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At Carcanet, meanwhile, director Michael Schmidt believes “the ‘boom’ is based largely on poetry which originates in the social media, where would-be writers develop a substantial following”.

A selection of his essays, including many pieces written in Etchingham, appears in The Ink Trade, published by Carcanet.

It's the same story with Seren and Carcanet.

The average discount Amazon offers on Carcanet titles is 7%, compared to an average of 14% directly from the publisher.

In one sense, it could be argued that Salt's decision is good news for Faber, Bloodaxe, Carcanet, Shearsman and all those Saboteur shortlisted indies, since it means that there are fewer big fish swimming round a shrinking pool.