Good luck. Let me just be extremely honest. I found this to be a spectacular waste of time. In fact, it ate up a year and a half of my life that I cannot get back. However, if you want to do this, take a massive look at the lists I used. This is accurate as of 2018. As you probably already know, these guys go in and out of business all the time. I would recommend copying and pasting the agency names into your search engine to get the most recent website and contact information. There are also a few agent websites that I listed at the end.
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When authors finish writing, editing and perfecting a new book, they typically have two choices. They can traditionally publish with the help of an agent, or they can self-publish their books via common platforms, like Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Currently, traditional publishing makes up about 70 percent of the market, while self-publishing makes up about 30 percent of the market. The method you choose will primarily depend on your goals, your current and future skillset and the amount of cash you have available.
Querying an Agent
An agent is an individual who has book industry contacts. They know other agents. They know editors at big publishing houses, and they have a team of professionals that help them determine whether or not a book is viable. In short, they have clout. You can look at them as the traditional publishing gatekeepers for publishers that only accept submissions from agents. (There are publishing houses that accept submissions directly from authors, but I’m not covering that in this article.)
What you need to understand is that there is no accreditation for agents. Becoming a book agent is really as simple as creating a website and saying that you are a literary agent. They do not need any education. There are no experience requirements. There’s no license or professional certifications, so authors need to be careful when choosing agents to query.
Read more: Should You Find an Agent or Self-Publish Your Next Book?
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If you’re a new author or an author who’s never enrolled their book in Amazon KDP, you may be wondering what it is and how it works. Amazon’s KDP program is a subscription service for readers. It’s called Kindle Unlimited, and it provides unlimited reading of digital books on any device that has the Kindle app. The program offers a 30-day free trial, but the service is $9.99 a month after the 30-day free trial. There’s also a second category for readers called Kindle Prime. This is for individuals who have an Amazon Prime membership. For authors, it doesn’t matter which service readers subscribe to. It all falls under the same service – KDP Select.
Read more: Understanding Amazon KDP Select (Kindle Unlimited) as an Author
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If you've started your publishing career by submitting to agents in hopes that they'll work with you to sell your novel, you're probably wondering what to do with all those damned rejection letters and if they contain any value at all. In Saturi Scriptor's The Big Book of Rejections, he tells you to ignore the vast majority of them because they are form letters that the agent either copies and pastes into the body of an email or uses a bulk email program to send. Their junk other than words to the affect of - I don't want your novel, they're junk.
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So, You’ve Written a Book and Now You’re Hellbent on Submitting to Agents
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Traditional publishing is a business agreement that a writer must thoroughly have full knowledge of, prior to opting into such agreement. With this method, writers must create a manuscript and proposal. Once, successfully completed the writer can either have an agent submit it in or they can send in the proposal on their own. Next, the proposal will then be thoroughly examined by an editor to distinguish if it is suitable to be published.
Most times, the proposal can be sent back for alterations and then must be resubmitted to the editor. At this point, the author must wait to hear back from the editor to see if it will be rejected or published. Furthermore, if the publishing company has interest in the proposal and choose to move forward with publishing your novel, they will purchase authority from you and offer you an advance and additional future royalties. The publishing company will finance all expenses for the design and supplies for the novel and will only print enough books that will actually turn over a profit.