Do
you want your very own poetry book published?
Allow
me to introduce myself, my name is John Kaniecki. My poetry has been published
now in over eighty outlets and I have written four poetry books. I have also
just finished editing my first poetry book. (I will post the links to my books
at the end of this short article.)
Of
the four poetry books three were published by small publishing companies and
one was self published. (When I say self published I don’t mean through some
company but through my own efforts.)
The
reality of poetry is that it is very difficult to sell. Most of the poetry
books that I have sold were either to people I knew or to friends of friends.
However I do have success in selling my books on Facebook. The method I use is that
when a friend on Facebook has a birthday I offer to write them a free poem. As
such I hope that they will purchase my work. This had brought moderate success.
In
all honesty self publishing is a waste of money. You get a little for a lot of
money. While it is beyond my scope to make a total statement I would safely say
that most self publishing companies are a rip off. They do very little for you
and take in a whole lot. This is especially true in poetry where editing isn’t
as much of a necessity as in writing prose.
Small
publishers vary in the amount of effort they put into supporting your books. A legitimate
small publisher will provide all of your services for free. They will provide
cover art, get you an ISBN number, format your book, and get it for sale on
their website. The small publishers get paid a commission on sales. Also when
you the author order books for your personal sales they make a small amount on
each book.
A
big publisher won’t touch a poetry book unless you are famous or somehow you
could generate thousands of sales.
I
write poetry for the love of it. I am a Christian serving as a volunteer
missionary for almost nine years now in the South Ward of Newark, New Jersey. I
don’t believe in money and I feel that capitalism is a system of exploitation.
So
here I am kicking around ideas in my head on how to survive. I am a full time
caregiver for my wife and I can’t work a regular job. Thus I have invested a
lot of time in my writing; in addition to poetry I writer prose and song
lyrics. I haven’t had enough success to take care of my finances so I am looking
into other matters.
I
am contemplating a business where I will publish poetry books for other people.
I will charge a nominal fee for my efforts and you will get the complete
package. That is a cover, a back cover, an ISBN number, a formatted book and I
will also get you available on Amazon, Barnes and Nobles and the other
conventional online sellers. You will keep one hundred percent of your
royalties.
Presently
I am in the baby birth portion of this endeavor with this being my first
announcement. I want to work out the kinks in the system. So if you want me to do the process of publishing your poetry book
for you I will at this point do all the services for a fee of $225.
However you must live in the vicinity of
Newark, New Jersey or at least be willing to travel close to me.
For a very limited time if you purchase my four poetry books, my memoirs, my science fiction book and two horror books, (all in hard cover where available) and write reviews on Amazon I will publish your poetry book. That would amount to less than eighty dollars.
Please contact me first in this regard. I will only work with manuscripts that I believe in. There are two reasons I am doing this. The first is the publicity. I firmly believe that I can deliver to you a quality product and a happy customer would be the best advertiser. The second is that I am testing interest of the general public.
Under these conditions I cannot deliver a hand made cover and I would have to rely on templates created from photographs.
Once again please contact me first for this limited offer.
If you have a great book of poetry that fits my philosophy of life and writing that would certainly help the matter.
If
you want further services such as improving the poetry that you have written I
can assist you in that matter as well.
Here
are some links.
A Poet’s Words
By John Kaniecki
If I was a sage
I’d say something wise
If I was the devil
I’d whisper sweet little lies
If I was a prophet
I’d tell of things to be
If I was your master
I’d set you free
If I was a singer
I would sing you a song
If I was a judge
I’d forgive you of your wrong
But I am just a poet
Simple and plain
So I won’t say anything
Because words are vain
