“This insider’s guide to outsider publishing should leave aspiring publishers feeling inspired, optimistic, and well-informed.” Publishers Weekly
Description
A comprehensive and easy-to-follow guide to book publishing written by a successful book publisher
So, you want to publish books.
Publishing is an incredibly rewarding yet endlessly complicated profession. This comprehensive and empowering book serves as a resource and reality check for anyone considering launching a press or publishing a single book. Author Joe Biel draws on twenty-three years of experience in all parts of operating a small publishing company to teach you the skills of the trade, from distribution, operations, inventory, scheduling, and accounting to development, sales, publicity, and marketing. Listeners will come away with the confidence to succeed and a big-picture overview of why publishing matters and how to plan and run their business fairly and sustainably.
This book is equally useful to publishing beginners looking for a realistic overview of the process and for already practicing publishers seeking a deeper understanding of accounting principles, ways to bring their books to new audiences, and how to advance their mission in a changing industry.
Praise
“This insider’s guide to outsider publishing should leave aspiring publishers feeling inspired, optimistic, and well-informed.” Publishers Weekly
“Politely rebelious.” Publishers Weekly
“Joe Biel has a gift for looking at things a little differently. Anyone starting a publishing company or just hoping to publish one book will benefit from his perspective and experience in building Microcosm. They should read this.” Mark Suchomel, Senior Vice President, Baker & Taylor
Details
| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Release Day | Dec 3, 2018 |
| Release Date | December 4, 2018 |
| Release Date Machine | 1543881600 |
| Imprint | Blackstone Publishing |
| Provider | Blackstone Publishing |
| Categories | Education & Learning, Writing & Publishing, Nonfiction - Adult, Nonfiction - All |
Author Bio
Joe Biel is an author, filmmaker, the founder and manager of Microcosm Publishing, and cofounder of the Portland Zine Symposium. He tours with his films on the Dinner and Bikes program and has been featured in Time, Publishers Weekly, Utne Reader, Portland Mercury, the Oregonian, Punk Planet, The Spectator (Japan), and Maximum Rocknroll, among others. His work can be found at JoeBiel.net.
Narrator Bio
David Stifel trained at the Yale School of Drama and has worked for such noted film directors as Steven Spielberg and Danny Boyle.
Overview
A comprehensive and easy-to-follow guide to book publishing written by a successful book publisher
So, you want to publish books.
Publishing is an incredibly rewarding yet endlessly complicated profession. This comprehensive and empowering book serves as a resource and reality check for anyone considering launching a press or publishing a single book. Author Joe Biel draws on twenty-three years of experience in all parts of operating a small publishing company to teach you the skills of the trade, from distribution, operations, inventory, scheduling, and accounting to development, sales, publicity, and marketing. Listeners will come away with the confidence to succeed and a big-picture overview of why publishing matters and how to plan and run their business fairly and sustainably.
This book is equally useful to publishing beginners looking for a realistic overview of the process and for already practicing publishers seeking a deeper understanding of accounting principles, ways to bring their books to new audiences, and how to advance their mission in a changing industry.
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