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<blockquote data-quote="HarryC13" data-source="post: 105034" data-attributes="member: 1477">Well, as we know, some writers ARE tools, and this publisher uses the submission fee to (a) ensure that she makes a living from the lit-crit biz, and (b) to scare away &quot;writers&quot; who don't have a snowball's chance in hell of getting published. I personally don't have a problem with that.I do find it interesting that the esteemed members of this site immediately latch onto the submission fee without seeing the quality (or lack thereof, by your pristine standards) of the work.&nbsp; Or, God forbid, even THINKING of buying a copy.&nbsp; Over the past few days, for instance, I bought Winans' &quot;best of&quot; collection (thanks, Bill) and two chapbooks from Propaganda Press. At the risk of insulting God, and someone I have published, Winans's stuff is as erratic as mine or for that matter as any small press poet's.&nbsp; But I buy it because some if it is excellent, and because I want to support publishers who give our work a chance.I frankly have seen little evidence that people in this forum do so. It's &quot;my letterpress, my printing methods&quot; and fuck anybody who hasn't wandered into the 21st century and actually encountered a computer.&nbsp; I did the print-by-hand thing with Pig in a Poke in the old days, and I admire those who do it now, but I'll be damned if I would go to that bother today. I appreciate the difference, but -- personal opinion here, guys -- so much more work can get put out there, in greater quantities, and it ain't all crap. Not by a long shot.No reflection on your opinions, Reverends Mike and Bill.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HarryC13, post: 105034, member: 1477"] Well, as we know, some writers ARE tools, and this publisher uses the submission fee to (a) ensure that she makes a living from the lit-crit biz, and (b) to scare away "writers" who don't have a snowball's chance in hell of getting published. I personally don't have a problem with that. I do find it interesting that the esteemed members of this site immediately latch onto the submission fee without seeing the quality (or lack thereof, by your pristine standards) of the work. Or, God forbid, even THINKING of buying a copy. Over the past few days, for instance, I bought Winans' "best of" collection (thanks, Bill) and two chapbooks from Propaganda Press. At the risk of insulting God, and someone I have published, Winans's stuff is as erratic as mine or for that matter as any small press poet's. But I buy it because some if it is excellent, and because I want to support publishers who give our work a chance. I frankly have seen little evidence that people in this forum do so. It's "my letterpress, my printing methods" and fuck anybody who hasn't wandered into the 21st century and actually encountered a computer. I did the print-by-hand thing with [I]Pig in a Poke[/I] in the old days, and I admire those who do it now, but I'll be damned if I would go to that bother today. I appreciate the difference, but -- personal opinion here, guys -- so much more work can get put out there, in greater quantities, and it ain't all crap. Not by a long shot. No reflection on your opinions, Reverends Mike and Bill. [/QUOTE]

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