This approach to getting manuscripts into the hands of publishers works because it concentrates on three key elements:

Industry etiquette. The publishing industry operates in a specific way. If you’re in a hurry to get your book into the world, or simply unaware of appropriate channels for submissions, your manuscript may never land in the hands of an interested publisher. When you know industry standards for submissions, you increase your chances of getting published.

Understanding relationships. Writers, agents, and publishers rely upon each other, but when do you send your work to an agent verses a publisher? Popular nonfiction and fiction projects are usually represented by agents. In some cases—if the writer wants to approach an independent or small press—the author may send a submission directly to the publisher without an agent. Knowing who to send your submission to is as important as the submission itself.

Structuring the submission. It’s important to understand how agents and publishers evaluate new book ideas. Fiction—novels or short story collections—requires a finished manuscript. Nonfiction books—memoir, history, biography, how-to, self-help, psychology, spirituality, and others—are not finished when they’re sent to agents and publishers. Instead, nonfiction is evaluated by book proposal and sample chapters.

If you focus on only one of these elements to the exclusion of the other two, you lessen your chances of being published. But, when you bring these three elements together, you significantly increase the likelihood that your book idea will be taken seriously and given the full attention it deserves.

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