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Joe Biel is a self-made autistic publisher and filmmaker who draws origins, inspiration, and methods from punk rock to sell millions of books. Biel is the founder and CEO of Microcosm Publishing, Publishers Weekly's #1 fastest-growing publisher of 2022 and #3 in 2023/2024, and WorkingLit, the software responsible for Microcosm's aforementioned success—now available for other publishers. Biel has been featured in Time, Esquire, Art of Autism, Reading Glasses, Bulletproof Radio, Spectator (Japan), G33K (Korea), and Maximum Rocknroll, as well as NPR and PBS. Biel is the author of A People's Guide to Publishing, Autism Relationships Handbook, Unfuck Your Business, Enduring Legacy of Portland's Black Panthers, and dozens more. Biel is the director of five feature films and hundreds of short films, including Aftermass: Bicycling in a Post-Critical Mass Portland, $100 & a T-Shirt, and the Groundswell series. Biel lives in Portland, OR.

Sticker #607Aspiration > Fear
by Joe Biel Author
In other words, dream big. Don't let the fear hold you back. Slap this vinyl sticker on your water bottle, laptop,…
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$25-40-60 Superpack: Owning Our Damage Warehouse Sale! (Published Books)
by Super Pack! Author, Joe Biel Author, Elly Blue Author, Ian Giesbrecht Author, Jane Goodall Author, 8 more
10 books worth $130, yours for just $40... it doesn't get much better than that! Here's a snapshot of publishing…
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Cat Party!: Cats We've Known in Words and Pictures
by Katie Haegele Editor, Dame Darcy Contributor, Joe Biel Contributor, Joe Carlough Contributor, Steven Svymbersky Contributor, 8 more
The cats in our lives are always close to our hearts, whether they're napping in a sunbeam, demanding pets and treats,…
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Unfuck Your Business Workbook: Using Math and Brain Science to Run a Successful Business
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Do you want to start a business? Or does your existing business feel stuck? Either way, this no-fluff workbook will walk…
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Sticker #142Why Win an Argument When You Could Have a Conversation?
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Turns out that having friends, colleagues, and people in general who respect you is a good thing. (Unless you really…
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Read a Fucking Book
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Reading books can be a direct path to joy, empathy, critical thinking, and taking action to improve your life and the…
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Sticker #570Read a Fucking Book
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August Warehouse Sale: Kale 'em All!
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From the history of chocolate to declassified government documents, this sale is a feast for the mind AND the body.Live…
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How to Be Funny: The Art and Science of Making Light of Reality Through Humor
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Have you ever wanted to be funny? Do you crave making and emphasizing your points through humor? Autistic people have a…
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Neurodivergent Pride #13: Animal Companions (What Autistic Minds Can Teach Each Other and the World)
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Companion animals provide companionship, love, a sense of purpose, and support for the humans they live with, which can…
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Poster Comic / Catalog
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Every year lately we've been making a new catalog in the format of a poster! On the front, there's a comic (or some…
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Sticker #542Normalize Weirdness
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If we normalize weirdness and the new normal is weird, but normal, then what will be not normal? Guess we'll have to…
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$20 Superpack: Creativity and Business Ebooks
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The Autism Partner Handbook: How to Love an Autistic Person
by Joe Biel Author, Dr. Faith G. Harper Author and Elly Blue Author
So, your partner is autistic. Or you suspect they might be. And you're wondering, "What does this mean for my…
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Unfuck Your Business: Using Math and Brain Science to Run a Successful Business
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How do you start and run a successful business, despite the odds? This unique guide to entrepreneurship teaches you…
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The Autism FAQ: Everything You Wanted to Know About Diagnosis & Autistic Life
by Joe Biel Author and Dr. Faith G. Harper Author
What's it like to be autistic? As many as one in forty-five people live that reality every day, but our culture remains…
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Is This a Problem?
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Stop comparing yourself to other people! Understand how you feel and solve your crisis with this helpful infograph.
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$35 Superpack: Write Your Book!
by Dr. Faith G. Harper Author, Ariel Gore Author, Jessie L. Kwak Author and Joe Biel Author
Writing a book? We know, this is a hard thing to do. Here are three of our best books about how to write your own.…
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Neurodivergent Pride #12: Burnout (What Autistic Minds Can Teach Each Other and the World)
by Joe Biel Editor, Partly Robot Contributor and Amelia Nagoski Contributor
Burnout is a topic on everyone's mind since the pandemonium hit in March 2020. But what about autistic burnout? It's a…
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The Enduring Legacy of Portland's Black Panthers: The Roots of Free Healthcare, Free Breakfast, and Neighborhood Control in Oregon
by Joe Biel Author and Aaron Dixon Foreword
In the 1960s through 1980s, the Black Panther Party rose up throughout the United States, envisioning a world…
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Autism Acceptance
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Show your support for people on the autism spectrum and other neurodiverse people with this magnet. Stick it on your…
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How to Make a Decision
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It's not always easy to make the right choice. It's not always easy to know what your choices are! But with this helpful…
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What Should I Do Next?
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Everybody gets bogged down in tasks from time to time and feels uncertain about how to start their long list of to-dos.…
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Sticker #231start as you want to continue
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The beginning contains everything that follows after it. That's why the way you start something shapes the way it will…
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How to Recognize What You Need
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It's not always easy to know what you need. We go through our day, and we feel tired, cranky, paralyzed with indecision,…
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Scarcity v Abundance
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It's easy to find ourselves thinking that life is a zero sum game. The more one person has, the less another has.…
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Is This a Problem?
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Ever get overwhelmed by a situation? Not sure how to resolve it, or even evaluate it? This helpful magnet set with a…
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Read Zines, Change the World
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Zines are a powerful tool for changing minds and sharing information. Get other people stoked about the power of zines…
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How You Relate to Others
by Joe Biel Author
The self that we bring with us to work or to social contexts isn't always the same. We have our good days and our bad…
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$25 Superpack: Your Neurodiverse Friend
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Get the first five issues of the compilation zine Your Neurodiverse Friend, bringing together perspectives and personal…
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