I found this interesting bit in a publishing contract I was signing this morning:
'If the Publishers decline to accept the typescript, they will set out
their reasons for doing so... in a written notice of at least 250
words.'
I don't think I've seen that before - the publisher setting a word extent for their rejection letters. I suppose it means they can't reject the MS over twitter. And they can't reject it just be saying 'it's shit'. It means they have to give some critical feedback, I assume. But I guess they could use the 250 words saying just exactly how shit it is... I think I'd better write the books in this series well, as I don't want to read 250 words of how shit they are.
