The gift segment of publishing is the both the largest potential and one of the fastest growing. While there are around 2,500 bookstores in the U.S., there are over 1 MILLION independent brick and mortar stores, and they are on a 10 year growth pattern and shopped at by 80% of people in one study, estimated to grow income 12% this year to over $4T (22% OF U.S. ECONOMY). This week we take a look at one such marketing outlet to gift, Las Vegas Market!

Episode 124: What is an "Indie Author?"

Do you find that the traditional methods for book publishing aren't working for you? Are you a publisher or author who wants to innovate, succeed, and expand your audience through time-tested methods? We offer time-tested publishing methods that we know work because we have used them to sell millions of books in a changing industry. We have been inundated with requests for consulting so we created this show to share everything we know. We are the executives of Microcosm Publishing, a Publishers Weekly fastest growing publisher three years in a row. Tune in every Thursday for us to share our latest research in the time it takes you to walk the dog. Check out our fan-favorite episode on cover design. Joe Biel is the inaugural winner of the PubWest Innovator Award and founder and CEO of Microcosm, a 30-year-old midlist publisher. Elly Blue is the editorial and marketing director at Microcosm. Joe is also the author of A People’s Guide to Publishing, which distills what they’ve learned over the past 30 years, taught at dozens of universities. Together, they distill this knowledge for other publishers and people who simply want to understand the publishing industry. 