hi from mira libra

Mira // design, aim, view (Italian)
Libra // balance (zodiac)


Mira Libra is the home of all things weird & wonderful on paper. We are an independent publisher of creative and cultural works based in Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

We’re still getting started here so feel free to follow us on instagram at hi.mira.libra for news and updates. Thanks for stopping by!

Mission

The challenge

Today, artists spend valuable time managing a business instead of developing their artistic practice. Self-publishing is a complex and expensive process: fundraising, print production, logistics, marketing, and distribution create a high barrier to entry for many creatives. Cheaper, self-publishing mega-corporations exploit employee labor and consumers. And many artists don’t want to do all the creative work and still have to spend time hustling on social media just to fight through the algorithms.

Our purpose

We want to handle the boring stuff and create a new type of publishing world where creatives are allowed to focus on what they do best, without paying up-front production and promotional costs or participating in the attention economy. We want to work with real, local printers and union workers. And we want to help publish and distribute works from domestic and international artists - helping to reduce costly tariffs that prevent international artists from selling their work in the United States.