How To Get Poetry Published

[loulou111]

I have written a few poems over the years. I've been told some are not bad.
I would love to see them in print in a little book. Any idea how to do this at a low cost?

[Ken4155]

Unless your work is particularly good, your probable route is by vanity publishing or self publishing. With vanity publishing, you pay the publisher a fee which covers only the actual publication of the work - they are not concerned whether your work sells or not as you will be doing all the promotion and selling yourself. Self publishing companies offer much more for your money, from editing to promotion and distribution. There is lots of info on the internet and i wish you good luck.

[jno]

you can self-publish with online outfits such as lulu.com - I don't know how little you want your book to be but they'd probably only cost £2 or £3 each. If you want to market them they'll provide an ISBN number and assistance on selling on eBay or Amazon.

[loulou111]

Well I'm no millionaire in the making, it's not that good. But it would be great to have something of mine in print.

[Quoi]

why dont you try crowd funding your new book - a few samples of your best poems would let people judge whether to pay or not.
Then you will know if its a worthwhile exercise AND you will have some pre-sales if you give out copies of the book in return for the funding.

[loulou111]

Some very helpful ideas thanks guys