I might have expected the wine trade to be affected by tariffs (and it certainly has been), but I didn't bargain for their impact on my poetry sales. Over the last few months, I've found a lot of new readers for my books in the U.S. via social media platfroms such as Bluesky, However, all that's now vanished overnight due to those darned tariffs!
Right now, there's no way to post a book from Europe to the U.S. with any decent guarantee that it will reach its destination safely and without extra charges. A big blow for the likes of me, but also for many small publishers who were already struggling enough before this extra stumbling block...
This really resonated with me – Christmas is one of the few times I buy
lots of new books, both for myself and for other people. The rest of the
time I enj...
