Post by account_disabled on Dec 20, 2023 4:25:40 GMT -5
How to submit a manuscriptHow many times, when entering the website of a publishing house, have we looked for the "Send manuscripts" item in the menu? And how many times, comparing the various methods for each publisher, have we read different rules? Today I want to take on the role of the editor and propose my idea for sending manuscripts. Which in my opinion represents the simplest and fastest way for a publishing house to evaluate a novel and for an author to send it. Some publishers are still obsessed with paper. Sending a paper manuscript implies a printing and shipping cost for the writer, which becomes high if he has to send his work - or more than one! – to multiple publishers.
Receiving paper manuscripts implies the Special Data need to archive all that mountain of paper that a publisher receives on time. In some cases I have also read rules on typography and layout of the texts to be sent. We are talking about A5 formats, Garamond font size 12, corporals and not quotation marks, etc. I won't comment on this, because changing the font, format and quotation marks of a text takes a matter of seconds. How to send a manuscript to a publishing house? Sending text by email : email is free and fast and does not require physical space for storage, but only virtual. Sending a synopsis and the first chapters of the work : in my opinion it is not necessary to send the work in full.
The publisher will take little time to read the synopsis and the first pages of the novel. If he deems the story valid for a complete reading, he can contact the author to have the entire text sent to him, perhaps even in paper form, in this case. Otherwise trash and move on to another. Attach a small biography : it seems correct to me that the publisher gets an idea of who sent him the manuscript. Using technology speeds up and simplifies times for publishers and writers and reduces the costs to be incurred, which for an emerging author, and in times like these, are not a factor to be overlooked. In addition to limiting paper consumption, with great benefit to the environment. Do these seem acceptable methods to you? For you writers I suppose so, but for publishers? Well, if any of them pass through here, you can always tell them about him.
Receiving paper manuscripts implies the Special Data need to archive all that mountain of paper that a publisher receives on time. In some cases I have also read rules on typography and layout of the texts to be sent. We are talking about A5 formats, Garamond font size 12, corporals and not quotation marks, etc. I won't comment on this, because changing the font, format and quotation marks of a text takes a matter of seconds. How to send a manuscript to a publishing house? Sending text by email : email is free and fast and does not require physical space for storage, but only virtual. Sending a synopsis and the first chapters of the work : in my opinion it is not necessary to send the work in full.
The publisher will take little time to read the synopsis and the first pages of the novel. If he deems the story valid for a complete reading, he can contact the author to have the entire text sent to him, perhaps even in paper form, in this case. Otherwise trash and move on to another. Attach a small biography : it seems correct to me that the publisher gets an idea of who sent him the manuscript. Using technology speeds up and simplifies times for publishers and writers and reduces the costs to be incurred, which for an emerging author, and in times like these, are not a factor to be overlooked. In addition to limiting paper consumption, with great benefit to the environment. Do these seem acceptable methods to you? For you writers I suppose so, but for publishers? Well, if any of them pass through here, you can always tell them about him.