Submissions: The fit bit

One of the things that will be clear from my previous article is that a lot of books get rejected, both by agents and publishers. There are a huge number of possible reasons why, but one of the ones you might have heard from an editor is: ‘It’s not a fit for our list’.

This is perhaps one of the quintessential examples of coded Publishing language. You say it to me, I nod sagely and appreciate the nuance. You ask my wife and she says, ‘What does that mean,’ ‘Do the books come with size labels...