Sunday, February 5, 2012

What are good Publishing companies?

I need a list of publishers in the Teen Horror genre so i can mail them letters regarding my book and whatnot. Thanks(:What are good Publishing companies?
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 bookstore or library, 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 guidelines.



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!What are good Publishing companies?
Awe, you think that you can just send in your manuscript and the publishing company will read it and love it. Awe, that's so cute. :)



Okay, this is going to suck to hear, but you have to get an agent first. No one will read your story without an agent. And teen horror is Young Adult.



What you do is, if you've finished your novel and be sure it's finished and you don't have anything wrong with it, join Writer's Market, you have to pay to subscribe (or you can go to the library and read their copy of the Writer's Market- they'll know what you're talking about if you ask, but that takes longer), there you can find an agent. When you find the agent(s) you want to represent you, you will then write a query letter and send in whatever else they ask for (some ask for cover letters and the first three chapter of your story). If they accept you, you'll get a contract, and they will find a publishing house that will buy your novel. From there you work with your agent and the publishing house, and just pray that someone in the public reads your novel.

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