Publishing books & Poetry - Where to start?

Question

I write a lot of poetry and I would like to get a small book published - anyone know any RL or Internet sites that would help with this (I know about Poetry.com) Thank you.

Answer 1

Depending on what you want, you might consider self-publishing. You can go with one of the hundreds of small presses that offer publishing packages for a fee. Places like Lifevest Publishing, or Tafford, or First Books.

Or you can put it together yourself and take it to a printer. That's the cheapest way. You can even get your own ISBN numbers. Look up http://isbn.org/standards/home/index.asp .

You can put together something you like and give it to friends or sell it without giving up your rights if you take it to a printer with your own ISBN number.

Good luck.

Answer 2

You can also try iuniverse.com. They are a self-publishing company where they can help you put together your manuscript, select typesettings, and cover art etc. They charge a fee and I believe the cheapeset may be around $400, but if you are interested check it out.