Does anyone know of a good, reasonable, poetry publisher?

Answer 1

Are you looking to publish a book, or individual poems?

For individual pieces, look at the book Writer's Market. It's hard to recommend a publisher to you because I don't know anything about your poetry. You have to find a magazine or journal that fits what you wrote.

For a book, you will want to get a literary agent. Most publishing houses won't read unsolicited manuscripts unless they come from a reputable agent. Not only that, but an agent will negotiate the terms of your contract for you so that you can keep as many of your rights to the book as possible.

I really like the current issue of the "Guide to Literary Agents". It is from the folks at Writer's Market, who do an excellent job is creating resources for authors to start their research of agents. I'd also recommend their book "Formatting & Submitting your Manuscript".

As for finding out if they're reliable, and excellent resource is the website Preditors and Editors-- they are a good jumping off point to start your quest!
http://www.anotherealm.com/prededitors/

You will face a lot of rejection either way, but keep submitting! You can do it!

And, a final note-- stay away from vanity presses (also known as self publishing). Places like Lulu.com and iUniverse are great if you only want a couple copies for friends and families, but it won't make you a published author.

Happy writing!

Answer 2

i recommend self-publishing. I self-published a book of poetry through http://www.lulu.com/
they are completely free and very easy to use. You can then buy a global distribution, or ISBN, which will put your book on Barnes and noble, borders, amazon.... i really like lulu, i think they are great. They also offer a great customer service if you get stuck.
If you think they are too good to be true (which was my original opinion) you can view my book at http://www.lulu.com/dchooper
Hope this helps. Good luck with your writing.
For any more information about Lulu you can contact me at [e-mail] (if you do contact me, put Lulu in the subject line, or i might report as spam)
Cheers, Deanna.

Answer 3

You need to find "Writer's Handbook" and do some research to find a good poetry publisher

Answer 4

Oxford Press UK

Answer 5

Try iUniverse.com
See what they did for me:
http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0-595-41130-4

Answer 6

Try a yahoo or google search and then review and pick which one you feel compelled to work with.Good luck!!!!!!!!

Answer 7

Yep, lulu.
Like I asked in my question, so i tried it.
But i don't understand all of it !!
=)