Best Publishing Companies?

I'm working on a novel and I was wondering what publishing companies I should consider sending my work to. I'm only 15, and this is my first novel I've actually considered for publishing.Best Publishing Companies?
Finish writing your book.

Type it in proper manuscript form (http://www.neverend.com/msformat.htm has the details on what is needed).

Edit it many times to make it as good as it can be. Put it in a drawer, and don't even think about it, for a month or two, then take it out and do more editing.

Get it proofread by someone who knows what they are doing (do not rely just on spellcheck).



If you have already done these, then you are way ahead of everyone else here who says they are writing a novel.



There are a tiny number of publishers who accept unsolicited manuscripts (those that don't go through a literary agent), so it's a good idea to get an agent.



Visit http://www.agentquery.com or, at the library or bookstore, look for Jeff Herman's Guide to Literary Agents, Bowker's Literary Marketplace or Writer's Market 2010. Look for agents that handle your genre, and are looking for new clients. Read, and follow, their submission guidelines.



Those books will have something about writing a query letter, which is what you send to the agent first. It's part synopsis of your book, and part explanation as to why your book deserves to be published. You have only that one-page letter to wow the agent, so take the time to make it a good one.



Expect the whole process to take lots of time, and expect many rejections. When you are accepted by an agent, they will send your book to publishers, not you.



Except for postage, the entire process of getting an agent is FREE, until a publisher buys your book. That is when the agent gets their cut, usually 15%, of the money that goes to you. Run away from any agent who asks for money upfront.



Good luck!Best Publishing Companies?
The best publishing companies are the ones who have many books in your novel's genre on the shelves of stores all over the US and Canada.



But you're getting way, way ahead of yourself. You haven't yet completed your first draft. When it's done, you still have a lot of work ahead of you before it's appropriate to worry about publishers.



Keep writing, and remember, it's all one step at a time, okay?