Dear Sir/Madam
Many thanks for your email and your submission to Green Bean Books.
Firstly, can I please ask how you heard about Green Bean Books?
[It was nice of X to recommend me – we have only met on Zoom but I hope to be able to chat to him in person if I make it to Israel in December]
Additionally, can I ask if you have submitted your manuscript to the PJ Library or any other publisher?
Finally, I am afraid to say that I probably would not sell enough copies to cover my costs and pay royalties! If you haven’t already you could try the Second Story Press, Kar-Ben, Apple & Honey or Kalaniot.
I wish you luck from London! You will probably sell thousands of copies with another publisher and I’ll rue the day I declined!
Michael