Beyond the Bookshelf: How to Sell Books, Zines & Cool Literature in Your Store--And Change the World! - Paperback

by Larry Law (Illustrator), Elly Blue (Author), Joe Biel (Author)

Author Biography

Larry Law is an artist and Executive Director of the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association. With a passion for art, literature and community, he champions independent bookstores across the Midwest. His art is often colorful, humorous and advocates for issues he is passionate about. When he's not designing things for bookstores he's with his wife, daughter and two cats in the suburbs of Chicago. You can follow him on Instagram: @wormwood and purchase his art through Microcosm Publishing. Elly Blue is a co-owner and the vice president of Microcosm Publishing, and the co-host of the People's Guide to Publishing podcast. Her books include Everyday Bicycling and Bikenomics, and she is the editor of the annual Bikes in Space anthology of feminist bicycle science fiction. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her partner, their dog, and a small fleet of cargo bicycles. Joe Biel is a self-made autistic publisher and filmmaker who draws origins, inspiration, and methods from punk rock. Biel is the founder and CEO of Microcosm Publishing, Publishers Weekly's #1 fastest-growing publisher of 2022 and #3 in 2023. Biel has been featured in Time Magazine, Esquire, Art of Autism, Reading Glasses, Bulletproof Radio, Spectator (Japan), G33K (Korea), and Maximum Rocknroll, as well as on NPR and PBS. Biel is the author of A People's Guide to Publishing: Building a Successful, Sustainable, Meaningful Book Business, Good Trouble: Building a Successful Life & Business with Autism, 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 film series. Biel lives in Portland, OR. Find out more at joebiel.net.