I buy small press poetry books a lot. I always order and buy through my local shop, The Watermill in Aberfeldy, when I can even though most presses encourage me to buy direct. I assume what I do is better for press and poet - moving books through distributers - but am I wrong?
Richard Chadburn
As a poet I used to be so frustrated by the limited range of poetry in most bookshops. Now I see how the odds are stacked against booksellers ever hearing about poetry publications let alone being able to stock them without making a loss. Writers don't see their books in shops & don't know why.
