<\/p>\n
Anyone who sells books can order stock directly from us<\/a> at wholesale rates. Set up a MyCosm account on our website<\/a> and select \u201cwholesale\u201d at checkout. You can also drop us a line or an email. We have no paperwork, no credit approval process, fast turnaround times, and extremely kind customer service.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re buying for a bookstore, you can access our whole catalog through your sales reps for Book Travelers West<\/a> on the west coast, Fujii<\/a> in the midwest, and Como<\/a> out east. Your sales rep can brief you on terms. Please get in touch with them (or with us to connect you) to find out more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The publishing industry was shook last week with the news that Baker + Taylor would no longer wholesale to bookstores and will be closing two warehouses in July. This leaves only one major player for stores to purchase books from\u2014essentially a monopoly. Which, let\u2019s face it, historically tends to be less than great for everyone… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogifesto"],"my_excerpt":" The publishing industry was shook last week with the news that Baker + Taylor would no longer wholesale to bookstores<\/a> and will be closing two warehouses in July. This leaves only one major player for stores to purchase books from\u2014essentially a monopoly. Which, let\u2019s face it, historically tends to be less than great for everyone else.<\/p>\n For those of you watching from the stands, what this all means is there is now only one (well, kind of two, but really just one) big business left to supply books to bookstores. Stores can order directly from publishers, but it usually makes more sense for them to order all those publishers\u2019 books at once from the same wholesaler, rather than trying to track down and manage dozens or hundreds of different accounts.<\/p>\n What you may not know is that, along with publishing and distributing our own books, Microcosm is also a specialty wholesaler, offering a curated selection of titles from major houses, large indies, small presses, self-publishers, and DIY zine-makers! Alongside our 500 or so published titles, we carry thousands of others, selected for their interest and alignment with our mission and values. An overwhelming 8,000 new books are published every day, and we\u2019ve already sorted through them to find the best ones.<\/p>\n Anyone who sells books can order stock directly from us<\/a> at wholesale rates. Set up a MyCosm account on our website<\/a> and select \u201cwholesale\u201d at checkout. You can also drop us a line or an email. We have no paperwork, no credit approval process, fast turnaround times, and extremely kind customer service.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re buying for a bookstore, you can access our whole catalog through your sales reps for Book Travelers West<\/a> on the west coast, Fujii<\/a> in the midwest, and Como<\/a> out east. Your sales rep can brief you on terms. Please get in touch with them (or with us to connect you) to find out more.<\/p>\n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2805","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2805"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2816,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2805\/revisions\/2816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/store-300x300.png\")
\n\nThe publishing industry was shook last week with the news that Baker + Taylor would no longer wholesale to bookstores<\/a> and will be closing two warehouses in July. This leaves only one major player for stores to purchase books from\u2014essentially a monopoly. Which, let\u2019s face it, historically tends to be less than great for everyone else.\n\nFor those of you watching from the stands, what this all means is there is now only one (well, kind of two, but really just one) big business left to supply books to bookstores. Stores can order directly from publishers, but it usually makes more sense for them to order all those publishers\u2019 books at once from the same wholesaler, rather than trying to track down and manage dozens or hundreds of different accounts.\n\nWhat you may not know is that, along with publishing and distributing our own books, Microcosm is also a specialty wholesaler, offering a curated selection of titles from major houses, large indies, small presses, self-publishers, and DIY zine-makers! Alongside our 500 or so published titles, we carry thousands of others, selected for their interest and alignment with our mission and values. An overwhelming 8,000 new books are published every day, and we\u2019ve already sorted through them to find the best ones.\n\nAnyone who sells books can order stock directly from us<\/a> at wholesale rates. Set up a MyCosm account on our website<\/a> and select \u201cwholesale\u201d at checkout. You can also drop us a line or an email. We have no paperwork, no credit approval process, fast turnaround times, and extremely kind customer service.\n\nIf you\u2019re buying for a bookstore, you can access our whole catalog through your sales reps for Book Travelers West<\/a> on the west coast, Fujii<\/a> in the midwest, and Como<\/a> out east. Your sales rep can brief you on terms. Please get in touch with them (or with us to connect you) to find out more.","my_excerpt_rendered":"\n