This from their submission guidelines feels really abrasive for no reason: "we require an excellent reason as to why you’re querying a UK agent rather than one in your home country." You're a literary agent, I have a book that I think you might like, and emails and cell phones exist. It's not like we're communicating in the 1880s...

OF: 5/1/2020
ER: 6/22/2020 [Possibly a form, but talks about COVID, so it's at least an amended form, copying below]

"Thank you for your submission, we very much enjoyed reading it. Regretfully, we are taking on rather little at present, and do not quite feel that it is for us.

"We hope you understand that due to the large amount of manuscripts we receive each and every day we are unable to enter into any further discussion regarding your book, but we genuinely wish you the best of luck in placing it elsewhere, and hope you and your family are safe at this still-difficult time.

"Kind regards, keep up the hard work, and we apologise for any delay in our response caused by lockdown and our office running on a limited number of staff.

"All very best wishes,"


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