Poetry.com Takes your Money Promises book but you don't get it Ripoff Owings Mills Maryland

Actually I purchased two of their poetry books. It did take approximately 2 mos. to receive each of them,but, I did pre-pay. And while some of the poems seemed sub-par, IMHO, many were actually good. I DO believe that they do SOME kind of screening process with the poems,because the books aren't huge tomes by any means. And I know for a fact that my poetry is good enough to make the cut,so to speak. I had two poems previously published in the poetry journals of two seperate universities. And their booklets were even smaller.

As for the $49.95 price per book, it IS outrageous. And I believe it IS wrong to charge that EVERY time a new book comes out. If they want to charge a membership fee,annually, that would be more acceptable. After purchasing the second book, I actually sent them an e-mail asking why they didn't pay their submitting poets, instead of the other way around. Obviously, they never responded.

I too, sent the cash and waited what seemed like forever for my book. When I thought it wasn't going to, 2 years later, I got it. Despite my dissatisfaction with the item itself, I received it none the less.

However, given the works included, I realized anyone who paid the money got their poem in it. regardless of talents or anything else.
This led me to research. Having family in the printing/publishing business I came to realize that anyone can roll out numerous copies of a book at the right price. 50 copies of a 75 page book can be as little as $200. Considering the time frame it took for my copy to arrive I came to the conclusion they just needed to receive more money to pay for the print.

It is a deception that preys on innocent unsuspecting people. It isn't precisely illegal, they have definitely chased all the loop holes. But, with enough people standing up & making their experiences known, they can be brought into a new light & possibly no one will submit their poems there anymore. The best thing to do is spread the word.

BTW: I ordered 2 copies & it's been 6 years, I still only got the one.