tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099845.post7470209821884478421..comments2024-03-25T00:54:39.182-07:00Comments on Boston Area Small Press and Poetry Scene: They Don’t Look Like Real Books: Taking A Stand on Print-On-Demand.Doug Holderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05003269684850096238noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099845.post-17348434267455311362008-11-28T17:34:00.000-08:002008-11-28T17:34:00.000-08:00Sorry my friend our books, that are now mainly PO...Sorry my friend our books, that are now mainly POD, have been blurbed by Afaa Michael Weaver, ( Pushcart Prize Winner) praised by Martha Collins ( Field's editor at large), X.J. Kennedy, Fred Marchant (Graywolf), and the list goes on. Many of our poets are quite accomplished university professors,poets with many publications and from topshelf magazines. Our books have been profiled in The Doug Holderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05003269684850096238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099845.post-42309426876802188702008-10-15T14:13:00.000-07:002008-10-15T14:13:00.000-07:00I'm sorry, indie press friends, but I am posit...I'm sorry, indie press friends, but I am positively sick of Lulu. I can almost understand the idea, however poor the business sense, behind The Great Satan Amazon's POD branch--but Lulu? Please! The books look like crap, the cost per book is ridiculous, and Lulu publisher are, well, Lulu publishers--folks publishing books along with my neighbors, students, dogs, and their dogs' unclesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099845.post-34794511842329904552008-10-15T11:10:00.000-07:002008-10-15T11:10:00.000-07:00I don't understand all the snobbery about POD. Do...I don't understand all the snobbery about POD. Do you think that a kazillion crap books weren't and aren't still being published the old-fasioned way? And didn't our moms tell us not to judge books by their covers? It's quality of the WRITING that counts, folks, not whether they "look like real books." Looks aren't everything, as everybody in the world knows - or should.<BR/><BR/>The main Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099845.post-51457112784998950592008-10-14T18:15:00.000-07:002008-10-14T18:15:00.000-07:00Bravo for you Doug. I went to stop by at the small...Bravo for you Doug. I went to stop by at the small press festival, but many tables were already gone. Sorry I missed you, and thanks for the sticking up for our real books. <BR/>Also, it was nice to read with you and Molly at James Gate. ElizabethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099845.post-9085074950765574962008-10-14T07:31:00.000-07:002008-10-14T07:31:00.000-07:00well ain't that just dandy. the bloger's insults d...well ain't that just dandy. the bloger's insults do more to bolster my ego than deflate it. most great creative movements were called by derogatory names. i guess we must be doing something right to warrant such dislike. 'nice head' is showing bias and an elist attitude and smells of fear. i'm one of those 'low quality' writers. i'm being accused by someone who has never read or seen any of my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099845.post-76565275628594474922008-10-14T07:27:00.000-07:002008-10-14T07:27:00.000-07:00Doug, I love this post. Good for you, and I what ...Doug, I love this post. Good for you, and I what a wonderful way to end it!<BR/><BR/>Coleen T. HoulihanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099845.post-11594876746682255342008-10-14T07:26:00.000-07:002008-10-14T07:26:00.000-07:00Doug,Great piece here! I was resistant to Pint-on-...Doug,<BR/><BR/>Great piece here! I was resistant to Pint-on-Demand too, but gave in last issue. Lulu does such an amazing job and I too have hundred of copies of each issue over ruling my apartment. It is kind of cool to see the aged newsprint of the old issues, but I would never trade it to go back to printing 1,000. However I did run 500 of this issue. A lot of it was from a small $20.00 Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099845.post-10430420522943982382008-10-13T16:26:00.000-07:002008-10-13T16:26:00.000-07:00It took a while for snobs to accept on-line journa...It took a while for snobs to accept on-line journals as a viable (and tree-saving) alternative to print journals too. Get with the 21st century, people! (...and maybe learn some old-fashioned common manners while at it. That was stone-cold rude as well as dumb!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099845.post-49737305631075706382008-10-13T16:23:00.000-07:002008-10-13T16:23:00.000-07:00this is terrific writing, supportive and all the t...this is terrific writing, supportive and all the tive i can think of. doug please try to publish this in every magazine and on line venue you can find. it made me feel proud that you could speak for us. thank you thank you.<BR/>irene koronasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099845.post-65955953954863641852008-10-13T15:36:00.000-07:002008-10-13T15:36:00.000-07:00Yeah-- I looked this guy's profile up and of cours...Yeah-- I looked this guy's profile up and of course it is not available to the public. Our books have been picks in the small press review, written up in The Boston Globe, blurbed and favorably reviewed by Puschart Prize winners,<BR/>bought by major university libraries. Now you can go back to bed with Fence magazine. I doubt you have read any of our books... I just think you are afraid the Doug Holderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05003269684850096238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099845.post-74003641395417050852008-10-13T15:04:00.000-07:002008-10-13T15:04:00.000-07:00Here's an idea, instead of print-on-demand: form a...Here's an idea, instead of print-on-demand: form a viable book publishing business and print books that are worth reading. Stop the Lulu B.S., please (the Walmart of publishing), and stop using Lightning Source, Book Surge, et al. Just look at the names of your "printers"! POD is not only low quality covers and text, it's often just as low-quality content. The technology allows presses who could Nice Headhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017048298056073289noreply@blogger.com