Does anyone know of any good publishing companies?

I'm 15 going on 16 in July and love to wright. I have this story i wrote about a teen who's parents die and he finds himself alone on the streets of LA strogaling with gangs and a young girl who soon has his child. Does anyone know we're I could possible geat it pobished? The book is targeted at teens. -Thank you-Does anyone know of any good publishing companies?
The Writer's Market is the best resource for writers' info. However, if you just want publishers' names and addresses and a bit about what categories they publish in, look in a reference book called The Literary Marketplace.



On the other hand, if you're really serious about publishing, get an agent first. The Literary Marketplace has agent listings as well, btw. Most publishers won't talk to a fiction writer without an agent. Books that come in "over the transom" (that is, unsolicited), largely get read by editorial assistants (read: secretaries--I was one when I started out) and sent to the wastebasket. This isn't because the stuff isn't any good, although sometimes it is trash. It's because publishing is an industry built on contacts, and your contact has to be an agent, who then has contacts in publishing houses who will read your samples.



The one exception to this almost always hard-and-fast rule is the book called Ordinary People. It came in unsolicited and sold gazillions.



Good luck!Does anyone know of any good publishing companies?
I have a publisher for my book Integrity: Do You Have It? 2nd edition and I am very satisfied with them. Their name is Infinity Publishing. They have delivered and then some on all the promises/commitments they made in my publishing agreement. There are also others. Ask other writers in writers forums such as www.writersweekly.com.



Check them out.Does anyone know of any good publishing companies?
You don't say if it is a short story or a novel so the only advice I can offer is to obtain a copy of The Writer's Market and research who is publishing young adult literature. Make sure that the publishers accept work directly from writers because many prefer to have work submitted through an agent. The Writer's Market, however, has a list of agents as well. You will need to write a query letter of some sort. Do not try to write one without researching. There are books on how to write a book proposal and query letter. READ THEM! You may very well have a great manuscript but if you write a poorly organized query letter no agent or publisher will take the time to read your manuscript.
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