top ten poetry book publishers?

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. And poetry.com is a complete SCAM!

Happy writing!

Answer 2

Poetry.com and American Poets are all I can think of because those are the ones that my poems are published by.

Answer 3

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