![]() ![]() Get over it."We publish and distribute books and zines that help readers empower themselves to change their lives and the world. But still, at heart, we've got this milk crate strapped to the back of a bike and we're riding wildly across town to hand you the book that might just be the one that saves your life. ![]() We're not as drunk or dirty as we used to be. We have a staff, we have relationships in the industry that send our books to places we wouldn't have dreamed we could walk into ourselves. Now we have contracts instead of handshakes, a warehouse instead of a fanny pack full of zines. We set out to save ourselves from not caring, but out there in the margins we've found communities worth always doing it better for. We've brought our brightly colored books to infoshops, zine fests, media summits, bicycle conferences, parks, street corners, house shows, dirty bars, allnight coffeeshops, art museums, and every corner of the mainstream where we can clear away a little space to set up shop. Microcosm has lived in milk crates, in closets, in a mud room, in a windowless basement, in a church, and under a desk at a major credit card company. on post-consumer papers while we double the industry standard in our number of women authors. We constantly strive to be recognized for our spirit, creativity, and value. Microcosm focuses on relating the experiences of what it's like to be a marginalized person. The then-distro and record label was started by Joe Biel in his bedroom in 1996 and is now among the oldest independent publishing houses in Portland, OR. Microcosm emphasizes skill-building, showing hidden histories, and fostering creativity through challenging conventional publishing wisdom with books and bookettes about DIY skills, food, bicycling, gender, self-care, and social justice. Portland's most colorful, authentic, and empowering publishing house and distributor, Microcosm Publishing is a vertically integrated publishing house that equips readers to make positive changes in their lives and in the world around them. ![]() Mon through Saturday, 11 AM to 7 PM Mission For this episode, we invite listeners to check out Microcosm’s software to support other publishers to accomplish what they have at, and also to purchase How to Resist Amazon and Why at Microcosm.We do this cuz we love it more than anything. Microcosm was a few years ahead of its time, and now the world is catching up in time for Biel to revel in its well-earned success. Biel shares why Microcosm Publishing stopped selling on Amazon and why that’s not as scary as it may sound. Resist, push back, go your own way! These are themes of today’s show as we talk about book publishing with a publisher, Joe Biel, who’s doing things a lot differently from your average indie publisher. Subscribe and download the episode, wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted by Brooke Warner of She Writes and Grant Faulkner of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), each theme-focused episode of Write-minded features an interview with a writer, author, or publishing industry professional. We are a weekly podcast for writers craving a unique blend of inspiration and real talk about the ups and downs of the writing life. Write-minded: Weekly Inspiration for Writers is currently in its fourth year. ![]()
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