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Hello--
I was hoping to get advice on a situation I just found myself in.
I'm trying to publish a first book of poetry. While I know about contests and major reading periods, I know less about what academic presses will accept poetry queries year-round and things like that. I hired someone to research that for me. I'm not rich (shocking to hear from a poet), but I was in a position to have more expendable cash than free time, so I figured it was worth paying someone a few hours to make a list.
Specifically, I said:
What I want you to do should be pretty basic. I'd like a list of
publishers that accept poetry manuscripts (or proposals for poetry
books) year-round, even from poets who haven't put out a book before.
I like academic presses, so start there, please.
There was a little more info about my genre, but it was clear that I was asking for year-round publishers.
She sent the list today, and there are almost no year-round presses on it. She gave me the same reading period info I already had. I know she worked hard on the research, but she neglected one of the big things I had asked for in particular.
I don't know what to do about this--I don't quite want to pay the total amount since I'm not getting what I specifically asked for, but I don't know how to handle it. What would be the fair way to handle this?
I was hoping to get advice on a situation I just found myself in.
I'm trying to publish a first book of poetry. While I know about contests and major reading periods, I know less about what academic presses will accept poetry queries year-round and things like that. I hired someone to research that for me. I'm not rich (shocking to hear from a poet), but I was in a position to have more expendable cash than free time, so I figured it was worth paying someone a few hours to make a list.
Specifically, I said:
What I want you to do should be pretty basic. I'd like a list of
publishers that accept poetry manuscripts (or proposals for poetry
books) year-round, even from poets who haven't put out a book before.
I like academic presses, so start there, please.
There was a little more info about my genre, but it was clear that I was asking for year-round publishers.
She sent the list today, and there are almost no year-round presses on it. She gave me the same reading period info I already had. I know she worked hard on the research, but she neglected one of the big things I had asked for in particular.
I don't know what to do about this--I don't quite want to pay the total amount since I'm not getting what I specifically asked for, but I don't know how to handle it. What would be the fair way to handle this?