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As the title said I'm seeking advice for publishing a small anthology of poetry. I have 28 poems and may possibly be adding somewhere between 3-9 more (for a grand total of 31-37). I personally know this would end up being quite thin and small of a book.

I have a title page, acknowledgments, a table of contents (2 pages), and an about the author page. I have it divided into subgroups so I do also have title pages for each section which contain brief descriptions of what the section entails. In total I'll have somewhere between 44-50 pages including all that was mentioned above.

I would love to publish it and have a hard copy of the book but don't know how to go about the process. I want to for sure have a hard, physical copy that I could put on my own bookshelf at home. Although it would be great to sell some as well I don't expect to have a huge audience. What is the best recommended course of action?

I have been interested in writing my entire life but have never really gotten far enough along in the process until now to have something that I feel is worth publishing and potentially sharing with others. Thank you all so much for your time and effort. I hope I can be published soon!

Tommy R.
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  • Welcome to Writing.SE Tommy. Please check out our [tour] and [help]. I removed the [tag:publishing] tag because it looked like you were asking about self-publishing. If I'm wrong, please revise. – Cyn Jul 06 '19 at 05:53
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    I wasn't sure which one made the most sense which is why I put both. Thank you for the help! Also I just finished the tour :) – Tommy R. Jul 06 '19 at 05:54
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    Hi Tommy, this is a good question, but it has already been previously asked and answered here: Self publishing a collection of poems. See also, https://writing.stackexchange.com/questions/44328/publishing-poetry/45018#45018 and https://writing.stackexchange.com/questions/34623/whats-next-when-it-comes-to-poems/34641#34641 for additional answers. My best advice to you is to do a chapbook, as detailed in the first linked question/answer. – Chris Sunami Jul 08 '19 at 16:13

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