tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19695568.post114061523736650784..comments2023-03-25T03:51:02.990-04:00Comments on Terminal Chaosity: Depressing New About Poetry SalesLohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03997469173838577796noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19695568.post-1140992277036599092006-02-26T17:17:00.000-05:002006-02-26T17:17:00.000-05:00Do I really think I have something to say that no ...Do I really think I have something to say that no one else has or will say as well as I can say it? Do I really believe that I have the talent and the intelligence and the utter nerve that it takes to write even one poem, never mind a whole book of poems, that someone else will want to read?<BR/><BR/>Lo, it's Tom. If you ask yourself this kind of thing, it is or will become true. Write the poem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19695568.post-1140844795290419572006-02-25T00:19:00.000-05:002006-02-25T00:19:00.000-05:00They had 2 copies of my book and I know for a fact...They had 2 copies of my book and I know for a fact they sold at least <I>one</I> of them so according to my math, which is shoddy at best, they have already sold half of the books of mine that were on their shelves. Right on the very bottom shelf in the back of the store easily spotted if you slithered in on your belly. I should be on that damned list. I'm going there tomorrow to see what's up.<BR/><BR/>rRadish Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06534752971317927559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19695568.post-1140825505098320122006-02-24T18:58:00.000-05:002006-02-24T18:58:00.000-05:00Maybe if Oprah recommended it.....Maybe if Oprah recommended it.....Lohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03997469173838577796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19695568.post-1140795449137343662006-02-24T10:37:00.000-05:002006-02-24T10:37:00.000-05:00It is kind of sad that poetry sells so badly. I su...It is kind of sad that poetry sells so badly. I suspect that part of the problem is because it's invisible. I remember reading that one of the major UK bookchains makes something like 90 percent (I must check the exact figure - it may not be as much as that, but it was a large percentage) of its total sales from items on promotion i.e. 3 for 2 offers, books displayed in prominent positions in the store etc. All the other books (the vast majority) accounted for the remaining 10 or so percent of sales.<BR/><BR/>It's hard to know whether shops create demand or respond to existing demand. But one thing's for sure - if you want to find a poetry book there, you have to descend to a corner of the basement to find the little that's there. The evidence is that few people do that even for more mainstream literature.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17046788730174617923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19695568.post-1140633897267552392006-02-22T13:44:00.000-05:002006-02-22T13:44:00.000-05:00It works the other way, too. Some of my old poems...It works the other way, too. Some of my old poems depress me because I can't match them. Some depress me because I used to think they were good!Julie Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06878713173193835861noreply@blogger.com