I am at least as cynical as any of you. What I have to share though, is the one truly unbiased experience I have had, which was being considered as an author for the book I ultimately wrote for North Light Books.
The acquisition editor for North Light Books, Rachel Wolf, wrote a clear RFP (Request for Proposal) to which I responded. I can assure you she had never heard my name nor seen my work.
She was unbiased by "names" (I certainly didn't have one) and focused on the task at hand, which was getting the book accomplished. I am grateful for her objectivity, and what I most certainly presume is NLB's philosophy. In fact, here's an excerpt from my thanks section:
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...to Rachel Wolf, for her humor, intellect, and willingness to take a chance on a painter from Arizona.
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If any of you have the chance to work with this company, go for it.
P.S. I often get my work rejected from my local art group. Sometimes it's the same piece that wins a national award. You just can't take this stuff to heart,
either way.