Don't start your letters with 'Dear Sirs'. We're mostly not.
Sam.
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- Leaf Books is an independent book publishing company based near Cardiff, South Wales. The people at Leaf Books aren't completely daft. They know that reading is a) brilliant, b) super and c) smashing. They make lots of lovely books, and then they send them off on pan-galactic adventures to find hands and eyes and internally-resplendent heads to entertain. Leaf Books hopes to make short story writers and poets feel proud and resourceful. This blog is a place where people who work at Leaf go to write about working there. We're not mean and we certainly like satsumas. For more information on what we’re about, tramp over to our website and have a whizz about.
16 comments:
Etiquette-wise, that is the correct way of addressing a letter where you do not know the name of the person you are writing to - and using the first name, if you do find out, is rather presumptuous.
Perhaps if you had an "About Us" page which details the people behind the brand?
I'm not saying people need to research to find out to whom they're talking... just that it'd be nice if they didn't automatically assume we were men.
Sam.
Maybe it's the beard that's fooling them.
Would you prefer 'Dear Sir or Madam'?
Well... yes, I think so. Though it's a shame there's no indeterminate marital status feminine version of 'Sir'. Or 'Dear Leaf Books'. That'd be fine. It's just a bit weird reading 'Dear Sirs' and thinking 'Well, you can't be meaning us then'. Not two thirds of us anyway.
What about 'Dear Editor(s)'? That's non-gender specific.
Writing 'Dear Leaf Books' sounds like we're addressing the books ;-)
Editors is fine, yes. But Dear Leaf or Dear Leaf Books is dandy too. The books themselves are Leaf books. We are Leaf Books with a capital B. It took us months to work this out, mind. So I do see your point.
surely, then, the books are
Leaf Books books
My head hurts...
Are you banging it on your keyboard?
ZX.
Dear Leaf?
Dear Twiglets??
Dear Editors,
I agree - it is annoying when custom and practice is based on 'Dear Sir' being considered the norm.
Hope things are going well for you all - you are doing a great job with Leaf Books. I love the small format and have read some great stories.
Dear People?
Dear Girls and boys?
Dear Sirs and Sirs-etts?
Dear dears?
Dear Men and Women?
Dearest Darlings...
only kidding but yes, that is pretty annoying in a so called a modern thinking world.
When I write I usually start with "Hi" - Leaf Books never struck me as the kind of organisation I needed to be formal with!
The "about us" comment is so right on! By the way, I'm a Texas girl who stumbled upon this site. I've had a most enjoyable time poking around, Sam. Thank you kindly, ma'am!
Max Madrid (yes, a female)
Hello Leaf Books
Any news on the Spring competition results?
Thanks
Yes, come on Sir/Madam, tell us wot's wot.
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