Not quite of this day, though. The statement was uttered (or typed) in 2009......
And the books from the early 200s that he mentions were often long-overdue compilations of then almost-impossible-to-find poets of the older generation, who had an audience. There were only so many under-collected names like Chaloner, James and so forth.
Tony
On 1 Jul 2011, at 23:47, David Lace wrote:
> Quote of the day by Chris Hamilton-Emery:
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> "British avant-garde sales have dropped from a high in the early millennium of around 200 units first year sales (for most, not all) to around 50 or so, sometimes less. We just presumed that those buying the avant-garde were buying other poets or other poetry or simply buying elsewhere. There used to be a general market for British avant works (never much taste for it in the USA), that's disappeared for us now. It's making it almost impossible, commercially, for us to publish new avant garde talent. Some books have no demand at all now. It's just all dried up for us, really. I guess that happens."
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> http://z11.invisionfree.com/Poets_On_Fire/index.php?showtopic=1478&st=0
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