WordTech Communications LLC is one of the largest poetry publishers in the United States, producing nearly 50 titles per year. The press is owned and operated by Lori Jareo and Kevin Walzer. Some of their more notable authors are
Ravi Shankar (poet)
Ravi Shankar (born 1975) is an American poet, editor, and former literature professor at Central Connecticut State University and City University of Hong Kong and Chairman of the Asia Pacific Writers & Translators (APWT). He has given a TED (con ...
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Philip Dacey,
Rachel Hadas
Rachel Hadas (born November 8, 1948) is an American poet, teacher, essayist, and translator. Her most recent essay collection is ''Piece by Piece: Selected Prose'' (Paul Dry Books, 2021), and her most recent poetry collection is ''Ghost Guest'' (Ra ...
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J. E. Pitts,
Jacqueline Kolosov,
Rhina Espaillat,
Annie Finch,
Pamela Harrison,
Penelope Schott,
Nick Carbo,
Allison Joseph,
James Reiss, and Carol Jennings.
Wordtech, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, uses several imprints to disseminate its works: WordTech Editions, Cherry Grove Collections, Word Press, Turning Point, CustomWords and David Robert Books. Wordtech uses print-on-demand technology to print and distribute its titles, which gives the press more flexibility in regard to storage and distribution of its books.
Walzer and Jareo founded WordTech Communications in 1998 as an editorial services company, specializing in copy editing and copy writing, but in 2000, began publishing poetry. They began using the book contest model, wherein contests fees defray costs of publication and prize monies. When their sales revenues outgrew their contest fee revenues, they discontinued their prize and fee system and relied on sales revenues to fund costs, beginning in 2004, a policy which is still current.
WordTech Communications Website
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Parent company website
WordTech Editions
Word Press
Turning Point
Custom Words
Cherry Grove Collections
Review of ''House of the Cardamom Seed'' by Penelope Scambly Schott: ''Empty Mirror'' > January 4, 2019
Review of ''What to Make of It'' by Pamela Harrison: ''Rattle'' > June 15, 2013
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Publishing companies of the United States
Publishing companies established in 1998
Book publishing companies based in Ohio
Companies based in Cincinnati
Poetry publishers
1998 establishments in Ohio