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I would guess that the answer is "yes".
I'm sure poorly written, unsolicited manuscripts have always been around, but I would guess the submissions would have increased exponentially. So while the agents and publishers previously had to dig through a hill of feces to find a gem, now they have bring out the heavy machinery and dig up a mountain.
It was, after all, more effort for aspiring writers to get a typed copy their manuscript to an agent 45 years ago than today. Doesn't take much effort to fire an email that says, "Ive written a book. Its a briliant mix of fantasy, scifi, adventure, romance (for the gurlz teehee) and ball bustin action. u shuold take it 2 a publishing, well both be milionares. haha lol rotfl lmao"
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