Susan, get an enormous rubber band and send in bubblebag envelopes.
For 100,000 words and change? 486 pages?
Prepare to uncouple -- uncouple.
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Susan W. - Oct 29, 2003 9:07:40 pm PST #2539 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
deborah grabien - Oct 29, 2003 9:09:56 pm PST #2540 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Oh, whoops. Shit.
Nope. No, that would need a box. Mine were in the 300-350 range. Different beastie.
Office Max for MX boxes, then.
Nilly - Oct 29, 2003 10:18:05 pm PST #2541 of 10001
Swouncing
Deb, congratulations on the series contract!
Theodosia - Oct 30, 2003 2:08:56 am PST #2542 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I've been told that 'disposable' manuscripts are completely OK with editors, in fact they find it easier to deal with than stuffing the MSS back into a tiny envelope and dealing with the sealing et cetera. You can still send a regular business-sized SASE, that's easy to keep in with the MSS and if they're going to buy the book, they'll not mind springing for a bigger envelope and more postage to accommodate a contract, et cetera.
And yes, most of the editorial houses do recycle all that paper, which adds up to quite a bit!
deborah grabien - Oct 30, 2003 5:56:18 am PST #2543 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Oh, in the old days, I never asked for an ms back; Marlene has a horror story about sending one off and getting it back reeking of cigarette smoke. Not something you'd send out to the next agent or editor.
Betsy HP - Oct 30, 2003 6:43:48 am PST #2544 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Hmm. Is there any good reason to want the manuscript back, or is that an artifact of the days where it wasn't quite so easy to print/copy a fresh one at will?
That's an artifact of the old days. Save yourself and them the postage, and just include the SASE. They won't mark it up unless they want to buy it.
I think Office Depot and Staples have appropriate-sized boxes; you might check.
On the copy vs. laser print issue, go with whatever's cheapest. As long as the photocopy is readable, the editor's not going to care.
deborah grabien - Oct 30, 2003 6:58:54 am PST #2545 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
See in the old days, printing on the laser was way cheaper than photocopying. Office Depot has the house brand reams of paper for about $4; at three cents a page, copying 400 pages is $12.
Our HP laserjet gets a lot of pages off a cartridge, plus it's there, in the house; saves the added shlepping to Kinkos.
Betsy HP - Oct 30, 2003 7:08:35 am PST #2546 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
We have an inkjet. Cartridges are where the manufacturer makes the profit; the last one was $35.00.
deborah grabien - Oct 30, 2003 7:16:59 am PST #2547 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
The cartridges fo the laser printer are pricier than that - about $60 - but we get about 10,000 pages off it.
Susan W. - Oct 30, 2003 7:35:50 am PST #2548 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
A laser printer is on our wish list, but right now it's behind baby furniture and supplies and replacing my computer, which is getting to be quite vintage as a 1998 model.