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Q&A When looking to get your first book published, do you turn in a mostly finished manuscript or a completely finished one?

You do what the submission guidelines say you should do. ALWAYS find out what is wanted. Some publishers want a 50 page extract, some want it all. They often want their own standards for layou...

posted 6y ago by Andrea Williams‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T10:52:42Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Andrea Williams‭ · 2019-12-08T10:52:42Z (almost 5 years ago)
You do what the submission guidelines say you should do.

ALWAYS find out what is wanted. Some publishers want a 50 page extract, some want it all. They often want their own standards for layout too, so be prepared to alter it as needed.

But, as said above. Never, ever, never, submit work that is not the very best you can produce. And I'd never submit anything which I did not have completed finished, even if I'm only sending an extract.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-02-13T13:17:28Z (almost 6 years ago)
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