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Or...fizzle, fizzle, what?
I've been reading here and in some other places about authors on sub who invariably get non responders. I'm sure it could mean many things, but I really want to know--what does it mean?!
It sounds like after a certain amount of time those non responders are all but written off (by agents and authors). And I can't help thinking, we're all professionals here (*ahem*) and if they want to say no, why not just send a nice rejection letter? What could be the strategy in holding on to manuscripts for upwards of a year?
At one point I convinced myself that they were just waiting to see if there was any interest from another pub. If they heard that then they'd jump. And that all these editors were like in a stand off and that this could last indefinitely and that I'd be like 103-years old when I finally got an e-mail saying, We've got a bite!
Does anyone know or is this just one of those mysteries of the publishing business?
I've been reading here and in some other places about authors on sub who invariably get non responders. I'm sure it could mean many things, but I really want to know--what does it mean?!
It sounds like after a certain amount of time those non responders are all but written off (by agents and authors). And I can't help thinking, we're all professionals here (*ahem*) and if they want to say no, why not just send a nice rejection letter? What could be the strategy in holding on to manuscripts for upwards of a year?
At one point I convinced myself that they were just waiting to see if there was any interest from another pub. If they heard that then they'd jump. And that all these editors were like in a stand off and that this could last indefinitely and that I'd be like 103-years old when I finally got an e-mail saying, We've got a bite!
Does anyone know or is this just one of those mysteries of the publishing business?