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So at Indies Unlimited, we vet all the books whose authors want to advertise with us. We can handle most genres within the staff. But we've now had a book of poetry submitted, and none of us feels qualified to say whether it's any good.

Would any of you guys be willing to lend a hand? It doesn't usually take more than 10 or 15 minutes to vet a book. Essentially we'd get you the Amazon link, you pull up the "Look Inside", and then tell us whether the book is crap or not.

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It's garbage :biggrin:

The reading of poetry can be a very subjective experience, you may want to get a couple of opinions... that way, you might be able to tell if it's at least an honest attempt at poetry or some juvenile, gimmicky self-congratulatory trash.

Let's see if we can get U and V involved!
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As someone who used to get paid for this kind of thing, I would also say that you need a staff. Unless the job is just to reject trash (another man's treasure), in which case anyone can do it.
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If you want an opinion, go ahead and send me the link. :D

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I'm in too.
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[Syl] wrote:As someone who used to get paid for this kind of thing, I would also say that you need a staff. Unless the job is just to reject trash (another man's treasure), in which case anyone can do it.
Option B, actually. :lol:

Av and Morning, thanks! :) I'll try to figure out how to connect everybody up.

EDITED: Well, that was easy -- Kat posted the link to the book. Just click the "Look Inside" and lemme know what you think. :D

EDITED AGAIN to add the link. :roll:
www.amazon.com/Dawn-Dusk-Norian-F-Love- ... 00NWXT2YC/
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aliantha wrote:
[Syl] wrote:As someone who used to get paid for this kind of thing, I would also say that you need a staff. Unless the job is just to reject trash (another man's treasure), in which case anyone can do it.
Option B, actually. :lol:

Av and Morning, thanks! :) I'll try to figure out how to connect everybody up.

EDITED: Well, that was easy -- Kat posted the link to the book. Just click the "Look Inside" and lemme know what you think. :D

EDITED AGAIN to add the link. :roll:
www.amazon.com/Dawn-Dusk-Norian-F-Love- ... 00NWXT2YC/
I have an opinion.
Do you want it right here? A pm?
I bet I agree with both Av and Morning on this one...a very rare occurrence, but I'd bet good money on it.
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Vraith wrote:
aliantha wrote:
[Syl] wrote:As someone who used to get paid for this kind of thing, I would also say that you need a staff. Unless the job is just to reject trash (another man's treasure), in which case anyone can do it.
Option B, actually. :lol:

Av and Morning, thanks! :) I'll try to figure out how to connect everybody up.

EDITED: Well, that was easy -- Kat posted the link to the book. Just click the "Look Inside" and lemme know what you think. :D

EDITED AGAIN to add the link. :roll:
www.amazon.com/Dawn-Dusk-Norian-F-Love- ... 00NWXT2YC/
I have an opinion.
Do you want it right here? A pm?
I bet I agree with both Av and Morning on this one...a very rare occurrence, but I'd bet good money on it.
I would love to hear it, but let's give everyone a chance before we...review... the book :twisted:
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Right here's fine. :twisted:
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Post by ussusimiel »

I read the sample poems, but I don't think I'd be comfortable reviewing any of the books in a public forum. At the very least I'd prefer to do it in the Writers' forum.

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aliantha wrote:Right here's fine. :twisted:
Ok.
Much as I like to follow Orlion's rules...I'll go ahead. It will give folks some impetus to read it just so they can disagree with me. :)

Bminus if it is written by a high-school student for English class.
Otherwise...
It's bad.
There is one decent line in the excepted part:
I've tasted oblivion on my fingertips

Yes, I think I have...now...in these poems.
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It's better than I thought it would be. But, I am still standing by my initial assessment.

It's incredibly juvenile, and too me seems to try too hard. Reminds me a lot of what a poetry student in high school would write to prove how poetic he was.

Now, there is an audience for that, it just is not me.

Final verdict: it's what I would expect from a self-published work of poetry sold for 99 cents on a Kindle.
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ussusimiel wrote:I read the sample poems, but I don't think I'd be comfortable reviewing any of the books in a public forum. At the very least I'd prefer to do it in the Writers' forum.

u.
You can post it there, if you want, or pm it to me.
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And thanks a bunch, guys. Another minion knows a poet, and he thought about as highly of this book as you guys did. So it's gonna be a rejection notice, and our work here is done....
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Rejected. With extreme prejudice.
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Noted, Sheriff. ;)
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This thread has convinced me that I MUST read this.
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I had a first cousin who joined a boyz band when he was 16, I think, and their lyrics vaguely resounded of this. On the flip side, I could see myself taking the entire thing and rewiring, I mean rewriting :biggrin: it to some extent - it's not ALL bad, just the end result.
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Morning wrote:I had a first cousin who joined a boyz band when he was 16, I think, and their lyrics vaguely resounded of this. On the flip side, I could see myself taking the entire thing and rewiring, I mean rewriting :biggrin: it to some extent - it's not ALL bad, just the end result.
:lol: The non-Watcher poet said he thought one of the poems -- the first one, maybe? -- could be a rap lyric.

I haven't looked at the "Look Inside" myself. And having heard from you guys, I expect I'll keep it that way...
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aliantha wrote: :lol: The non-Watcher poet said he thought one of the poems -- the first one, maybe? -- could be a rap lyric.
Was my first thought. Got that rhythmic feel and a fair amount of feminine rhyme.
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