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Mainstream publishers, Indie publishers, and self-publishing -- the writer’s dilemma

Posted by George Polley on Monday, March 26, 2012, In : Publishing, 

In case you haven’t noticed it (and you probably have), there is a revolution going on in the world of publishing. When my first two poetry chapbooks came out in 1975, they were published by Tangent Publications of St. Paul, Minnesota, a partnership between artist David Genszler and myself. David had done some wonderful drawings for one of the books, We Play Each Other Like Jazz Musicians, we found a printer in St. Paul, and printed up about a hundred copies of each book. Ten years later wh...


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Writing book reviews

Posted by George Polley on Sunday, August 7, 2011, In : Art of writing 
My apologies for being tardy with posting on my blog. The main problem has been my laptop which is on its last legs and too unreliable to use. So I bought an iMac and found myself, as an old Windows user, beginning a new learning experience. It's been a challenge, and a happy one. I now have things figured out sufficiently to get back to my novel, book reviewing an blogging.

Now for the subject of reviewing books, something I've done in tandem with writing poetry and fiction since the early 19...

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E-books, iPhones and other electronic publishing media

Posted by George Polley on Monday, May 24, 2010, In : Publishing, 
Okay, so I'm an old fogey, a lover of books made of paper that I can hold in my hand. But I'm not a died-in-the-wool fogey of the fossil variety, I'm open-minded enough to learn what a huge presence e-books are becoming, and that people do read books on their iPhones.

If you've been on my home page, you've already learned that all of my books are available as e-books, and that two of them --"The Old Man and the Monkey" and "Grandfather and the Raven" are available in paperback editions. This k...
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About Me


George Polley I'm an author, fiction writer and poet. My recent publications are "The Old Man and The Monkey" and "Grandfather and the Raven", both published by Night Publishing (UK); a collection of short stories, "Fernandez' Tale and Other Stories", and a poetry collection "Seeing: Collected Poems, 1973-1999", published by Tortoise & Hare, both out of print. I love telling stories, so drop by from time to time for updates. My Book Blog is www.tostadaspealks.blogspot.com. This is where I post reviews of books. Drop by and take a look at what I've been reading and leave your comments.
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