I buy an extravagant amount of poetry books. Most are from folks like you at the sphere or other online places I frequent. Next, I buy because I've read an interesting review, and after that because I have met the writer at a conference or possibly a reading, but really I don't attend that many readings. So for me, it is online connections or reviews that grab me. When I do attend a reading, I do buy the book, but even here in the San Francisco area where readings are plentiful, I don't attend them unless I know the author. Just me. But I know I buy more than most. Well written reviews attract me most.
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