![]() ![]() AMP released von Radics’s Mouthful of Forevers in April 2015 and it has sold about 7,500 copies. To add to its small list, AMP then acquired the rights to a spoken-word poet named Clementine von Radics, who has a presence on YouTube, which led AMP to discover the popularity of spoken-word poets performing at colleges. “We saw that there was this generation of young women, mostly in that early-20s age group, who were responding to this form of expression,” she said, adding that the type of poetry that was resonating with readers is often associated with spoken-word poets or poets publishing online. In addition to strong sales, the publication of Love provided Melville with some market insight. AMP published a second Leav book, Lullabies, in 2014. To date, Love and Misadventure has sold around 150,000 copies. ![]() ![]() “Leav was looking for a publisher and spoke with Bradley, and he recommended us.” While negotiations for the book were in process, Leav, who had self-published the book, mentioned that she was getting requests from Barnes & Noble for copies, something that helped convince AMP to seal the deal. “We published a book that was a huge international bestseller called The Blue Day Book: A Lesson in Cheering Yourself Up by Bradley Trevor Greive,” said Kirsty Melville, publisher and president of AMP. Leav’s title came to AMP by recommendation. ![]() AMP published its first book of poetry in 2013, Lang Leav’s Love and Misadventure. ![]()
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