[New-Poetry] Recommending poetry presses and beyond

[Skip Fox]

Another question might concern the term "success."

 

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I agree with David that the press does matter. General readership and
curiosity will sell a certain amount of books. Without the poet going out
and promoting the book, you will reach a saturation point in a relatively
short amount of time.

 

Another question might be: Is it necessary to tour to make a poetry book
successful? Being a member of an artrock band, the only way we sold discs is
to barrage a city with our music. Appearances, posters, and stores, then
move on to the next town and do it again. To make your work sell, you better
network the daylights out of it. Quality matters, but I am sure you have all
read books raved about by other poets, that force you to question the entire
process.

Does marketing diminish quality of the work? Absolutely not. But, it doesn't
add to it either/. 

 

Russ

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