'We could not publish it with commercial success'
11 July 2016
'I regret we have reluctantly come to the conclusion that we could not publish it with commercial success... A helpful bookshop may be able to advise you. Owing to pressure of submissions, I regret we cannot reply individually or provide constructive criticism (a writers' group/writing course may help with the latter.)' Unnamed editor at Constable & Robinson, in turning down J K Rowling's first Harry Potter book.