{"id":6692,"date":"2025-12-11T20:54:50","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T20:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/?p=6692"},"modified":"2025-12-11T20:54:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T20:54:51","slug":"how-do-you-use-math-to-make-books-a-peoples-guide-to-publishing-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/how-do-you-use-math-to-make-books-a-peoples-guide-to-publishing-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you use math to make books? | A People&#8217;s Guide to Publishing Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It&#8217;s another throwback episode! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Usually books and math don&#8217;t mix. The book people sit in one spot, the math in another, with their calculators and abacuses (or whatever it is math people use). But Microcosm founder and CEO Joe Biel is a known champion of combining the two! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week on the pod, Joe and Elly talk about the math that goes into publishing, from finances, to calculating print runs, and everything in between.<\/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>It&#8217;s another throwback episode! Usually books and math don&#8217;t mix. The book people sit in one spot, the math in another, with their calculators and abacuses (or whatever it is math people use). But Microcosm founder and CEO Joe Biel is a known champion of combining the two! 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But Microcosm founder and CEO Joe Biel is a known champion of combining the two! <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This week on the pod, Joe and Elly talk about the math that goes into publishing, from finances, to calculating print runs, and everything in between.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\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<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->","my_excerpt_rendered":"\n<p>It&#8217;s another throwback episode! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Usually books and math don&#8217;t mix. 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