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* An additional word about
submissions: Be patient!
We receive many queries and/or submissions here at Shapato
Publishing, mostly by email, and make every effort to answer all
of them. However, emails can sometimes get lost. If you haven't
heard back within a month, please feel free to contact us again
and ask about the status of your query/submission.
Don't be in a rush, and please, don't be snarky. Recently I
received a second email from a gentleman that went like this:
"HI, About 3 weeks ago I sent a similar email to you but got no
response.????"
I went back through my emails and found his original message,
which had been sent to me 10 days earlier, not 3 weeks. Writing
back, I explained that most publishers take anywhere from 1 to 3
months to reply to queries and 3 to 6 months, often longer, to
reply to submissions. I congratulated him on finishing his
manuscript, but told him I didn't feel we'd be a good fit to
work together. (His general impatience, combined with the rather
scolding tone of his second email convinced me of this, though I
didn't say it.) I also directed him to another indie publisher,
in
Almost immediately I received yet another email from him, and
this time he thoroughly chewed me out for several perceived
slights, as well as my lack of appreciation that he had
"selected" me for the honor of seeing his finished work, and for
my not recognizing what a wonderful person he is.
What could I say? The answer was: nothing. I gave no reply, not
wishing to be drawn into an online argument with anyone, and
especially not with someone so quick of temper.
But I do want to say this: If you are an author and want to be
treated like a professional, then act like a professional. When
you're submitting your work to any publisher, or even
just sending an initial query letter, don't start out by being a
diva.
To do so is a certain path to literary oblivion.
Jean Tennant
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If you have something to submit, please contact us at:
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