Soon A Sonnet. How Do I Publish My Poetry? comic poem, a poet dreams of publishing post 353 by Angela Lansbury

Soon a Sonnet

I can create a couplet

A couplet is two lines

So I can end a sonnet

I've written couplets many times

I can write a verse

Three verses start a sonnet

So often I rehearse

Three verses, a couple, done it!

 

A  good friend's relative wanted to know.

1 Does your poetry have a theme?

2 Who is the audience?

3 Are the poems of a regular length and do you have enough for one book, or a series?

4 Do you want to 

perform,

 publish on the web, 

make ebooks, 

print books, 

get status as a poet, 

meet other poets, 

leave records for your family, 

earn money, 

get feedback on poems https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12693021/Pro-organizer-closet-hack-baby-hangers.html

find a publisher

get testimonials?

A famous quotation says you make more money teaching poetry writing than publishing poetry.

Where to look

Fcebook

Instagram

Tiktok

bookshops

public libraries

You can perform every day and if you only sell one copy that is 360 a year. 

You can sponsor your own poetry prize.

You can enter contests in the hope of gaining a financial prize or credentials.

Writing events and other events take place every year.

Hotels have poets or writers in residence.

Countries have appointed poets.

You can write advertising jingles.

You can writing poems for greeting cards. 

You can edit a book of poems, an anthology, for a charity, putting your own poem first.

You can turn a poem into a song and perform for free in restaurants.

You can run sessions on reading or writing poetry in schools and colleges. they may forbid you to sell to the students. They might not pay. However, I read poems to a class in a school in London and they had no budget for teachers but from their book budget they bought one or two of my poetry books.

If you self-publish remember to donate a copy to the national library, so your book can be found, and kept forever to immortalize you.

You need an ISBN number which identifies the publisher, title, author,  so that the public can give it to the bookshops, and the bookshops can search for your book. 

Several websites run comparisons of self-publishing.

Avoid vanity publishing which takes a huge amount of money, does not editing, publishes no books, or charges you for a lot of books you have to store and cannot sell. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12693021/Pro-organizer-closet-hack-baby-hangers.html

Smaller books are easier to carry around, unless you can easily transport by bicycle or car, bus, train, or taxi.

When speaking at an event, have a copy of your book, or at least a flyer, with a call to action, buy my book, get it signed. Have the price displayed, ideally with a discount for buy now or buy two.

Check online what sells, other best selling authors for their subject, title, publisher, price, credentials, testimonials.

End every newsletter or blog post with a call to action

My books

Wnting Poetry For Fun

Poetry Workbook

The Poet & The Publisher comic poem 353 by Angela Lansbury

A poet dreams of publishing, 

Turn poems into songs and sing.

To che is paying you, have another buy a copy of the book and see if you get paid. If not, query it.

When you change your bank details, remember to tell the websites so that the money is credited to you.

You may need to pay tax on the money you earned online.

See Amazon books and Lulu 

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