E-books have gone mainstream and it didn’t really take long for it to happen. I’m amazed at the number of poets who don’t mind spending $200-$500 to have a book published in print that will only sell 50 copies, if that, and then not even consider publishing in an e-book format. They may get their…
Category Archives: Getting Published
How to get your poetry published
By Jack Peachum Guest Author I cannot tell you how to write poetry – no one can do that. I honestly believe that all poets are self-trained – as are most other artists. Oh, someone can point out the essentials to you, but you must have the capacity in yourself to turn an inspiration into…
The Future Of POD (Or Why Vanity Publishing Will Get More Vain)
Google Books has been getting a lot of bad press in recent months due to its intentions to build the world’s largest library of stolen books. The controversy has centered around a clause in its agreement with prominent book publishers and authors over what to do with orphan works. The settlement will allow Google to…
Quick Announcement: Micropoetry Chapbook Series
I’ve been looking forward to introducing the Micropoetry Chapbook Series and finally it is here. This is a call to entries. You’ll have to click the link to read the submission guidelines, but here’s a quick definition of micropoetry. Verse in 140 characters or less. This is poetry published at one of the several microblogging…
Poetry Chapbook Coming Soon: Hardwood
I am pleased to announce the first poetry chapbook published by World Class Poetry. It is not yet available, but it soon will be. Gary B. Fitzgerald has commented on some of the blog posts here at World Class Poetry Blog and has been a faithful reader now for about a year, I guess. Last…
What (Self)-Publishing Is All About
Liz Strauss said it better than I ever could. In summary, publishing is a business. Even if you self-publish, you’ve got to impress your editor and your publisher with a product that can sell. Do your editor and publisher have the skills to know what readers will buy? The hard part is the marketing. If…
Coming Soon: WCP Chapbooks
I have always loved chapbooks. Poetry is a good fit for those small pamphlet-sized publications. And they’re a good way to introduce non-readers to contemporary poetry without overwhelming them with huge tomes of tropes and synecdoches. So this announcement should go over well with poets who are looking for ways to break into print with…
How To Write A Twitter Poem
As National Poetry Month draws nearer, I am planning an experiment that I predict will catch on en masse. I won’t be the first person to do this, but I will be (as far as I know) the first person to codify principles for doing it. The “it” I’m talking about is writing and publishing…
New Publisher: Over The Transom
Black Maze Books is an independent publisher in NYC. A growing catalog of literary works can be found at blackmazebooks.com. The publisher is open to unsolicited queries for book length manuscripts of poetry, horror fiction, supernatural/weird fiction, and non-fiction until October 31st, 2009. Queries regarding books of other genres will be disregarded without reply. Authors…
