How to Sell Stuff at an Event - Paperback

by Joe Biel (Author)

So you've got a business where you make stuff--zines, books, crafts, art, widgets. Whatever it is, you're super passionate about it, and you've been thinking about tabling at events! There's an art and science to vending, explained here by a Joe Biel, who 25 years ago began packing zines into milk crates and hauling them to the punk club to excitedly sell and trade. Covered here are topics like choosing your event, figuring out what to bring, managing travel logistics with all your stuff, setting up an appealing display, comporting yourself with potential customers and other vendors, and more!

Author Biography

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. Biel has been featured in Time Magazine, NPR, Publishers Weekly, Art of Autism, Reading Glasses, PBS, Bulletproof Radio, Spectator (Japan), G33K (Korea), and Maximum Rocknroll. Biel is the author of People's Guide to Publishing: Building a Successful, Sustainable, Meaningful Book Business, Good Trouble: Building a Successful Life & Business on the Spectrum, Manspressions: Decoding Men's Behavior, Make a Zine, The CIA Makes Science Fiction Unexciting, Proud to be Retarded, Bicycle Culture Rising, and 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, Ore. Find out more at joebiel.net