Mmm. I'm going to do something like that with the A4 print version of a
magazine I'm preparing, komninos, except that it will be given away gratis,
as will its e-mail version, which first shall issue forth. You were lucky
though to have booksellers and bookstores that would support your manifesto,
here in democratic England that would be largely unthinkable, outside some
large and other 'sophisticated' urbs.
david b
----- Original Message -----
From: komninos zervos <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 3:03 AM
Subject: Re: The epic: pros and cons
> my first book(the komninos manifesto, fat possum press) was 8 A4
> sheets, double-sided, folded and stapled down the middle, with a
> slightly thicker cover.
> cost me a dollar to make, sold it at bookstores for three dollars,
> the bookshop owner took a dollar, i took a dollar and everyone was
> happy.
> i had them at readings bookshop in melbourne and gleebooks in sydney,
> and anyone who wanted them i told them where they could get it.
> i sold them at poetry performances, pubs, coffee lounges etc..
> sold a thousand in a year, paid for my beer.
>
> my second and third books followed the same pattern, till a 'real'
> publisher decided to publish me.
>
> poetry, persistence and passion - an epic tale.
>
> komninos
> ps the spellcheck of the new email(eudora) just told me i spelt my
> name wrong - where's that spellcheck off button.
>
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