The indie
publishers accepting submissions earn profits by making upfront investment on publishing books of other authors.
Although
some publishers accept submissions directly from authors, most don't.
Not exact matches
Almost all
publishers only
accept submissions through agents, so they are essential gatekeepers for anyone trying to sell a book in the traditional market rather than self - publishing.
Most
publishers don't
accept unsolicited
submissions from authors.
Many small traditional
publishers are open to new writers,
accept unagented
submissions, create attractive book covers, market the books they publish, and pay real royalties... without charging authors anything.
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.
The «Big Name»
publishers sent back messages,» We do not
accept unsolicited
submissions, get an agent.»
Not only do you have to send your work out to find an agent — there are very few traditional
publishers who
accept unagented
submissions — but then your work has to make the rounds to find a
publisher.
I created a Word table (have never mastered Excel) that includes some of your points as well as columns to note how long a
publisher has been in business (worth knowing, if not make - or - break) and such logistical considerations as do they
accept simultaneous
submissions, do they have a reading period (and what it is), what do they say their response time is?
My Digital Comics (web) This platform has been around awhile as well and has some major indies on it but does not appear to
accept submissions from self -
publishers.
WalterPoon - There are a few
publishers who will
accept submissions if you don't have an agent, but they're pretty rare, especially among larger
publishers.
Having said that — there's always room for good writing, and a lot of
publishers will still
accept writing
submissions.
Most big name
publishers, the ones that can get you into bookstores, do not
accept submissions from writers who don't have agents.
While many ebook - first and ebook - only
publishers like Ellora's or Carina — the digital imprint of romance genre mainstay Harlequin —
accept unagented authors»
submissions, they are also pushing a higher volume of titles; in the case of Ellora's, they are releasing eight to twelve titles each week and signing authors like Laurann Dohner to 75 - book deals.
I saw on your website that you are
accepting submissions, and feel that this novel is similar to < Insert a Title or Author Name that relates to this agent or
publisher >.
Since I have been through the process (fire) of publishing a book, I want to reach out to writers working on a manuscript, and encourage them to push through the writers block,
accept the enormous amount of time it will take you to work with an editor to make your manuscript the best it can be, and the gigantic amount of time it will take you to research, submit and wait to hear, if you ever do, from the
publishers, small presses, and literary agents who received your
submission.
Many
publishers who only print LGBT material
accept unagented
submissions because of this difficulty.
Some
publishers won't
accept a
submission unless it is sent through an agent.
I decided to try for indie
publishers that
accepted submissions without a middle man.
For goodness sake — many
publishers and agents STILL won't
accept emailed or uploaded
submissions, opting for snail mail, and even one literary journal, that will go unnamed, wants 3X5 note cards with your name and title to go along with your printed manuscript.
Even though e-mail was common, many
publishers continued to require a physical
submission of your work and would not
accept electronic
submission.
At that point my options were to a) submit to the other big
publisher that would
accept submissions without an agent (except the wait for a response was 9 - 12 months); b) submit to agents in the hope one of them liked the manuscript enough to then jump through the hoops for
publishers, or c) self - publish.
Many
publishers, especially the major ones, won't
accept unagented
submissions.
This is where many writers become discouraged and try submitting on their own to a
publisher who
accepts unagented
submissions.
You may also find some
publishers or agencies will reply that they did receive your query letter, but that no one at the company read it as their
submission guidelines are that they do not
accept unsolicited material for legal reasons or because of company policies.
In the past, some
publisher would only
accept one
submission from an author in a year.
Many book
publishers around the world maintain a strict «no unsolicited
submissions» policy and will only
accept submissions via a literary agent.
In a move that answers a constant question both from independent authors and from
publishers, AmazonCrossing has announced that it now is
accepting submissions.
Many
publishers that
accept direct
submissions require you to include information about your author platform in the query letter.
If Google's
submissions were to be
accepted, there would be no original
publisher of the images at all.