What Book Publishers Want To See In Your Submission — Notes From A Publisher Panel
Straight from the horse’s mouth!
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3 min readMar 8, 2024
‘How to get published: Agent, Publisher and Editor Panel Q & A’
Last night, I attended the above event run by the York Literature Festival. It was free — all you had to do was pre-book your tickets.
Independent publishers, literary agents, a science fiction author, and a poetry magazine editor were all on the panel.
I made a few notes and thought I’d share them below.
[One website mentioned was The Association of Authors’ Agents if you need advice or help finding a literary agent in the UK.
A magazine called The Bookseller was also mentioned. This deals with the trade and business of selling books.]
What are they looking for in a submission?
Both agents and publishers were looking for submissions that were the following:
- Confident
- Professional
- Unique
- Pieces they were excited to read
- Poetry that evokes emotion and moves you
