: Re: How to identify whether a publisher is genuine or not? Despite an identical title: This question is in no means duplicate of this question. In my local area, there have been various ads running

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What you are describing sounds like a variant on an old scam -- the vanity poetry anthology. Up until 2009, a group calling themself the International Library of Poetry (also known as the International Society of Poets, International Poetry Hall of Fame, Poetry.com, etc) operated a scam along these lines in which they would solicit poetry submissions to contests they ran (to which almost all submissions were "semi-finalists"), then would sell anthologies of the "award-winning" poetry, as well as other merchandise, to the winners. The anthologies had essentially no circulation outside of the contest participants.

Do not pay for inclusion in an anthology. This is even more brazen a scam than the International Library of Poetry contest was, as you will not receive anything of value for your payment. (An "e-certificate" from the publisher is a worthless computer document, and your work's inclusion in the anthology will do nothing for your writing career.)

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