Yesterday, I asked a question concerning the future of poetry books. It was interesting not to see many people jump all over this question being there are many “Poets” and “Poetry Lovers” in the world. Many can be found on social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook, Blogs and many others.
I tweeted this question, “Have Blogs and Social Networking sites declined the sale of Poetry Books?”
Later that evening, I received a honest reply from author and twitter friend, Olivia (@P10S). She is the founder of Pen 10 Scribes, a web community dedicated to Authors and Creative Writers. She said,
While I can’t speak to # of sales, I have no doubt a change is coming to poetry + all book sales because blogs, ebooks, social nets combine the economy, the wariness of publishing houses and the availability of potential writers with options – watch out!!
Publishing houses are not calling all the shots, frustrated gifted people are beginning to emancipate from former limits. I see us embracing the ebooks, Kindle personal electronic media which pays per download among others. I’ve seen some online books with interactive turning pages and with voice software. They’re easily read aloud and the video casts lends so much to the poetry – You can deliver your impact unlike the otherwise experience reader would have.
This is wonderful information for new and seasoned writers. The landscape of Literary Art and how it is made available to the world is changing. As Artist, we need to stay on top of the ever movement of sharing our creativity and information. The Future is NOW and we should be prepared for it. ATTENTION World: Ready or not here we come. Are you ready?
