{"id":448,"date":"2016-02-02T17:13:09","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T17:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/?p=448"},"modified":"2016-02-03T12:54:08","modified_gmt":"2016-02-03T12:54:08","slug":"the-business-of-publishing-the-good-trouble-blog-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/the-business-of-publishing-the-good-trouble-blog-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"The Business of Publishing: The Good Trouble Blog Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Good<\/a>Joe’s on a blog tour right now to support his new book, Good Trouble: Building a Successful Life and Business with Asperger’s<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em>He’s scribing guest posts for blogs of all kinds all over the Internet. His main theme is one of great interest to all of us: the business aspects of publishing, and the unconventional (or at times shockingly conventional) methods that have helped Microcosm survive and succeed over the years.<\/p>\n

Here’s a list of Joe’s blog tour posts so far:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Publishing House of my Dreams<\/a>: Joe writes on Powells.com about building Microcosm and bringing the company back from the brink.<\/p>\n

How to Pitch Your Book<\/a>: Sage advice posted to Mindbuck Media for pitching your books to publishers of all sizes. (tl;dr: follow the instructions)<\/p>\n

What a Fair Contract Looks Like<\/a>: Tips for unraveling publishing contracts, posted at Cave Art Press<\/p>\n

How Can a Small Press increase Ebook Sales?<\/a>: Joe asks this question in earnest on popular ebook blog Teleread, sparking fierce debate and even an indignant editorial<\/a> in response!<\/p>\n

And a podcast interview about Good Trouble and the history of Microcosm<\/a> with the always wonderful Sprocket Podcast<\/p>\n

And check out the tags on the\u00a0Microcosm blog about\u00a0Good Trouble<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>and the business of publishing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And here are the Business of Publishing posts that we’ve posted so far on our own blogs:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

These posts are particularly written for anyone who is starting a small press, is in the beginning stages of self-publishing and realizing that they’ve effectively started a small press and all the work that entails, or who are trying to decide what route to take with their manuscript.<\/p>\n

Title Development<\/a>: This was the original post on Joe’s original Business of Publishing series on Elly’s Taking the Lane blog back in the day. It’s hands-down the most important piece of the publishing puzzle. If you read nothing else, read this!<\/p>\n

The Economic Case for Traditional Format Offset Printing<\/a>: As opposed to ebook-only or print-on-demand publishing. It depends on your goals, but in most cases you’re best off going old-school<\/p>\n

Formatting for Print<\/a>:\u00a0And in case you do decide to go with old-school offset printing, here are some pointers for formatting your files.<\/p>\n

Working with the Printer<\/a>: …and for working with the book manufacturer.<\/p>\n

The Distribution Question (with infographic)<\/a>: One of the most common questions we get from self-published folks are how to get broader distribution for your book. Honestly, we don’t usually recommend going that route until you’ve reached a certain size. Here are the considerations to take into account.<\/p>\n

Organizing a book tour<\/a>: The classic book tour format where a publisher flies you around and you do signings at bookstores is waning. Here’s the alternative we’ve developed.<\/p>\n

Self-Promotion for Authors<\/a>: We know, it’s hard. Especially if you’re shy\/modest\/terrified\/suffering the old imposter syndrome. Here are some helpful ways to think about self-promotion.<\/p>\n

Social Media for Authors<\/a>: “Do I *have* to use Twitter?” Maybe. Maybe not. Here are some framing ideas for approaching social media promotion without getting in too far over your head.<\/p>\n

What a Publisher Does<\/a>: Well, this is more like what *we* do. Hopefully clearing up some myths and mysteries.<\/p>\n

What to Expect when Submitting your Work<\/a>: A guest post from an author who has kept careful data on her five years of seeking publication, with some successes.<\/p>\n

Paralleling the Dinosaurs<\/a>: Why we stay small-ish and independent in an era where the larger publishing houses are growing unwieldy.<\/p>\n

An overview<\/a>: We rounded a bunch of the Taking the Lane series posts up here, with some commentary, back at the beginning of 2015.<\/p>\n

Got a publishing question you’d like to see us write about? Ask and we’ll do our best!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Joe’s on a blog tour right now to support his new book, Good Trouble: Building a Successful Life and Business with Asperger’s.\u00a0He’s scribing guest posts for blogs of all kinds all over the Internet. His main theme is one of great interest to all of us: the business aspects of publishing, and the unconventional (or… Read more »<\/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":[16,12,13],"class_list":["post-448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogifesto","tag-author-resources","tag-business-of-publishing","tag-good-trouble"],"my_excerpt":"\"Good<\/a>Joe's on a blog tour right now to support his new book, Good Trouble: Building a Successful Life and Business with Asperger's<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em>He's scribing guest posts for blogs of all kinds all over the Internet. His main theme is one of great interest to all of us: the business aspects of publishing, and the unconventional (or at times shockingly conventional) methods that have helped Microcosm survive and succeed over the years.\r\n\r\nHere's a list of Joe's blog tour posts so far:<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThe Publishing House of my Dreams<\/a>: Joe writes on Powells.com about building Microcosm and bringing the company back from the brink.","my_excerpt_rendered":"

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Here’s a list of Joe’s blog tour posts so far:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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