| Author | Message | ||
| Judi Brannan Armbruster
New member Username: judia Post Number: 18 Registered: 10-2009 |
Today I received a notice that Lulu is picking up the pieces of the scam site poetry.com. Anyone think this is a good thing? Why? | ||
| M
Board Administrator Username: mjm Post Number: 35468 Registered: 11-1998 |
We had a discussion on this topic not too long ago, Judi: poetry.com Has a New Name You might find some interesting info in there. Best, M | ||
| Judi Brannan Armbruster
New member Username: judia Post Number: 21 Registered: 10-2009 |
thanks, still confusing to me - I used to think rather highly of lulu as far as self publishers go. I hate the term vanity press. Also within poetry.com was a publishing arm called exlibris. I queried once and they never left me alone! I never bought any of the anthologies after reading some of the poems there besides mine. Also there is some group on line that wanted you to spoof the site with fake submissions just to see how bad the poetry could be and still be accepted. Is there litigation involved with poetry.com? I had the idea that they were curtailed not just folded. | ||
| Judi Brannan Armbruster
New member Username: judia Post Number: 23 Registered: 10-2009 |
this is the promo I got today Dear Poet, Thank you for joining www.poetry.com and contributing to the largest and most active online community for writers and poets. As a registered user on www.poetry.com, you are receiving this email to inform you of important changes to the site. The domain www.poetry.com has recently changed hands and is now Lulu Poetry. As a result, we've updated our Membership Agreement and Privacy Policy . To review these changes, just go to www.poetry.com and click on the links at the bottom of our home page. We're very excited about the future of Lulu Poetry and plan to continue providing a fun and interesting site for our community of poets. A short time ago, we began work on a redesigned website, offering great new features for our users, with new tools and resources to help you improve your skills, as well as additional services through Lulu.com to help you publish and print your poems. To celebrate these changes, we're offering our existing users an exclusive offer: for a limited time only, publish your poetry on Lulu.com and get 25% off your first order! Learn More > If it's been awhile since your last visit to www.poetry.com, we invite you to come see the new Lulu Poetry. To celebrate the grand opening of our new site, we're offering our existing users an exclusive offer: for a limited time, publish your poetry on Lulu.com and get 25% off your first order! Here's a look at some of the exciting new features on Lulu Poetry: Daily, Monthly, and Annual contests - where you can win up to $5,000! Improved registration - now its easier for you to log in and submit poems. Poet Profiles - where you can post your biography and share details about yourself. Visit our Leaderboard - to see the current highest rated poems in the contests. A publishing partnership with Lulu.com, designed with you in mind. Get 25% off your first order > So, what are you waiting for? Come join us again and see what's new at the new Lulu Poetry. | ||
| Dan Tompsett
Intermediate Member Username: db_tompsett Post Number: 847 Registered: 07-2007 |
wutta bunch uh crap. "People who believe a lot of crap are better off." Charles Bukowski | ||
| Fred Longworth
Senior Member Username: sandiegopoet Post Number: 6856 Registered: 05-2006 |
poetry.com was a predator. They got a bad reputation for being a sleezy vanity outfit and hoodwinking many aspiring poets. Like many tarnished spoons, eventually they felt the need to get out the bottle of Tarn-X. Hence, Lulu. My advice: put as much distance between poetry.com and any successor or affiliate as you can -- and then some more. Tune in to the small press, both the print small press and the online small press. This is where the poetry scene in the USA and worldwide is really happening. ~F~ ********** (Message edited by sandiegopoet on October 04, 2009) Welcome to the Wobegon Poets Forum, where all poems are above average. |
