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I was talking to an author last night about submissions. And we were discussing how many submissions I receive have no return or incorrect return information.
I have five stories I wanted to publish but had to reject becuase there was incorrect contact info, wrong phone numbers and their emails bounce back.
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When I moved, I still had a couple of stories out there with my old contact info. In fact, I still have two stories out there with my old contact info. In both cases, however, I have a forward for the mail and the e-mail remains active. The phone number won't work though.
Sometimes people have such strong spam protection on their e-mail that you can't get through. I even saw an editor complain once that in response to a rejection letter he received a nasty note from the ISP saying he had been reported as a spammer...I'm not sure what the e-mail threatened to do about it bu I know he was pissed. I can't blame him.
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I should hope everyone would be smart enough to proofread their contact information. However, there is a major disadvantage when you are proofreading familiar content - your mind tends to replace what IS with what you KNOW. I once attended a class on "How to Proofread." The instructor told us that the best readers make the worst proofreaders, because a good reader is a fast reader, and the mind tends to fill in what OUGHT to be there.
However, having incorrect contact information is not just a sign of carelessness, it's a form of professional suicide... unless, as previously noted, a submission was sent out so long ago that the author has changed residences. In that case, it's good to keep a hotmail account, a PO Box and a cell phone that can "move" with you.
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