William Breit and Kenneth G. Elzinga, authors of Murder at the Margin, and British management guru Charles Handy all had their first books rejected because the publishers didn't accept unsolicited manuscripts.
以經濟分析的全新角度，鋪陳出偵探懸疑小說《邊際謀殺》的兩位作者布瑞特和艾辛格，及聞名全球的英國管理大師韓第，在早年將第一本書稿寄給出版商時，都曾遭到原封不動被退件的下場，上面還附一張紙條，說他們「不收草稿」。