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Giovanna Clairval · 28th September 2007, 08:55 PM

Thank you, Teresa.

That was the general impression I got from my surfing the net.

Someone said, “They received 5 000 typescripts and published 12. Isn’t that the usual rate?”

And others said, as you do here, that if a publisher thinks that she can make money publishing your novel, she will buy it anyway.

One anonymous NY publishing editor’s states (with just a tad of exaggeration),

“If you can't ally yourself with one of the ten bazillion agents who currently exist, there is something really wrong with you. Also, most publishing houses have ironclad no-unsolicited-submissions policies. So get an agent. It's not that hard! (to get a crappy one). It is hard to get a good one […]”

The blog is called "UNSOLICITED".

28th September 2007, 08:55 PM	#11 (permalink)
Giovanna Clairval Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: France Posts: 1,127	Re: Macmillan New Writing submissions Thank you, Teresa. That was the general impression I got from my surfing the net. Someone said, “They received 5 000 typescripts and published 12. Isn’t that the usual rate?” And others said, as you do here, that if a publisher thinks that she can make money publishing your novel, she will buy it anyway. One anonymous NY publishing editor’s states (with just a tad of exaggeration), “If you can't ally yourself with one of the ten bazillion agents who currently exist, there is something really wrong with you. Also, most publishing houses have ironclad no-unsolicited-submissions policies. So get an agent. It's not that hard! (to get a crappy one). It is hard to get a good one […]” The blog is called "UNSOLICITED".