{"id":441,"date":"2016-01-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microcosmpublishing.dev\/blog\/2016\/01\/business-of-publishing\/"},"modified":"2024-10-03T16:08:30","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T16:08:30","slug":"business-of-publishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/business-of-publishing\/","title":{"rendered":"A People&#8217;s Guide to Publishing Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0m0Tjr17KEM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/tag\/podcast\/\">Looking for the latest episode? Click here!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2012, Microcosm founder and CEO Joe Biel started writing <a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/tag\/business-of-publishing\/\">blog posts<\/a>. Biel wanted to share 25 years of experience and how Microcosm sold millions of books to leave a trail of bread crumbs for others to have similar success. Biel has also written a book about the topic, <a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/3663\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A People&#8217;s Guide to Publishing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Joe and Microcosm&#8217;s marketing director Elly now make the weekly People&#8217;s Guide to Publishing <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/id1020819314\">People&#8217;s Guide to Publishing podcast<\/a>. You can listen to it on <a href=\"http:\/\/linktree.com\/microcosm\">your preferred app<\/a>, or watch the video version as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC1GAfRVezz9TByV5y86YB7w\">vlogcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Got questions about the publishing industry or need help troubleshooting your own process? Submit your question to podcast at microcosmpublishing dot com, and we&#8217;ll try to address it on an upcoming episode.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Find the series of blog posts that started it all here:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blogifesto\/2015\/01\/the-business-of-publishing\">An overview<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blogifesto\/2015\/02\/self-promotion-for-introverts-what-the-publisher-does\">What a Publisher Does<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blogifesto\/2014\/03\/paralleling-the-dinosaurs-or-how-to-be-the-biggest-small-publisher-youve-never-heard-of\">Paralleling the Dinosaurs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"line-height: 1.3em;\" href=\"http:\/\/takingthelane.com\/2014\/11\/03\/title-development\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Title Development<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mindbuckmedia.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/21\/how-to-pitch-your-book\/?platform=hootsuite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">For authors: How to Pitch Your Book to a Publisher<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ooligan.pdx.edu\/metadata-can-make-or-break-a-book-joe-biel\/\">Data About Your Book&#8217;s Details (MetaData)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/business-of-publishing-how-to-write-a-pl-statement\/\">Profit &amp; Loss Statement<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/am-i-stealing-your-art-an-infographic\/\">Am I Stealing Your Art?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/takingthelane.com\/2014\/04\/21\/the-business-of-publishing-how-much-should-it-cost\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Economic Case for Traditional Format Offset Printing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/takingthelane.com\/2014\/05\/06\/the-business-of-publishing-the-distribution-question-with-infographic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Distribution Question (with infographic)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/the-business-of-publishing-the-print-run\/\">The Print Run<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/takingthelane.com\/2014\/05\/15\/the-business-of-publishing-working-with-the-printer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Working with The Printer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/takingthelane.com\/2014\/09\/29\/the-business-of-publishing-formatting-for-print\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Formatting for Print<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/business-of-publishing-how-to-ship-books-so-they-arrive-in-good-shape\/\">How to Pack Books for Shipping<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/self-promotion-for-introverts-social-media-wrangling\/\">Social Media for Authors<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blogifesto\/2015\/03\/self-promotion-for-introverts-psyched-for-self-promotion\">Self-Promotion for Authors<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blogifesto\/2015\/07\/the-business-of-publishing-a-moderne-diy-book-tour\">Organizing a book tour<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Looking for the latest episode? Click here! In 2012, Microcosm founder and CEO Joe Biel started writing blog posts. Biel wanted to share 25 years of experience and how Microcosm sold millions of books to leave a trail of bread crumbs for others to have similar success. Biel has also written a book about&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/business-of-publishing\/\" title=\"Read A People&#8217;s Guide to Publishing Podcast\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogifesto","tag-business-of-publishing"],"my_excerpt":"<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0m0Tjr17KEM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/tag\/podcast\/\">Looking for the latest episode? Click here!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2012, Microcosm founder and CEO Joe Biel started writing <a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/tag\/business-of-publishing\/\">blog posts<\/a>. Biel wanted to share 25 years of experience and how Microcosm sold millions of books to leave a trail of bread crumbs for others to have similar success. Biel has also written a book about the topic, <a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/3663\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A People's Guide to Publishing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Joe and Microcosm's marketing director Elly now make the weekly People's Guide to Publishing <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/id1020819314\">People's Guide to Publishing podcast<\/a>. You can listen to it on <a href=\"http:\/\/linktree.com\/microcosm\">your preferred app<\/a>, or watch the video version as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC1GAfRVezz9TByV5y86YB7w\">vlogcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Got questions about the publishing industry or need help troubleshooting your own process? 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Click here!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2012, Microcosm founder and CEO Joe Biel started writing <a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/tag\/business-of-publishing\/\">blog posts<\/a>. Biel wanted to share 25 years of experience and how Microcosm sold millions of books to leave a trail of bread crumbs for others to have similar success. Biel has also written a book about the topic, <a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/3663\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A People&#8217;s Guide to Publishing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Joe and Microcosm&#8217;s marketing director Elly now make the weekly People&#8217;s Guide to Publishing <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/id1020819314\">People&#8217;s Guide to Publishing podcast<\/a>. You can listen to it on <a href=\"http:\/\/linktree.com\/microcosm\">your preferred app<\/a>, or watch the video version as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC1GAfRVezz9TByV5y86YB7w\">vlogcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Got questions about the publishing industry or need help troubleshooting your own process? Submit your question to podcast at microcosmpublishing dot com, and we&#8217;ll try to address it on an upcoming episode.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Find the series of blog posts that started it all here:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blogifesto\/2015\/01\/the-business-of-publishing\">An overview<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blogifesto\/2015\/02\/self-promotion-for-introverts-what-the-publisher-does\">What a Publisher Does<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blogifesto\/2014\/03\/paralleling-the-dinosaurs-or-how-to-be-the-biggest-small-publisher-youve-never-heard-of\">Paralleling the Dinosaurs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"line-height: 1.3em;\" href=\"http:\/\/takingthelane.com\/2014\/11\/03\/title-development\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Title Development<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mindbuckmedia.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/21\/how-to-pitch-your-book\/?platform=hootsuite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">For authors: How to Pitch Your Book to a Publisher<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ooligan.pdx.edu\/metadata-can-make-or-break-a-book-joe-biel\/\">Data About Your Book&#8217;s Details (MetaData)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/business-of-publishing-how-to-write-a-pl-statement\/\">Profit &amp; Loss Statement<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/am-i-stealing-your-art-an-infographic\/\">Am I Stealing Your Art?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/takingthelane.com\/2014\/04\/21\/the-business-of-publishing-how-much-should-it-cost\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Economic Case for Traditional Format Offset Printing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/takingthelane.com\/2014\/05\/06\/the-business-of-publishing-the-distribution-question-with-infographic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Distribution Question (with infographic)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/the-business-of-publishing-the-print-run\/\">The Print Run<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/takingthelane.com\/2014\/05\/15\/the-business-of-publishing-working-with-the-printer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Working with The Printer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/takingthelane.com\/2014\/09\/29\/the-business-of-publishing-formatting-for-print\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Formatting for Print<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/business-of-publishing-how-to-ship-books-so-they-arrive-in-good-shape\/\">How to Pack Books for Shipping<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/self-promotion-for-introverts-social-media-wrangling\/\">Social Media for Authors<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blogifesto\/2015\/03\/self-promotion-for-introverts-psyched-for-self-promotion\">Self-Promotion for Authors<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blogifesto\/2015\/07\/the-business-of-publishing-a-moderne-diy-book-tour\">Organizing a book tour<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5731,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441\/revisions\/5731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}