I'd like to speak up for those dinosaurs among us - well, literate dinosaurs - who still like books. Books, bookshops and libraries. As it happens, I bought a Shearsman book three days ago. I think publishers and booksellers and where possible writers are worth paying for.
Best,
Jamie
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> On 19 Oct 2017, at 19:19, Jeffrey Side <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Couldn’t you convert your publishing operation into an all free ebook affair to maximise readership potential. Perhaps (if you are not already dong so) you could convert all the poetry books you published, say, ten years ago into PDF format and make them available free. I certainly would download them—or the ones that I liked. If you did that and found it worthwhile, it might encourage you to publish all your books in PDF format only, and for free. What do you think? Does that sound too outlandish?
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> I’ve done it, Jeffrey. And I make free samplers available in PDF form for all titles.
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> I no longer need funding — the press pays for itself, and has done since 2007. I no longer subsidise it in any way, other than by providing my time free of charge.
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