lets see well im a poet looking for a bublisher how do i go about this?

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Answer 1

First, if you want to be taken seriously as a poet or as any type of writer you should always practice the best possible grammar when expressing yourself. Publishers will instantly toss any manuscript into the trash still unread if their first impression of what you have to say seems amateurish.

Second, virtually no unknown poet can find a legit book publisher willing to take a chance on publishing an unknown poet. The reasons for this are pure monetary ones. Books of poetry make very little money for publishing houses unless you have some kind of name recognition.

To get that type of name recognition you need to get your poetry published in magazines first. Most magazines, from Redbook to The New Yorker to Esquire publish several poems per issue. The pay isn't very much but at least you'll be in print. There are books you can buy or check out of the public library (the best known one being 'The Writer's Market') that list which magazines publish poetry and they provide guidelines for submissions.

There are also monthly magazines like 'Poetry Magazine' that publish nothing but poetry. Get their address from The Writer's Market and contact them about submitting your work. By the way, Poetry Magazine will accept unsolicited manuscripts of poetry. As will many arty type magazines published by universities. These types of magazines pay very little but it's still a start.

After you've managed to get enough of your poems into magazines then you can approach legit book publishers (there aren't that many) that actually publish poetry. And you can list your credits in the introduction letter or phone call. Again, even if one of them does agree to publish your collection it probably won't make you rich because there just aren't enough people who actually buy books of poetry these days.

There is one other way to get your collection of poetry published and this is through what is known as 'vanity' presses: book publishers that YOU PAY out of your own pocket for them to publish your poetry. And in these cases you have to locate book stores yourself that are willing to put your collection on their shelves. Most won't free up any bookshelf space for a vanity press collection by an unknown poet.

Your best bet is to go through the normal, but slow, process of getting some of your poems accepted by magazines and by poetry magazines and by building up a respectable reputation as a serious poet.

Answer 2

What's a bublisher?, I think you mean publisher hon.
Well I think you should learn how to spell properly first to be honest, no offence.