Money Models for Poets, with Orna Ross and Trish Hopkinson Self-Publishing Poetry Podcast
Selling your poetry books is just one way to make money from poetry but publishing a collection opens other doors for poets. This month\u2019s poetry podcast draws on ALLi\u2019s 11 business models for authors, as Orna Ross and Trish Hopkinson discuss the opportunities beyond your poetry books.
Trish Hopkinson is a poet, blogger, and advocate for the literary arts from Utah, USA, where she runs the regional poetry group Rock Canyon Poets and folds poems to fill Poemball machines for Provo Poetry. Her poetry has been published in numerous literary journals, online and off, including Tinderbox, Glass Poetry Press, and The Penn Review, and her most recent e-chapbook Almost Famous was published by Yavanika Press in 2019 and is free to download here.
You can find her online at trishhopkinson.com.
Tune in for discussions on a different theme each month with a focus on developing prosperity for poets through community building and self-publishing.
Find more author advice, tips and tools at our\xa0Self-publishing Author Advice Center:\xa0https://selfpublishingadvice.org, with a huge archive of nearly 2,000 blog posts, and a handy search box to find key info on the topic you need.
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About the Host
Orna Ross
Orna\u2019s work for ALLi has seen her repeatedly named one of The Bookseller\u2019s \u201cTop 100 people in publishing.\u201d She launched at the 2012 London Book Fair, after taking her rights back from Penguin in 2011 and republishing her books herself, with the titles and treatment she\u2019d originally wanted. Orna writes award-winning\xa0poetry and\xa0fiction,\xa0runs a\xa0Patreon page for poets and poetry lovers as well as an active\xa0author website.\xa0She is on a mission to help eradicate creative poverty through\xa0digital publishing and enterprise. You can find her on\xa0Twitter\xa0and Instagram:\xa0@ornaross.