In our most recent "how can we help you?" thread, a reader asks:
When should one pull a book project from an unresponsive press? My editor at a major press has screwed up at almost every step of the process. For example, she failed to deanonymize peer review comments, which has hurt one of my professional relationships. After passing peer review in September, I have still not received a contract. Now she hasn't responded to my emails for months, since January (she is certainly still at the press). I asked to switch editors with no luck. I feel like I'm falling into the gambler fallacy at this point.
I'm really sorry to hear that the OP is dealing with this, as I know just how much work a book is and how invested in it one can be–and it seems unprofessional for an editor not to respond for so long. But if the editor hasn't been responding for months on end, I'm apt to think that the thing to do is to inform them that if you don't hear from them by some date X, you plan to move on.
What do readers think?
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