{"id":3740,"date":"2021-09-02T14:39:38","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T14:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/?p=3740"},"modified":"2021-09-02T14:39:38","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T14:39:38","slug":"what-we-learned-at-the-las-vegas-market-gift-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/what-we-learned-at-the-las-vegas-market-gift-show\/","title":{"rendered":"What We Learned at the Las Vegas Market Gift Show"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This week on the <a href=\"https:\/\/microcosm.pub\/podcast\">People&#8217;s Guide to Publishing podcast<\/a>, Joe and Elly <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/W7ue6zNersU\">report back from Las Vegas Market<\/a>\u2014a giant trade show for the gift market. We talk about what &#8220;gift&#8221; means, why book publishers might attend such an event, what it was like, and some of the logistics and costs involved. 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