Joe Biel·Sep 27, 2025CLASS WAR AND LITTLE FREE LIBRARIESIn 2024, the book distributor that I manage began distributing a Canadian publisher with 6,000 overstock books, which would usually be…
Joe Biel·Jul 5, 2019How I, Joe Biel (Microcosm Publishing), Escaped Abuse, Moved On, Thought Bigger Than My Bubble…In 1998 I was selling zines and records a few nights per week at our local DIY punk club, Speak in Tongues. A regular customer named Steve…A response icon2A response icon2
Joe Biel·Mar 18, 2019How Kittie Knox Changed Bicycling ForeverLet me tell you about my hero.A response icon5A response icon5
Joe Biel·Mar 18, 2019Joe Biel (Microcosm Publishing) explores How to Boycott: Make Your Voice Heard, Understand History…For hundreds of years, boycotts have changed the world. Perhaps the most successful boycott of all time was when the British imperialized…
Joe Biel·Nov 9, 2018Are eBooks Better for the Environment?In January of 2011, Microcosm Publishing offered a service where customers could exchange the Kindle that they had received for the…A response icon1A response icon1
Joe Biel·Jul 23, 2018Think Like a PublisherThis is an excerpt of Joe Biel’s 8th book, A People’s Guide to Publishing, in stores in December 2018 with preorders shipping in August!
Joe Biel·Jul 1, 2018THE UNDERGROUND IS BIGGER THAN THE MAINSTREAMThis is an excerpt of Joe Biel’s 8th book, A People’s Guide to Publishing, in stores in December 2018 with preorders shipping in August!
Joe Biel·May 21, 2018How To Save A Life, Medieval StyleFor over 700 years the 35,000-person town of Geel, Belgium has had a saying “Half of Geel is crazy, and the rest is half crazy.” Based on…
Joe Biel·Nov 22, 2017Doing It Better: Conflict Resolution after Abuse in Leftist CommunitiesIn October it entered the public consciousness that Harvey Weinstein, co-founder of Miramax Films and co-chairman of The Weinstein Company…
Joe Biel·May 16, 2017How I, Joe Biel, Have Been Accountable for People I’ve HurtI was married from 2002–2004. It was years before I was diagnosed with autism in 2009 and learned how to understand or respond…A response icon1A response icon1
