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Make a Zine!: Start Your Own Underground Publishing Revolution
by Joe Biel Author with Bill Brent
Do you have a passion that you want to obsess about in a love letter to the world? In this new edition of Microcosm’s…
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New Girl Law: Drafting a Future for Cambodia
by Anne Elizabeth Moore Author
When Moore, a writer and independent publisher, brought her experience in the American cultural underground to Cambodia…
$9.95 3 comments
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Notes from Underground: Zines and the Politics of Alternative Culture
by Stephen Duncombe Author and Emma Alice Johnson Foreword
Can zines save the world? Maybe, says Stephen Duncombe in the updated fourth edition of his groundbreaking study of…
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Patch #088Read Zines, Change the World
by Joe Biel Author
Even if you didn't grow up in the 90s, tapping your heart out on an old typewriter while cutting and pasting the lines…
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Patch #133Tree of Knowledge
by Theo Witsell Author
Before there was Microcosm, there was Tree of Knowledge doing a DIY mailorder of books and zines. It is still alive and…
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A People's Guide to Publishing: Building a Successful, Sustainable, Meaningful Book Business From the Ground Up
by Joe Biel Author and Jane Friedman Foreword
Second edition coming in February, 2026 So, you want to publish books. Drawing on 24 years of experience operating an…
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A People's Guide to Publishing Workbook: Build Your Book Business from the Ground Up
by Joe Biel Author
Plan out your publishing empire, from mission to budgets, with this workbook companion to Joe Biel's A People's Guide to…
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Pin #045Anarchy Reading
What better way to learn to think critically about the political system and social world we live in—and dream up…
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Pin #125I Read Zines
by Rex Ray Author
Wear your love of underground literature as a badge of pride! Because you never need to rely on a few giant corporations…
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Pin #208Library Gearz
by Joe Biel Author
Get engaged with the world through books! Ride your bike to the library. Tack this 1" round pinback button on your…
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The Portland Box
by Alexander Barrett Author, Elly Blue Author, Laura O. Foster Author, Shawn Granton Author and Meghan Sinnott Author
Celebrate the awesomeness of Portland with this counter display pack including: • 6 This is Portland (2nd Edition)…
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Punks Around #10: Zine About Zines
by Alexander Herbert Editor, Matthew Thompson Contributor and Aaron Cometbus Contributor
A love letter to the zines that have formatively inspired editor Alex over the years. Includes a long conversation with…
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Read Zines, Change the World
by Joe Biel Author
Zines are a powerful tool for changing minds and sharing information. Get other people stoked about the power of zines…
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Revolution Between the Lines
Reading is revolutionary! Celebrate the power of good writing with this typewriter-themed magnet. Stick it on your…
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Riot Woman: Using Feminist Values to Destroy the Patriarchy
by Eleanor C. Whitney Author
Growing up immersed in the feminist, DIY values of punk, Riot Grrrl, and zine culture of the 1990s and early 2000s…
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Sticker #159Chainring Heart
by Joe Biel Author, Aaron Renier Author and alex wrekk Author
Microcosm's iconic chainring heart, now in sticker form! Show your bike love to the world! (Sturdy vinyl sticker with…
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Sticker #185Read Zines, Change the World
by Joe Biel Author
Read, reflect, act thoughtfully, repeat. Throw some writing and publishing your own zines into the mix and you've got a…
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Sticker #260Support Independent Publishing
by Sparky Taylor Author
Growing your small world. Don't let the corporate behemoths control what you put into your brain! (Sturdy vinyl sticker…
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Sticker #367I'd Rather Be Reading Microcosm Books!
by Joe Biel Author and Elly Blue Author
We'd all rather be reading Microcosm books! So would we (but someone's gotta make 'em)! Share your love of our books…
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Sticker #486I Read Queer Smut
Find liberation in the pursuit of your desires and letting your imagination run wild and free! Queer erotica is a…
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Sticker #487I Read Past My Bedtime
Do you prefer a good story, sometimes to the detriment of a good night's sleep? Are books your preferred mode of revenge…
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Sticker #488Readers Are Words People
Proclaim your love of books and reading, as well as your personality type and possibly who you want to date with this…
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Sticker #643Keep Calm and Read On
Keep calm, don't panic, pick up a zine about mutual aid, direct action, and community care, and read on.Slap this vinyl…
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Sticker #652banned books = best books
by Joe Biel Author
Banned books are often filled with deliciously subversive writing, radical thoughts, and other things that make…
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Sticker #655i make zines
by Joe Biel Author
Zines! They're powerful pieces of literature in small packages, full of interesting ideas, thoughts, and perspectives.…
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Xerography Debt #25
by Davida G. Breier Author
Here's issue #25 of Xerography, featuring more of the beloved "review zine with perzine tendencies" wherein your…
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Xerography Debt #26
by Davida G. Breier Author
Davida Gypsy Breier's review zine, Xerography Debt, is a labor of love and obsession. This 26th issue, Xerography Debt…
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Xerography Debt #27
by Davida G. Breier Author
Like a well-oiled machine of zine-y awesomeness, Xerography Debt, the “review zine with perzine tendencies,” gives…
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Xerography Debt #28
by Davida G. Breier Author
Opening with a long musing about the importance of recorded history through zine reviews, the next issue of the Review…
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Xerography Debt #29
by Davida G. Breier Author
Reviewers in this issue include Anne Thalheimer, D. Blake Wert, Davida Gypsy Breier, Eric Lyden,Fred Argoff, Gavin…
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