tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post4862373368457609556..comments2024-03-28T05:28:28.567-04:00Comments on Editorial Anonymous: Misc Q&AEditorial Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06294247222893767117noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-72594218679712362072007-08-09T17:11:00.000-04:002007-08-09T17:11:00.000-04:00literaticat said: truths: it will NOT get you to t...literaticat said: <I>truths: it will NOT get you to the top of the slush pile. </I><BR/><BR/>I need to third this. FedEx and UPS manuscripts get tossed on the slush pile like everything else.<BR/><BR/>I work in a big publishing house, and the nice mailroom man brings the packages to my desk and hands me a pen, so it's really easy and not inconvenient at all for me to sign for one or two misguided souls who think it will get them noticed. But I can tell you that if I had to go down to the post office to pick these babies up, I just wouldn't.Kidlitjunkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10604118327281275181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-80866574896330030642007-08-07T14:49:00.000-04:002007-08-07T14:49:00.000-04:00Have to agree with literaticat, here: it has more ...Have to agree with literaticat, here: it has more to do with jumping the queue than with signing. I won't read a slush submission faster if it's in a fedex or priority mail envelope--I treat it just the same as the rest. The only thing that makes your manuscript more important than the others in the slush pile is if it's BETTER--and that will be the case whether it gets to the publisher faster than others sent on the same day or not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-66037589686962562132007-08-06T11:14:00.000-04:002007-08-06T11:14:00.000-04:00for agents, i think it's a combination of two reas...for agents, i think it's a combination of two reasons for not wanting fed-ex, etc:<BR/><BR/>1) they don't want to sign for it, as mentioned<BR/><BR/>2) many unsolicited manuscripts seem to come this way out of the author's mistaken belief that the ms will look "important" to the agent and will likely be put at the top of the pile.<BR/><BR/>keep your shirt on, anonymous, i didn't say EVERY author thought that, but i know that SOME do because I've seen authors discussing it on chat boards, etc. <BR/><BR/>truths: it will NOT get you to the top of the slush pile. <BR/><BR/>it WILL cost you more money for no reason. <BR/><BR/>it MIGHT make an agent resent or completely ignore you if they have to jump through any hoops to get your package.Literaticathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15513424208149456614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-72581634691145379022007-08-05T14:13:00.000-04:002007-08-05T14:13:00.000-04:00I send submissions with FedEx but I remove the sig...I send submissions with FedEx but I remove the signature request. I found their tracking is so much more reliable. I have paid for the P.O. tracking in the past only to have them 'lose' the packages. <BR/>What they really lost was the tracking sticker - the package got through. Instead of sending a second package (and piling on more slush), I have chosen to use FedEx.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com