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Originally Posted by Sil_liS
And it was *your* judgment that made that call. You might have missed again the fact that I quoted you saying that.
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It is indeed my judgment. Given the fairly dismal state of submissions back then, I really don't see it as all that much better than now. And the state of the novel market back then arguably was worse.
The difference between then and now probably works out to "very bad" vs "very very bad".
It's not a distinction I'd want to waste a lot of time quantifying.
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You're saying that they wouldn't have bothered with buying a typewriter before, but since they already have a computer and internet...
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No, they had typewriters. But submissions required carbons or photocopies, envelopes, stamps, trips to the post office... (And remember, novels got submitted that way, too. Pack a ream of typescript in a box, apply postage, take tp PO to send Parcel Post...)
It's faster and more convenient now. Do you really think that doesn't make a difference in the volume?
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Dennis