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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks
I think the point is that to send a manuscript (typewritten or computer) used to cost more time and MONEY. Mailing manuscripts runs about 10 dollars to mail and I'd say another almost 5 to print. So authors *might* have spent a little more time deciding where to send them. Mailing a short story cost under 5 dollars (but considering printing costs and paper was pretty close to 5 dollars total, maybe more depending on the type of printer and so on.)
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Indeed. And add to that the fact that editors did not like and would not knowingly read simultaneous submissions (Still true, too.) So you bundled your hardcopy into an envelope or a box, applied (possibly large amounts) of postage, and sent it off ot the highest paying market you knew of that bought that sort of thing. When (not if) it bounced and came back, you repeated the process with the next higher paying market. Lather, rinse, repeat, until you ran out of markets, ran out of postage, ran out of patience and stopped submitting that work, or it sold. The last was the
least likely outcome.
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With the internet, you sit down and hit send. You can "afford" to be more "careless" with choosing where to send submissions.
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And oh, boy, are they...
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Dennis