Michael insisted that anyone who filled out a proper Paramount release form be given the courtesy of having it [their script] read and considered, and so a team of full-time Readers were hired to do nothing but read Trek specs day in and day out, to the tune of 3,000 scripts per year. A synopsis and commentary was generated on each submission, called "coverage" in the business (and by "the business" I, of course, mean "the industry") and each piece of coverage had to be read by a member of the writing staff before it was either rejected outright (the majority), purchased (a tiny, tiny fraction) or still rejected but with the proviso that the writer was good enough to invite in to pitch the show (less than a majority, but still a relatively common occurrence).
