Orders

Individuals

Ordering direct from our site is a great way to support our work. Website orders are processed weekly from our office in Brooklyn, usually on Thursdays. We do not offer discounts so as not to compete with the independent booksellers that stock our books on their shelves—we hope you’ll understand.

There are also other ways to get our books:

  • Order from Asterism Books, a fast-growing distributor created by small presses for small presses, with a great list of poetry and translation titles. They will have better shipping rates than we can offer, so try them if you’re ordering from abroad. They ship quicker, too.

  • Ask your local bookseller to place an order with one of our distributors. They can get our books from Asterism Books in the US, which can also ship to foreign shops at good rates. If you’re in the UK, your local store can order our books from Turnaround. Stores can also order direct from us—see below.

  • You can buy our titles from many online sellers, but please avoid the big guys (you know who) as we will only see a tiny fraction of the sale. You may find our books at Bookshop.org where you can choose an independent bookstore you’d like to support with your purchase.

Bookstores

The most supportive way to order our books is through our distributors: Asterism in the US, or Turnaround in the UK. If you’re outside the US, you can also find our books at Currents (please email them, if you don’t see the one you want on their list). If you prefer, you can order from us directly at a 50% discount (no returns) or 40% discount if you need to return unsold copies. We can also make consignment arrangements and arrange standing orders.

Libraries & Institutions

You can order our books from a variety of sources, but please consider ordering directly from our distributors. Sign up for a Library Account with Asterism Books and take 20% off our titles and anything else in their catalog. Asterism can set up a standing order as well.

If you’d like to create a standing order directly through us, email editors [at] worldpoetrybooks.com, or simply purchase the Library Subscription through our website. We’re happy to supply purchase orders or invoices for library subscriptions.

Distributors

Asterism Books, Seattle, WA
Booksellers and retailers click here.
Library buyers click here.

Turnaround Publisher Services, London, UK
Email orders [at] turnaround-uk.com. (If you are not yet a Turnaround customer, contact customercare [at] turnaround-uk.com or call 020 8829 3000.)

Currents Books, Brooklyn, NY
For independent bookstores, artist-run spaces, and gallery shops outside the US, Currents offers wholesale rates and lower, consolidated shipping on titles from a curated list of small presses. More information here. Please inquire with them by email if you don’t see the title you’re looking for on their site.

Bookstore Events

Bookstores can order from our distributors or from World Poetry directly by emailing editors [at] worldpoetrybooks.com with quantity, address, and date of event. We can ship books within 48 hours. We give a 50% no-returns discount, or a 40% discount if you need to return unsold copies.

Other Events

If you’re organizing an event with our authors or translators at a college or independent cultural space and would like to sell copies, you might partner up with a local bookstore and give them the information above, or write to us and we’ll come up with an arrangement: editors [at] worldpoetrybooks.com.