Thank you. I've got a collection of almost 200 poems that I started writing when I was 16 or so. 72 now. I need to learn publishing and appreciate your knowledge and generosity in sharing what you know.
Please publish them! And please do update this comment. It would be incredibly fascinating to read the development of a person through their poems. Man, 16 to 72 is such a long time.
I'm self-published and have a paranormal short story collection along with now 3 poetry collections and one novel! While I haven't had much success yet with people finding my work and getting it out there I do have them out! And it's still kind of scary sometimes to think that people can now read my work! :) But self-publishing is a good thing for poets like me trying to get out there a bit. All three of my collections are just between 40 and 100 pages. And I'm working on another one in my journal right now though so I have to type it up!! This video was quite helpful thank you Shaelin!! :)
I've been there, too! I'm also self-published myself (Amazon) - right now, I have two novellas, one novel, and a short-story collection. It took me over nine months before some local publisher picked up on my short stories, but this is only the first step! Glad to know that I'm not alone out there!
I was "published" once when in school. Part of a national young poets competition. Working on poems for a chapbook for now. It's all poetry for writers.
I designed and printed and bound my own chapbook, just as you describe, many years ago. Now I have a larger collection under a single theme, that may be more of full-length collection. Currently looking at options. Thanks for the good advice!
My first ever poetry collections were 40 page booklets, card covers and stapled. I actually did do some entirely DIY ones after this, but the first two were self-published in 2003. It was kind of very early self-publishing, in limited print runs, with the option to reorder. I did it through QQ Press, run by a guy in Scotland, who also ran a small press poetry magazine. He sorted the ISBN side, and designed the covers, which were basic. One had a photo of my husband's on the cover. I've used print on demand since then, for poetry books, as well as my novel, and a Flash Fiction collection. I'm glad I had the early self-publishing experiences, but wouldn't do it that way now. Sometimes the early poetry booklets appear on Amazon, when people sell their old copies, but the titles are out of print.
Thank you for this. I’m in the beginning stage of publishing my first chapbook. This helps a lot. These videos always provide extensive insight and I look forward to watching more. Great presentation
Thank you, I found your tips very helpful. I am considering my first Chapbook to mark my 5th anniversary writing. I hope to align with a local charity to benefit from any potential sales.
Thanks for this. I'm about to take my first step with a poetry chapbook, and this was super helpful. I also really appreciate the stress you place on realistic expectations and how to market your book - so important! Thanks again!
Thank you for these great advices ! Now I wonder if I should publish 3 chapbooks or and small book of 60 pages made for 3 « chapters » … not an easy choice since
My first novel comes out in a little over a month. After that...I have a novel that I'm working on but I know it's going to be a while before it's ready to be released. So, I'm thinking about doing an ebook exclusive (with a very limited run chapbook) next year around Halloween to promote the novelette that will start off the collection of stories I'm working on. I was thinking about doing something similar every year to sort of bridge the gap between my first novel and my second.
This was very helpful. I’m curious, I do have quite a bit of poetry, what I am wondering about I also have a 65 line short prose piece which is not a traditional poem ( it is personal essay-ish) but reads somewhere between short short essay type and poem … can that be included? Maybe the word hybrid comes to mind but I’m not sure really what that word encompasses. Thank you for any thoughts. Nov 24, 2022.
hey great vid, in the process of submitting my chap book in the black Lawerence press competition. Do you have any other small press publishers in mind as a recommendation?
hey, for my table of contents, do you recommend I make it manual or is it fine I use the option on Microsoft word to make it when submitting for publishing? if I use the word option then the titles become sort of like a hyperlink where if you click it then it takes you to that page, and the page numbers align better. when I try to do it manually I somehow cant align the page numbers that well. also, at the end of my manuscript, do I have to do a page where I write 'END?' because I know people who write fiction and non fiction usually do this.
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