More rejection

This time from Peachtree:

Dear Mr. --- (write author's name here),

Thank you for offering your work to Peachtree Publishers. Regrettably, we are unable to accept your manuscript for publication. Of the 20,000 queries and manuscripts we receive each year, we can only publish about 20 titles per year.

Our decision to decline your work does not reflect on its quality or on the ability that you bring to it. As you know, publishing is a very subjective business and another editor may feel differently about your work.

We would like to give you a more personalized response but time and the volume of submittals does not permit this; please know, however that your manuscript received a thorough reading and full consideration by our editorial staff.

Best of luck in your publishing endeavors, and thank you again for considering Peachtree.

Cordially,
Helen Harriss
Editorial Department

Just as I said at the outset, a one in a thousand chance is pretty poor odds. I'll give the other five major publishers I submitted to (shhh!) a few more weeks to polish their cover letters and then move on to the smaller publishing houses.