About 226 Press
226 Press is Christopher Purdom's personal experiment in poetry book publishing -
a selective quality imprint for poets selling books
online through print-on-demand services.
As a publisher, Christopher Purdom provides assistance
in Word/PDF book formatting, editing,
cover design including the 226 Press imprint and an
ISBN number, a listing of poets and books on the
226press.com
web site, a listing in Books in Print, and if
necessary help in setting up an on-demand shop.
Sales of the book, sample copies, and the poet's
commission are between the poet and the print-on-demand service.
Poets retain copyright of their own books and control
of their own online shops. The publisher retains
ownership of the ISBN number,
and control of the 226 Press web site, the imprint and
any non-book merchandise using the imprint.
There is no financial or contractual relationship
between the poet and the publisher. If the poet stops
selling the
book through 226 Press, the publisher will remove the link to the book from the website, and will
change the status to out of
print in the Books in Print listing,
since the ISBN number must be preserved, and cannot be
transferred.
Poets using 226 Press may or may not derive any
benefit from an association with the imprint.
No such benefit is guaranteed, but obviously the
possibility of such a benefit is the primary reason
a poet would choose 226 Press. As the publisher is
also a poet using the 226 Press imprint it is in his
best interest to maintain the quality and reputation of the
imprint.
This is, therefore not a general offer to provide
editing, printable PDF document preparation, PNG cover art creation, ISBN numbers, or listings
on this site. Christopher Purdom does not discriminate against or in favor of poets on the
basis of gender identity, orientation, religion, color, ethnicity, age, disability,
national origin, or any other human condition, but is highly discriminatory in
publishing poetry that appeals to him and is consistent with the stated mission of the
imprint to provide "poetry books with a spiritual core, an erotic edge, and an exuberant love
of the English language."
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