This means a long, tedious process of sending queries to agents — most likely over a year or two, if not longer — because mainstream publishers, by and large, no longer
accept submissions directly from authors.
Although some publishers
accept submissions directly from authors, most don't.
So, which stores
accept submissions directly from Canadians and other non-US authors?
Not exact matches
Getting a publishing contract means finding an agent and / or pitching your book
directly to editors who
accept unsolicited manuscript
submissions.
That's because most publishing houses no longer
accept book
submissions or book ideas
directly from authors.