101 Ways to Make Poems Sell

Author: Chris Hamilton-Emery
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781907773235
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
101 Ways to Make Poems Sell is an insider’s guide to the poetry business, focusing on the issues that matter: building profile, finding readers and selling books. Hamilton-Emery offers practical and hard-earned advice about the ins and outs of marketing poetry and driving sales. Whether you are a novice or an established poet, this book provides you with over a hundred tools and techniques to help sell your books, keep your publisher and build a readership around the world.With over a decade’s experience in international publishing, working as a senior manager and consultant within blue chip companies, Hamilton-Emery offers a frank, funny and insightful tour of the world of poety publishing. Every step of the way you’re offered gems of advice, along with tips and tools you can put into practice straight away, many of them for free, and all of them geared to getting your books into the hands of the people that truly matter: your readers.Includes step by step advice on:Making poetry submissions, including ‘50 dos and don’ts’Getting reviews, readings and residenciesCollaboration, competition and contactsThe poetry scene, power and publicityThe uses and abuses of social media

The Selling and Self-Regulation of Contemporary Poetry

Author: J.T. Welsch
Publisher: Anthem Press
ISBN: 178527337X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 306

Book Description
The Selling and Self-Regulation of Contemporary Poetry is the first book-length study of the contemporary poetry industry. By documenting radical changes over the past decade in the way poems are published, sold, and consumed, it connects the seemingly small world of poetry with the other, wider creative industries. In reassessing an art form that has been traditionally seen as free from or even resistant to material concerns, the book confronts the real pressures – and real opportunities – faced by poets and publishers in the wake of economic and cultural shifts since 2008. The changing role of anthologies, prizes, and publishers are considered alongside new technologies, new arts policy, and re-conceptions of poetic labour. Ultimately, it argues that poetry’s continued growth and diversification also leaves individuals with more responsibility than ever for sustaining its communities.

Selling Your Poetry Book

Author: James P. Wagner
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781946157584
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
Publishing a poetry book is a big accomplishment. Writing and publishing are complicated. Selling your book is an entirely different beast. The publishers of Local Gems Press have sold tens of thousands of copies of their poetry books and are here to share their secrets. Learn about what goes on behind the scenes with poetry books published by academic presses. Learn about the statistics for what makes a best-selling poetry book. Learn how to host amazing book launches and live events. Learn how to partner with local businesses and charitable organizations to sell your book. Learn about how to take advantage of the online world and tap into the ever-growing online marketplace. And more. Published by Local Gems Press www.localgemspoetrypress.com

Poetry and Work

Author: Jo Lindsay Walton
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030261255
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 405

Book Description
Poetry and Work offers a timely and much-needed re-examination of the relationship between work and poetry. The volume questions how lines are drawn between work and non-work, how social, political, and technological upheavals transform the nature of work, how work appears or hides within poetry, and asks if poetry is work, or play, or something else completely. The book interrogates whether poetry and avant-garde and experimental writing can provide models for work that is less alienated and more free. In this major new collection, sixteen scholars and poets draw on a lively array of theory and philosophy, archival research, fresh readings, and personal reflection in order to consider work and poetry: the work in poetry and the work of poetry. Individual chapters address issues such as the many professions, occupations, and tasks of poets beyond and around writing; poetry’s special relationship with ‘craft’; work's relationship with gender, class, race, disability, and sexuality; how work gets recognised or rendered invisible in aesthetic production and beyond; the work of poetry and the work of political activism and organising; and the notion of poetry itself as a space where work and play can blur, and where postwork imaginaries can be nurtured and explored.

The Cambridge Companion to Creative Writing

Author: David Morley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107494370
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 245

Book Description
Creative writing has become a highly professionalised academic discipline, with popular courses and prestigious degree programmes worldwide. This book is a must for all students and teachers of creative writing, indeed for anyone who aspires to be a published writer. It engages with a complex art in an accessible manner, addressing concepts important to the rapidly growing field of creative writing, while maintaining a strong craft emphasis, analysing exemplary models of writing and providing related writing exercises. Written by professional writers and teachers of writing, the chapters deal with specific genres or forms - ranging from the novel to new media - or with significant topics that explore the cutting edge state of creative writing internationally (including creative writing and science, contemporary publishing and new workshop approaches).

101 Tips on Writing and Selling Your First Novel

Author: Prudy Taylor Board
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 9780595293131
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 190

Book Description
"101 Tips on Writing and Selling Your First Novel takes you from the baby steps of getting organized to full-blown marketing with well-written, well-organized, information-packed pages that have even the 'greenest' of writers submitting a professional and polished manuscript for publication. Ms. Taylor's readers will be empowered with confidence, having the knowledge that all their bases are covered when submitting their first, and subsequent, novels for publication." --Ingrid Taylor, Small Press Review "As a novice writer, you must have a good grasp of the basics, and now it's here! Not only will 101 TIPS show you how to write, but once your book is ready, how to sell. Allow yourself to be one of the very small percentage of writers who approach agents, editors, and publishers, in a professional manner, with your work ready to be seen!" --Babs Lakey, Publisher, Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine, www.fmam.biz "For years I have been struggling with a novel in progress. Prudy Taylor Board's worksheet pages, calendars, making the characters alive and functioning, have all helped me see my novel as a living, moving, productive vehicle. Every writer should have this book and every workshop facilitator should use it as a textbook. It is the most complete "trip ticket" for writers I have come across in 40 years of writing." --Virginia B. Elliott, Naples, Florida

Writing and Selling Poetry, Fiction, Articles, Plays, and Local History

Author: Marcia Muth
Publisher: Sunstone Press
ISBN: 9780865340480
Category : Authorship
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Book Description
This book is designed to help both the beginning writer and the published writer who wants additional guidance in the marketing aspects of the trade. All the creative aspects of writing are covered from how to get and develop ideas to the ways and means of researching them. There are sections on copyright, contracts and computers as well as how to solve the "writer's block" and how to handle the writer's horror: rejections. An extensive bibliography serves as a guide for further reading. "Wisconsin Bookwatch" reported: "...a thoroughly 'user friendly' guide written especially for novice writers trying to cope with the necessities of marketing, as well as writer's block, handling the soul-crushing rejections, scrutinizing one's contract, and more. 'Writing and Selling' is recommended as a brief, simply presented instructional reference offering meticulous step-by-step directions, and as an effective starting primer for aspiring writers seeking remunerative publication of their work."

How to Write and Sell Your Poetry

Author: Marcia Muth
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780913270349
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description

Women on Poetry

Author: Carol Smallwood,
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786488719
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
In these 59 essays, published female poets share a wealth of practical advice and inspiration. Aimed at students and aspiring and experienced poets alike, the essays address such topics as the women's collective writing experience, tips on teaching in numerous contexts, the publishing process, and essential wisdom to aid the poet in her chosen vocation.

101+ Practical Ways to Raise Funds

Author: Anne Hart
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1532000162
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 284

Book Description
Raise funds and/or promote your favorite cause. Develop original creativity enhancement products such as writing vocational biographies. Solve problems and publish measurable results. Design practical media projects that easily can be turned into home-based businesses or one-time projects. Homeschoolers, parents, teachers, students, entrepreneurs, and workers interested in opening powerful, affordable-budget, trend-ready home-based publishing, writing, or video podcasting and video news release-production businesses and creative writing fundraising events will enjoy these unique applications to help you create your own board games, projects, businesses, publications, and events. Sample business start-ups (or one-time project) categories include the following categories: description of business, income potential, best locale to operate the business, training required, general aptitude or experience, equipment needed, operating your business, target market, related opportunities, and additional information for resources. Develop practical projects using the skills of video production, creative writing, book and pamphlet publishing, or newsletter design. These skills include adapting stories, novels, news events, or scripts and skits to numerous platforms, formats, and media types. Inform others how to avoid pitfalls and blind spots that can derail careers early in the game. The campaigns are ideal for most promotional, business, or training situations.