Microcosm Publishing

10/30/2025

There are new forms of ecommerce popping up every day, on every website from Instagram and Tiktok to Pinterest. Is selling online through Tiktok right for your books?

This week, Jane Friedman of the Bottom Line is back to talk to us about the growing popularity of TIktok Shop, and if she thinks it’s worth a publisher’s time.

Clip below, and full episode at microcosm.pub/podcast

10/17/2025

Knowing your rights is the first step to staying safe and free.

Heading out to protests? Want a refresher on your rights for yourself or someone in your community? Want to get a bunch of copies to distribute at a movement?

Our new zine, Know Your Rights, was written by criminal defense lawyers who represent activists and have seen it all, this is an accessible must-read for anyone concerned about democracy.

We want to make sure anyone who needs this info can get it (while still making sure we can keep the lights on), so for the next few weeks, you can get the zine on a sliding scale.

Get the PDF today as low as $1, or preorder the zine at

Preparing to fight? Know your rights! Whether you're an activist protesting on the streets, a worker preparing for ICE to come to your job, or simply a...

10/16/2025

Can you really judge a book by its cover? Absolutely, yes. A lot of work goes into planning a book’s cover design— marketing goals, representing the author’s work, making it appealing to the target audience, legibility, and so much more.

This week on the pod, let's walk through what you can take into consideration for designing your covers.

Clip below, full episode at microcosm.pub/newpodcast

10/15/2025

The holiday season can be a time of pleasure but also pressure, especially for folks juggling multiple families, partners, and expectations. Luckily, you've got this inclusive guide full of supportive tips for making your way through the holidays with minimal stress and maximum understanding.

Preorder the zine on Kickstarter (link below), and check out the rewards full of even more insights for poly folks, their circles, or anyone just trying to get by.

10/10/2025

This is why we can’t have nice things.

10/09/2025

Lindsay Sims McKee is a professor and digital marketing expert based in Ohio.

This week on the podcast, Lindsay joins us to talk universal marketing truths and strategies, like determining who your customer is (hint: it’s not you!), their needs, and publishing books that fill those needs.

Buckle in, aspiring marketing pros, for this fun, accessible, and jargon-lite episode!

Clip below, full episode at microcosm.pub/newpodcast

10/09/2025

Stories of our “war” have been pointlessly exaggerated

10/07/2025

This week's Microsale: NEVER SAY YOU CAN'T SURVIVE by Charlie Jane Anders

About the book: Things are scary right now. We’re all being swept along by a tidal wave of history, and it’s easy to feel helpless. But we’re not helpless: we have minds, and imaginations, and the ability to visualize other worlds and valiant struggles. And writing can be an act of resistance that reminds us that other futures and other ways of living are possible. Full of memoir, personal anecdote, and insight about how to flourish during the present emergency, Never Say You Can’t Survive is the perfect manual for creativity in unprecedented times, and one of the most practical how-to guides to the craft of storytelling.

Available at microcosm.pub/microsale

Get 60% off when you use coupon code NEVERSAYNEVER at checkout.

It's the Microcosm Microsale! Get big savings on even the littlest books.This week's Microsale: Never Say You Can't SurviveThe world is on fire! So tell your...

09/30/2025

We've got just over a week to go for the coziest vegan reads this side of Kickstarter, and an update offering a sneak peek inside of THE FRUGAL VEGAN'S HAPPY HOME

Check it out!

Hello lovely backers! How's your week going? Somehow September is over and tomorrow October is here!I'm so glad to live in a world with Octobers. Not to be all

09/25/2025

Nicole LaRue is both a q***r artist and graphic designer and is widely known for her iconic work on the Women’s March on Washington logo. Her latest work, the HeART Tarot, is a unique deck featuring beautiful, original illustrations incorporating the shape of the human heart and elements of the natural world into each tarot archetype, and reminding us that the heart and mind aren’t working in opposition.

This week on the pod, Nic hangs out with us to talk astrology, intuition vs the brain, publishing, and so much more.

Clip below! Full episode link in comments

09/24/2025

Check your sources

09/24/2025

Mixed feelings about cops digging into hundreds of years of canon texts but excited to welcome the upcoming converts.