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The Publishing Process in the US
Published Jan 16, 2020
Updated Jan 16, 2020
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The Publishing Process in the United States: A Writer's Perspective
by Claudia Moscovici
Two of the most major transformations in the U.S. publishing industryover the past few decades have been a) the rising importance of literary agents since the 1980’s and b) the rise of e-books in the early 2000’s. While in Romania and France unagented submissions remain the norm, it’s almost impossible to publish a book with the large publishing houses in the U.S.– particularly fiction–without representation by a very reputable literary agent. Agents sift through the enormous number of submissions and recommend to the editors of the major publishers the books they believe will sell well. I found this out not from a book about the publishing industry, but directly from one of my favorite American
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