{"id":5120,"date":"2024-04-04T17:17:11","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T17:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/?p=5120"},"modified":"2024-04-04T17:17:11","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T17:17:11","slug":"how-should-a-publisher-change-distributors-a-peoples-guide-to-publishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/how-should-a-publisher-change-distributors-a-peoples-guide-to-publishing\/","title":{"rendered":"How Should A Publisher Change Distributors? (A People&#8217;s Guide to Publishing)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After the recent news of Small Press Distribution (SPD) closing, we thought it would be prudent to walk through best practices for changing a distributor! A distributor is a publisher&#8217;s warehouse, sales, and fulfillment arms. It&#8217;s their to-market force, and it&#8217;s often the difference between sinking and swimming.<br><br>Get the\u00a0<em>People\u2019s Guide to Publishing<\/em>\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/3663\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, and the workbook\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/zines\/10031\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>!<br>Want to stay up to date on new podcast episodes and happenings at Microcosm?\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/confirmsubscription.com\/h\/r\/0EABB2040D281C9C\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to our newsletter<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the recent news of Small Press Distribution (SPD) closing, we thought it would be prudent to walk through best practices for changing a distributor! A distributor is a publisher&#8217;s warehouse, sales, and fulfillment arms. 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(A People&#8217;s Guide to Publishing)\">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":[12,26],"class_list":["post-5120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogifesto","tag-business-of-publishing","tag-podcast"],"my_excerpt":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After the recent news of Small Press Distribution (SPD) closing, we thought it would be prudent to walk through best practices for changing a distributor! A distributor is a publisher's warehouse, sales, and fulfillment arms. 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