There are many online poetry publishers, but none are as reputable as PoetryPoem.com. Two of the most popular publishers are poetry.com and Poem Hunter. Poetry.com is a scam that requires you to pay to have your poetry printed in book form. And Poem Hunter requires a membership fee if you want to do anything substantial. That is, unless you pay for it, there is a limit to the amount of poems you can publish with them. There’s also a limit to the amount of poems you can publish within a certain time period, until your “poet rating” increases.
But PoetryPoem has none of these things. In fact, it has more features than any online poetry publisher–free or otherwise. And everything but ad-free sites and back-up CD’s of your poems are free!
Some of PoetryPoem’s best features include the following:
Music selections. If you want to, you can select a musical background for each poem. There are several to choose from, and the background you choose will start playing whenever someone clicks to read that poem.
Style chooser. Like the musical backgrounds, there are also different colors and layouts to choose from. This way you can choose a mood for your poem, made up of color and sound. The music and styles are just extensions of your poetic expressions, and you can use them to your advantage.
Biography pages. You have the option to customize an About the Author page, a News page, and to choose whether or not you want a guestbook. This lets you tell readers more about you and your poetry.
Home page and photo. You get your own complete website with PoetryPoem, including a customizable home page. You can type in the text, including links if you want them, and choose a photo for your home page. Like the pages for individual poems, you can choose a style for this, too.
Feedback system. PoetryPoem offers forums and the Free Feedback Club (TM) that you can participate in. Registration is free, and the more points you have, the higher you’ll be on the feedback givers list. This means more people will read your poetry. This is a good opportunity to give and receive feedback from other poets and to learn new styles of poetry as you read.
Make money! You can even make money with PoetryPoem! In your poetry control panel, you’ll find the option of creating e-books of your poetry on CD-rom. You can customize the label, text, and graphics, and choose which poems you want in the e-book. Then, choose a price, and that’s it. Your e-books will be listed on your PoetryPoem site, and you’ll earn money via PayPal when they sell.
PoetryPoem is the best online poetry publisher, because you keep all rights and control over your work. Many publishers claim the rights to your work, even if it’s just electronic rights, so they can display your work online. But not PoetryPoem. You can add, delete, move, edit, and change the order of your poems any time. You can even delete your entire site if you want to, or change your site ID or title whenever you wish.
PoetryPoem.com is the poet’s publisher, always keeping the poets and their best interests in mind.
