“Every proposal that reaches us is reviewed by at least one member of the editorial staff.”
I certainly hope so. How else would they accept or reject manuscripts — toss them skyward to see which landed in the wastepaper basket and which didn’t?
The second sentence was more sobering:
“Hard copy submissions only. Electronic submissions will be deleted without review.”
(courtesy: lifeinc.today.msnbc.com)
That threat didn’t speak well of the company. Either the publisher didn’t know or didn’t care that It costs between $40 – $60 to print and mail a 300 page manuscript. The expenditure may make the post office happy but it won’t sell as single book.
So let me be clear about publishers who imagine they are gatekeepers: given today’s technology, there’s nothing mystic about getting a book produced and distributed. What matters is marketing. Any would-be author should consider the following when thinking about publishing : a) whether it’s better to spend $60 to snail mail a manuscript that might shredded or b) to spend $60 for a 1000 bookmarks to advertise the book.
You do the math.
