Andrew
In a BBC programme broadcast last night Michael Schmidt (he of Carcanet)
claimed that 2,000 copies were published in England (did he mean the UK?)
per annum whereas it was about 150 when he started Carcanet 30 odd years
ago.
While I've recently seen a figure of 4,000 per annum for the U.S of A.
However pin-point those figures are I think they give a something-
like-what-it-is accuracy. I'd imagine the main reasons include the relative
ease and cheapness of printing technology nowadays and the superabundance of
both the early retired and the ambitious.
2009/12/7 andrew burke <[log in to unmask]>
> I'm curious if an answer is possible to my query: How many poetry books are
> published per annum in USA? UK? Canada? NZ? Other English writing cultures?
> In Australia, a friend who should know says over 150 poetry collections
> have
> been published here in the past year. Amazing - I never thought the figure
> would be so high.
>
> Anyone have any figures, or well founded guesstimates? I see lists of new
> titles on Poetry Daily and on Ron Silliman's blog and I am always surprised
> at the number of poets I have never heard of bringing out their umpteenth
> book! Or, even their first.
>
> Btw, on my blog, there is an interesting article from the Guardian in UK
> about the Bad Sex awards. Worth reading.
>
>
> Andrew
>
> 'Beyond City Limits', pub. ICLL @ ECU, available at topnotch indie
> bookshops
> - list at http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
>
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