{"id":6185,"date":"2025-04-03T14:34:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T14:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/?p=6185"},"modified":"2025-04-03T14:34:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T14:34:43","slug":"how-should-publishers-manage-overstock-w-jelani-memory-a-peoples-guide-to-publishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/how-should-publishers-manage-overstock-w-jelani-memory-a-peoples-guide-to-publishing\/","title":{"rendered":"How Should Publishers Manage Overstock? w\/ Jelani Memory | A People&#8217;s Guide to Publishing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Running out of books is a good thing, actually! Jelani Memory of A Kid&#8217;s Co is back with Joe and Elly to talk about what to do with excess inventory, donating overstock vs pulping, and how &#8220;you can&#8217;t sell what you don&#8217;t have&#8221; usually doesn&#8217;t apply to books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prefer an audio experience?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/microcosm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Listen to the episode on your favorite podcast app<\/a>.<br>Get the\u00a0<em>People\u2019s Guide to Publishing<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/3663\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>, and the workbook\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/zines\/10031\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>!<br>Want to stay up to date on new podcast episodes and happenings at Microcosm?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/confirmsubscription.com\/h\/r\/0EABB2040D281C9C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Subscribe to our newsletter<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Running out of books is a good thing, actually! Jelani Memory of A Kid&#8217;s Co is back with Joe and Elly to talk about what to do with excess inventory, donating overstock vs pulping, and how &#8220;you can&#8217;t sell what you don&#8217;t have&#8221; usually doesn&#8217;t apply to books. 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