Publishing companies 500,000 points?

I need to publish my book and I wanna do it with a traditional publishing company. I don't wanna pay somebody to make me a bunch of copies of my book so I can distribute them. I would prefer a publishing company that would have you send in a book, have them read it, then have them tell you if they want to publish your book or not. I need you to tell me which publishing companies I can submit to and how to submit to them. Please help, sorry if you thought this pushy.Publishing companies 500,000 points?
Your best bet is to try and get an agent. Agents know the markets and who is looking for what at any particular point in time. Most reputable publishers (with a few notable exceptions, Baen and Tor being two of them) will not take unagented, unsolicited manuscripts.



To get an agent, you need to write a query letter outlining Who your character is, What happens to them, the Choices they have to make, and the Consequences of those choices. The Query Shark has excellent examples of what to do and (more importantly) what not to do.



After you have a query letter you're happy with, go to agentquery.com, where you can find agents who are looking for new clients and are taking on projects in your genre. Cross-check with Preditors and Editors to make sure the ones you find are reputable. An agent should not charge an up-front reading fee or anything of the sort.



Good luck. Remember: Persistence and rhino skin.Publishing companies 500,000 points?
Okay, buy a copy of Jeff Herman's Guide to getting published. Because there is too much to write here.Publishing companies 500,000 points?
First,

Finish your book (if it is not already done).

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

Edit it many, 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).



There are very few publishers who accept unsolicited manuscripts (those that don't go through a literary agent), so getting an agent is a really good idea.



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



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



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!