Emma, I salute Snowbooks for still taking unsolicited submissions, but your post also shows why so many publishers stop doing so, just as magazines do, and even - astonishingly - agents. It's not snobbery, or old-school-tie, or narrow-mindedness, it's desperation.

I don't know what the answer is, but I do think that however much of a fire hazard in the short term the tottering stacks of the slushpile are, in the long term it's commercial folly to close the door to the 0.01% of it which is truly new blood: how on earth do such publishers expect to replace the authors who die/give up/get better deals?

Emma

And yes, I know Snowbooks work electronically - what's the e-equivalent of tottering stacks? Crashing files?

Emma,
don't worry, I for one am happy to wait. I agree with EmmaD, I have great admiration for what you do in opening your doors to unsolicited submissions, and I hope you continue to do so.
I think those of us who are waiting were more curious about time scales, because after a while paranoia starts to set in and you do start to wonder 'Did they hate it?' 'Did they even get it?' etc.
Now that we know, we can go back to waiting quietly by our inboxes and silently praying.
Seriously, don't let it get you down.
Saz