Me Getting A Book of Poetry Published

[aleuzzi]

Originally Posted by Musicman408

Awesome, thank you. We'll have to talk about this further..... About how many copies did your book sell and how much did you make from it. Feel free to pm me those stats if you'd like. ha ha

Much Love,
Ethan

Ethan,

I have made no real money on my book. Most poets don't, unless they publish with the biggest presses. I received a box load of copies of my book when it was issued and I could sell them at full cost at readings--which I did. At one reading, I made over a $100 in an hour. But the money is not really an issue--as long as no cash comes out of my pocket, I'm okay.

The publisher has reportedly sold about 250 copies, which isn't that bad for a book of poetry, especially since there was next to no publicity surrounding its publication. If it sells more than a 1000 copies, then I'll get a small percentage of royalites. It won't!

Tony