Insider's Guide to Getting Your Poems Published Ebook

That's why I've written an "Sell Your Poems" showing you my step-by-step system for getting your work published. Here's what you'll discover:

• Your local coffee shops and independent bookstores will beg you to have a poetry reading...once you do this! (p. 19)
• Worried about others stealing your work? Here's how to protect yourself. (page 47)
• This amazing market for poetry publishes more books of poems than all the large commercial publishers combined...eagerly accepts new writers...and you don't need an agent to break in. But you've probably never heard of it!
• These famous magazines publish lots of poetry, yet if you send in your work (as so many do) and it’s not accepted, you can kill your career as a poet. (Hint: it has nothing to do with getting a bad reputation. page 13)
• The one thing you'll desperately want to do before submitting your work for publication...and the reason you must never do it! (p. 11)
• The one simple technique that will practically guarantee your success...but hardly any poets do it! (page 7)
• The "dirty little secret" of large publishing houses, and why you shouldn't send your poetry to them (p. 22)
• How to submit your work for publication, with clear instructions and examples (starts on page 25)
• How to go to your public library, ask one question, and get a list of thousands of publications that are anxious to find good poems to publish! (p. 15)
• How to get your local newspaper to write an article about you and your poetry! (p. 20)
• How to find hundreds of places on the Internet that will gladly publish your work. (p. 16)
• How editors form opinions of your work...before they even read it! This can damage your chances of getting published, unless you know how to use it to your advantage. (p. 32)
• Here's a poetry market that's huge...easy for new poets to break into...and best of all, has editors from prestigious publications snooping around, scouting for fresh new poets! (p. 14)
• Greeting Card companies: are they a good market for you? The "Big 3" companies won't accept poems from outsiders...but here's how to break into the industry anyway! (p. 21)
• Frustrated because you can't find a market for your poetry? You'll be shocked at the number of opportunities you have. (p. 4)
• An easy way to impress editors, and make them more receptive to your work…before they even read your poems! (p. 26)
• A magazine wants to buy your poem! Time to rejoice...unless the editor mentions this phrase. If so, withdraw your poem immediately! (p. 12)
• "Chapbooks": what they are, and their surprising role in your success (p. 21)