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Q&A What are the chances that agents or publishers will accept my manuscript if there are some grammatical errors in it?

The publishing industry has become extremely competitive in recent years. The effect is that publishers only invest money in extensive editing and revising if they are absolutely sure that the book...

posted 6y ago by System‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T10:21:44Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T10:21:44Z (almost 5 years ago)
The publishing industry has become extremely competitive in recent years. The effect is that publishers only invest money in extensive editing and revising if they are absolutely sure that the book will sell millions. And that is the case only in established authors or in clones of current trends.

If you fall into either of these categories, grammatical errors won't matter. But if you are a first author and you haven't written the next _50 Shades of Grey_, then you'd do better to show your professionalism by submitting a ready-to-publish text.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-12-14T19:31:23Z (almost 6 years ago)
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