But even the best agent cannot sell inferior work. The commissioning editor is the buyer, and, as a rule, an author gets only one chance per editor, After an editor reads whatever is put before him or her, some deep, perhaps indelible impression is formed. This corresponds to quality management issues in other industries the author has written a book, and if the agent has not vetted it before is likely not only to reject the work to also to see anything else from that author in future senior editor, Berkley Publishing, of some frank advice on the role of a c editor (www.authorlink.comindex.html). There many reasons why commissioning editors reject a manuscript and here are the most common ones .