From: Lbhcove at aol.com <Lbhcove>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:36:42 EDT

Re: Jane Yolen's note:
  It seems no one knows who the 'committees' are and what backgrounds they have.
  I deal with top editors in the business who tell me they have to wait to hear from the
'committee.'
  In one house the head of the 'committee' knew hardly anything about anything...neither past history of the house or even well-known authors on backlist. One even addressed my as Miss Hopkins after I've been publishing with a particular house for eons. Duh? Look at flap copy! Duh? Look at your own website.
  Even reviewers have to get with it. In one review of a book I did with Hilary Knight the review began with something like: Two distinguished women in the field combine their talents...
  It's a sad state. I can imagine Ursula going to a committee meeting! Heads would have rolled.
  Lee Bennett Hopkins
  AMERICA AT WAR (McElderry Books/Simon & Schuster)
_www.simonsays.com_ (http://www.simonsays.com/)



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