You just need to do your homework and find out if the publishers that you want to approach
accept manuscripts directly from the author and without the backing of an agent.
I started writing when large NYC publishers would
accept manuscripts directly from writers without literary agents.
Not exact matches
Getting a publishing contract means finding an agent and / or pitching your book
directly to editors who
accept unsolicited
manuscript submissions.
As mentioned above we can
accept Pages documents
directly, but Word is our preferred format
manuscripts that weren't created using Pages.