Mark wrote:
> Here's a hint, with a hint of sadness. Readings in non-poetry
> environments tend to sell more books. A reading for a book club at a
> senior center, for instance, will sell more books than a reading in a
> series attended mostly by poets. Poets as a rule resist buying books,
> maybe because they're a bit overwhelmed by the quantity, but also I
> suspect because they expect to be given books.
Two other factors: one, there are (paradoxically) a lot of poetry books to
choose from, and two (concomitantly) poets are frequently among the least
wealthy of arts enthusiasts.
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