Question by : Get an editor before sending to a publisher or will they get me one?
I just finished my 3rd rewrite and want to send my book to the DAW imprint of Penguin….
Since i am new to this whole thing, will they want it completely ready to publish with editing and the whole shebang before I send it or will they read it as it is, see if they like it, and set me up with an editor and tweak it first?
Thanks!
to clear things up, DAW accepts non solicited manuscripts so its not required that I have an agent.
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Answer by GOODD
You don’t send your book to penguin, you send your book to an agent that would send your book to an editor and then to penguin.
Everything is done after an agent picks up your book.
ETA: How many other publishers have you researched that also take unsolicited manuscripts in case DAW rejects you? Just curious.
If you are going to send you manuscript to a publishing house without an agent to assist I would recommend sending it to an editor first, but that will cost you money directly out of your pocket.
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You would need to find an agent first!
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Nope. You revise and keep working on your book, while learning “the whole shebang.” You won’t learn it on here. You get opinions from kids, adults, people who are published, people who aren’t but think they understand because they have an opinion, and fakes. First stop to learning how to get published is WritersDigest.com.
(You also probably want to get other writers to critique your book while you critique theirs. And, they only edit when it’s THAT good. Chances are good, it’s not THAT good if you’re only on your third revision. And no insult. I’m on my fourth and have reached “can’t do any more myself,” so next week I go back to Writing.com to get help from other people working on their books in the group “Novel Workshop.”)
Your manuscript needs to be so perfect that you can’t imagine how it could possibly be edited to be any better, before you even consider sending it to a publisher.
Of course, they will find issues with it anyway. And if they like it they will set you up with an editor. But a manuscript you know needs editing doesn’t stand a hope of being accepted.
Before, if you don’t want to edit it yourself. Publishers receive thousands of manuscripts–they’re not going to waste their time on a poorly-written story when they have many more that are at a much higher standard of writing.
If it’s any good and doesn’t require a lot of editing then they’d buy. If it requires a lot of editing then forget about it. If you can, I’d hire an editor – a good one – to edit the manuscript and make suggestions. They are expensive, but it might be worth it if you think your manuscript stands a good chance of getting published. Otherwise, get some beta readers. They might require you to read their work in exchange for them reading yours. Not all beta readers are good, though, so try to have more than one, but also make sure there aren’t too many cooks in the kitchen.
Good luck. BTW, I was on an editor’s blog (he worked at one of the big publishers) and he said that he rejects anything that needs more than 5% editing. As you can see, the standards are pretty high.