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Originally Posted by Giovanna Clairval 
Could SC have done the same in a shorter form, and how is it possible that a first novel of that length was accepted?
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As far as I can tell from reading agents' blogs, what UK fantasy publishers are looking for and what US ones are looking for are rather different things.
In the UK, the emphasis seems to be on big, juicy, dramatic books that aren't necessarily an easy read but that suck the reader into a unique world. Something a bit off-beat and non-formulaic, even eccentric
In the US, on the other hand, they seem to play safer, with tighter word-count ranges and less interest in the off-beat. If your manuscript's long, it had better be standard epic fantasy - if it's not, they'll slice it into two volumes and leave the readers to fume over the cliffhanger ending to part one!
At least, that's the impression I get from perusing the bookshelves and comparing books published in the UK and ones that were printed here but originally came out in the US.