James D. Macdonald said:I've figured out the 80% thing!
PA gets 20 submissions a day from the outside world -- and Miranda submits her book 80 times a day. It's rejected every time (it really is wretched, but the poor girl keeps trying). Voila! Only 20% of the manuscripts that are submitted to PA are accepted!
Damnit, Jim! I'm a writer, not a statistician.
Well, at least she can wallpaper her home with a matching pattern.