How to Publish Your Poetry (Allison & Busby Writers' Guides) (Paperback)

~ Peter Finch (Author)

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Product Description

In this 4th revised edition, illuminated with personal anecdotes and insights, the author explores the whole range of essential topics for the would-be-published writer and includes useful sections on organisations of interest to poets, the poet's library and books on publishing.

About the Author

Alison Chisholm has had over 500 poems published in magazines, anthologies and collections. She has won numerous prizes and commendations for her work. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Allison & Busby; 4th edition (January 24, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 074900391X
• ISBN-13: 978-0749003913
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,677,787 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The BEST "how to" book for beginners., December 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Craft of Writing Poetry (Writers' Guides) (Paperback)

This book is by far the best, most sympathetic, encouraging and stimulating book for the beginning poet that I have yet come across. It, and its companion volume - "A Practical Poetry Course" take the reader step by step through the various stages of learning to write good poetry. She keeps the technical details simple and accessible, and manages to keep an overall feeling of enjoyment and pleasure in the task at hand.

I personally owe this book and this author a huge debt of gratitude. I can think of no better gift for the person who likes writing poetry and is beginning to feel that maybe they should/could take it further, if only they knew how ...

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good guide, May 3, 2003

By	I X Key "burningfield" (tomorrow) - See all my reviews

This great guide is very useful & informative for learning about publishing. Cursively written, too, with pertinent quotes at the beginning of each chapter. I even laughed out loud a number of times reading this book, because it's just so fun to read! I have one small complaint, which can be expected of any printed book about the internet. The internet-publishing chapter of this book I think is way out of date. My only other complaint is more about what I didn't know about the book before reading it than the book itself. It's especially about British publishing, which means that a lot of information in it is directly relevant to poets in England an, for me as an American, is only indirectly useful.

I hope this review has been helpful to you.

4.0 out of 5 stars Publishing Your Poetry, November 5, 2001

By	"authorssociety" (UK, Club Member) - See all my reviews

OK, so you have written your poems - how do you go about publishing them? Try the hard way - knock on many doors and waste a lot of postage stamps and telephone calls.

Or read this guide and you will save a lot of headaches - and you will start on the right track to getting published.