Jamie,
When you say:
"And it goes wider than organizations. There are people in the poetry world who now assume that the absence of internet presence is a sure sign of insignificance. Or conversely that the publication on a number of internet sites is a guarantee of quality."
No doubt this may be true for arts organisations etc. but it seems not to be the case with poetry book publishers such as Bloodaxe, whose recent anthology, "Identity Parade", comprises of many poet who have little or no Internet presence. The anthology’s editor, Roddy Lumsden, when asked how he knew of the existence of the poets he chose, said he knew of them from book publications.
By the way, can you tell me how to include in a reply to a post, the original message to which you are replying? There's no button for it.
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