Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Any legit publishing companies?

Is there any well known publishing companies that takes unsolicited manuscriptsAny legit publishing companies?
Most legit, well known publishing companies simply don't have the resources to deal with unsolicited manuscripts. They need agents as a kind of buffer, to keep the crappy stories and incomplete manuscripts away, so that they don't waste their time and money filtering through and finding the good stuff. Also, many editors have a few agents they trust, agents who know their style and send them stories that really fit them.



The same editors are also sent stuff by agents they DON'T trust, that aren't a good fit, so they already have to filter through those, let alone filtering through unsolicited stuff from writers they've never met or trust at all.



That's not to say that some publishers don't have a slush pile that they go through, but they often won't even bother to write rejection letters, and the manuscripts can spend quite a long time in the slush.



It's best to get an agent.Any legit publishing companies?
TextNovel is a writing community where you can submit your work. People get picked up by publishers there, and if it's good enough to win the contest, you can win a publishing deal.

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