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4/24/2020 3:17:33 PM Mario Walker Posts: 4	Selling poetry is indeed difficult and the market for poetry has historically been small to non-existent but self-publishing made it easy for poets to publish without any money, but with self-publish you still need money to buy your your books from (amazon or Lulu). Chapbooks seem to be the most practical way poets can create and sell their work for a low cost. Chapbooks are most effective at poetry readings, open-mics or Slams. What do you guys think?
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2/26/2021 6:20:11 PM Yonathan Asefaw Posts: 9	I think it works, I am currently composing a chapbook myself, I used to have two that I was producing but I think one would be enough.
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4/21/2021 1:13:12 AM Eduardo Richardson Posts: 65	This is a great idea! I absolutely agree that Chapbooks is a pretty successful strategy that will help promote your product, as well as focus on visuals that will retain meaning, but will take on a more convenient form. The Edubirdie service always helps me in editing my prose, my essays, which makes them much easier to read. edited by Eduardo Richardson on 4/25/2021
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