By Eric Schierloh
Public Collectors, Chicago, IL, 2026
Pages: 16
Dimensions: 5.5 in x 8.5 in
Cover: Paper
Binding: saddle stitched
Process: Digital printing
Color: Color cover with black ink interior
Edition size: 650
ISBN: none

A fresh new collaboration between Public Collectors and Eric Schierloh of Barba de Abejas! This 2023 text from Eric drops lots of new wisdom on the old problem of how to start a publishing house. It's jammed with excellent and suggestive ideas and insights. From the back cover:

ISBN? No Thanks and Other Notes Before Starting a Publishing House was originally published by Barba de Abejas in July 2023. The translation is by the author Eric Schierloh. The ¿ISBN? No Gracias graphic on the cover is by the Mexican graphic artist Rafael Rodríguez Pachiclón (@pachiclon); thanks to Ricos Jugos from Guadalajara, México for allowing us to use it. This publication has a PEER PRODUCTION LICENSE that allows sharing, adaptation, and commercial use as long as authorship is attributed, the same license is maintained, and the commerce is conducted directly by independent workers who manufacture the publications.

Eric Schierloh was born in La Plata (Buenos Aires, Argentina) in 1981. He runs the artisan publishing project Barba de Abejas. This booklet is the second English translation of Eric Schierloh’s writing that Public Collectors has published. The first was How to Prepare Yourself for the Collapse of the Industrial Publishing System in 2022.

Print or die!