Does anyone know of any publishers who will publish my poetry manuscript for free? Thanks.?

Question

I have just typed up a poetry manuscript that is full of some of my best poems evers. I am so proud of it, and I would love to see my poetry book on bookshelves, and not just that, I would love for my book to become one of the best selling books ever. But I don't know how to do that when I have no money to spend on publishing. Could anyone help me out and tell me who and where I could go to to get my poetry manuscript published into a book and on bookshelves absolutely free, no cost whatsoever. Thanks. I really appreciate it.

Answer 1

Go to your local library and find a book called, "Writer's Market '06." There's an edition published every year so what you find may say '05 or '04. It doesn't realy matter, every one of them contain about the same information. What you'll find inside is page after page of publishers and their addresses, and a little blurb on what sort of stuff they're interested in. Then, go get yourself some envelopes and stamps and start mailing, to as many of them as you can pay the postage on. You'll get a ton of rejections (don't let that discourage you), but you very well may hear back from that one who'll not only publish you work for free, they'll pay you.

Answer 2

Any reputable publisher will publish your book for free. The only people who charge you, are the 'vanity press' people, who will publish literally anything if you pay for it.
A reputable publisher will not only publish your book for free, he will provide the editorial services, do the layout, choose the fonts, design the cover, market your book and pay you royalties. So it's sort of a no-brainer which one you choose.
There is a book --and your local library should have it -- called 'writer's market' that lists reputable publishers for all the book genres - everything from space fiction to poetry. This will help you find a publisher for your manuscript.
There are also a number of poetry competitions, that solicit poems from authors. Be wary of these -- some of them also fall in the 'vanity publisher' arena, but they charge much less. You pay a fee -- usually about $100 -- to enter your poem in the competition and if your poem is chosen, they publish a book of the winning poems. They do, in fact, publish the book, and each of the 'winners' gets a lovely bound copy, but you won't find it in a library or a bookstore anywhere, so in fact, all you are doing is paying $100 for the privelege of having your poem published in a book that is only going to be read by other people who paid $100 to have their poem in the same book.
So try to get in with a reputable publisher, and if they start asking for money, get out pronto!
Good luck to you!

Answer 3

there is a website thats free, and they will publish your work for you. you get 80% of the profit of your book that does not include the publishing cost. Go to www.lulu.com. They have a tour that you can click on, its at the same website and is in the right side. It will show you every thing about how to publish your work. Good Luck.

p.s. most publishers will not look at every manuscript, unless you have a good agent or you have some published work under your belt and you will also get less money from them, because they take a big portion and so does your agent, so you would save money with www.lulu.com.

Answer 4

There are many that will publish you for free if your poetry is good enough. A typical scam is to publish your poems in a book along with hundreds of other people's poems, then sell you the book for $60.00 or so. Stay away from publishers that want YOU TO PAY.

Answer 5

Hi, kls, my name is Hank. I've read through the answers listed under your question. The best answer is from sgentry@sbcg. Whomever that person is, they know about publishing.

I graduated from a Midwestern college with a BAIS degree with an emphasis on creative writing. I want to tell you that sgentry is not pulling your leg when he/she says don't be disappointed about the rejections.

My bane is comma misplacement.

I write really good war poetry, myself. I won't even try to publish. It's not because I'm not publishable, but it is because I don't have the patience sgentry is trying to tell you you'll need to find a publisher.

What I have done in the meantime to get my poetry and prose in print is to create a 360 page on this very web site. I think this one of the best things Yahoo has ever done for people like you and me. I'm the type of person who doesn't care if I get published in my lifetime or not.

But, my poetry and prose are good enough that after I'm dead somebody will publish it. It's not that it's really good poetry, it is--what I write is literature, and literature always gets published.

All I have to do to ensure it's published is to make certain my poetry and prose writings are all collected in one spot, and to ensure it even further my attorney is keeping copies of what I write as well.

Who knows, maybe your writing is good enough to do that. I used to be embarrased about my skills with words, not anymore though. I've been told that I have a unique way with composition. I don't suffer from writer's block either. I also use the preview page to print out my answers too, then re-enter them into my word processer. That way, everything I write is saved.

I remember when I first began writing I used to suffer that problem. But since then, I've read and read and read and read, then read some more. Did I mention I'm a voracious reader? I work crosswords, not the easy ones either; I work cryptoquotes and, believe it or not, on my kitchen table, I have seven different dictionaries. I have three more in my living room. I have a thesaurus in my kitchen and another beside my computer terminal.

kls, I have a decent vocabulary. I have good diction. What I'm getting at is that with all this knowledge--I still learn new words every day. With me, learning is a neverending process. If I ever quit learning, I'll be dead and "a'mouldering in my grave."

So, kls, don't give up. Just do as sgentry says, and buy your stamps in rolls of a hundred. Oh, about me talking about my skills, "No braggin' just facts." Check out my 360 page. If my Iraq poem saves just one mother's son, it's worth all the sweat of me composing it. Good luck, kls.

A kindred poet, Hank Feral

p.s. I wish they'd get their spell check fixed. hf

Answer 6

get a copy of THE WRITER'S GUIDE. It lists all the publishers and what and under what terms they publish. many will publish for free, some for little cost others without payment to you except as copies of the work. Were I you, I'd try submitting to poetry contests for the best chance as a new comer.

Answer 7

I am looking for one too. If ou find out can you tell me? I did look at the web and found Whitmore Publishing. You might want to try them.

Answer 8

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