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i'm told if you look hard enough at this image you can find the cover of my new book, TWENTY FOUR POEMS...i've been looking for over an hour and for the life of me can't find a thing!

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after reading TWENTY FOUR POEMS, the new book by John Yamrus, Sister Mary Faith was...well...different!
 
John, well, if you GAVE the book away, the poems would get read. I know, I know, you gotta live or at least recoup whatever investment you've made. Thank god(dess) we don't have to rely on book sales for an income!

I'm thinking of borrowing an FB poet's idea for sales: he wears an "ask me about my books" t-shirt
in public. If anyone asks, he replies "are you a reader?" Often, the questioner will say they belong to a book club. AH-HA, goes the poet's inner salesman!
He runs out to his car, returns with his book, autographs it and gives it to the potential customer,
saying he'd love to read to the club. Smart, eh?
 
Jefferson Carter said:
John, well, if you GAVE the book away, the poems would get read. I know, I know, you gotta live or at least recoup whatever investment you've made. Thank god(dess) we don't have to rely on book sales for an income!

I'm thinking of borrowing an FB poet's idea for sales: he wears an "ask me about my books" t-shirt
in public. If anyone asks, he replies "are you a reader?" Often, the questioner will say they belong to a book club. AH-HA, goes the poet's inner salesman!
He runs out to his car, returns with his book, autographs it and gives it to the potential customer,
saying he'd love to read to the club. Smart, eh?
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happily, i've never made an "investment" in my books...i made it a point a long long time ago, back when i was a kid, that i would never pay to get my stuff in print...if i wasn't getting paid for my work or getting something in return for my writing, then i wasn't going to be doing it...in point of fact, if i wasn't getting something for my writing then maybe the writing just wasn't good enough. again, that goes back to why i work so hard not only at the writing, but at the selling of the work...which is why i never have to look very hard or very far to find a publisher.
hell, i like to think my work is good (maybe i'm wrong about that), so why shouldn't i work my rapidly aging ass off to get it seen?
 
John, as I said above, if you REALLY want your poetry to be read, GIVE IT AWAY! And, c'mon, like you, I don't self-publish but once my publisher has given me my author's copies, I can buy more copies for a 50% or more discount. Sound familiar?
 
on Friday i'll be appearing on WBRE TV 28 (Wilkes-Barre) on the show PA. LIVE!...i think the show can be streamed...i KNOW it'll be archived to youtube for later viewing as my appearance was last year when i was promoting my then newest book, SELECTED POEMS: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT.
 
Jefferson Carter said:
John, as I said above, if you REALLY want your poetry to be read, GIVE IT AWAY! And, c'mon, like you, I don't self-publish but once my publisher has given me my author's copies, I can buy more copies for a 50% or more discount. Sound familiar?
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Jefferson;
please feel free to give away as many copies of your books as you want. i'm a working-class writer. i don't enjoy the luxuries that you apparently do. i still need to work to get my books seen, sold and read.
 
J, working-class writer? What does that mean? Poetry book sales make up a large part of your income? Do you REALLY need to get your books "seen, sold and read"? Can I call myself a working-class writer? I taught writing for 30 years at a community college.
 
a loss of hope is infinitely more terrible than a loss of faith.
 
If there was one thing Buster liked (even more than hot chocolate and a slice of gooseberry pie), it was a good book at the end of the day. Last night, having found no good books, Buster borrowed from his neighbor Pearl a copy of the newest book from Meat For Tea Press...and...damn it...he liked it even better than his gooseberry pie!
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today i'm a guest on WBRE TV 28 (Wilkes-Barre) on the show PA LIVE!
they archive their segments and i'll share the link when it's available.
 
Jefferson Carter said:
J, working-class writer? What does that mean? Poetry book sales make up a large part of your income? Do you REALLY need to get your books "seen, sold and read"? Can I call myself a working-class writer? I taught writing for 30 years at a community college.
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Dear Jefferson...please feel free to call yourself anything you like.
 
Dear John, I would except I like evidence to support my self-identification. Being a working-class poet has a certain cachet that I'd love to exploit if I wuz truly one of them automatically revered fellas. My dad was a doctor, so I'm not sure I can claim the label though I did spend 30+ years teaching composition and poetry writing at our local community college. Huh?
 
on the set of the tv program PA LIVE yesterday, with hosts Chris Bohinski and Rachel Malak, talking about my new book TWENTY FOUR POEMS...

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another photo i was just sent from my spot on the tv program PA LIVE with hosts Chris Bohinski and Rachel Malak...

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