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Originally Posted by Bobcooper31
I've been in business & agree with what you say but publishers who don't spend a little time to educate authors about their needs & preferences are reducing their future stock in trade.
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I think that's the point of submission guidelines. If you can't follow the guidelines, it's should be an obvious "no". Take, for example, this little gem I came across last week. I was given a short stack of resumes and asked to go through them and pick 3 that I'd like to interview in person for a job in my accounting department. One of them had written that he/she was "well-versed in Quicken Books software". Now. Quickbooks is a thing. Quicken is a thing. Quicken Books is not a thing. Instantly moved to the reject pile. If they can't even tell me what software they're proficient at, I have no faith in their abilities. (The resume also said this person was "detail oriented". Yeah.)